Hong Kong Racing Tips: Blinkered Champ can spring a surprise October 6, 2020 IT HASN’T been plain sailing for bettors since racing resumed at Happy Valley early last month. Although half a dozen favourites have obliged since the start of the season, there have also been a similar number of double-figure surprises, including winners at odds of 33/1, 36/1 and 28/1. Luck is always going to play an [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Kinda like Purton’s Cool October 6, 2020 WITH leading jockeys Joao Moreira and Karis Teetan both sidelined through suspensions, reigning champ Zac Purton will relish the chance of cutting into the six-winner deficit he trails Moreira when racing gets underway at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday. With his card marked in seven of the eight races, he has a number [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Teetan’s your Uncle in seven-furlong handicap September 30, 2020 WILL wonders ever cease! Jockey Karis Teetan, with 11 winners, finds himself sandwiched between Joao Moreira (15) and Zac Purton (nine) in the jockeys’ title race. Normal service is sure to resume as time goes on, but it’s great to see the charismatic Teetan, fresh from a sparkling treble at Sha Tin last Sunday, going toe-to-toe with his main [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Missile can soar past rivals under Purton September 30, 2020 IT HASN’T been plain sailing for the two giants of the turf, Joao Moreira and Zac Purton, in Hong Kong recently. It was only just over 10 days ago when Moreira was being hailed as a hero after his six-timer at Sha Tin. One week later on the same track, he went from hero to [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Ho to go close with Victoriam September 30, 2020 THURSDAY marks the start of a two-day Chinese festival in Hong Kong, highlighted by an exciting 10-race programme at Sha Tin. With life getting back to some normality in the territory, there will be a few thousand spectators able to witness the feature race of the day, the £350,000 Group Three National Day Cup Handicap (9.05am), run [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: City can get Valley punters Smiling September 15, 2020 YOU CAN guarantee that Sell My Sole, representing trainer John Size and jockey Joao Moreira, will be everyone’s banker of the afternoon when he lines-up from the plumb inside draw in the Po Lam Handicap (3.15pm) over six furlongs. This lightly-raced New Zealand-bred gelding showed ability in all three races last season and will be [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Stable switch could be key for Le Terroir September 15, 2020 A WORD of warning for any would-be bettors at the Valley this afternoon. Keep an eye on the weather and get an up-to-date bulletin on Sky Sports Racing before the action starts. Although the weather has been blistering hot in Hong Kong recently, there are reports of plenty of thunderstorms circling the city this week [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Hercules to fight off rivals under Purton September 15, 2020 ALL EYES will once again be on Champion Jockey Zac Purton under the lights at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The ‘Zac-Man’ is in a league of his own when riding around the tight and tricky bends of the inner-city circuit. This is highlighted by the fact he has been leading jockey at the Valley for [...]
Rad can start new campaign in red-hot form September 8, 2020 RACING fans in Hong Kong are quick to associate themselves with any horse that catches their eye as a real trier and rarely lets them down, especially at Happy Valley. Such a horse is the Tony Cruz-trained CALIFORNIA RAD, who makes his seasonal appearance in the Class 3 Causeway Bay Handicap (3.15pm) over six furlongs. The [...]
Moreira to keep Lightning fast start going September 8, 2020 WE’RE back under the lights as Happy Valley hosts its first meeting of the new 2020/21 season with a typically competitive eight-race card. Around £136 million was bet on the opening card at Sha Tin on Sunday, a record high for the start of a Hong Kong season, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if [...]