Hong Kong racing Tips: Danon to Smash the competition April 23, 2021 FOREIGN invaders taking on Hong Kong sprinters in their own backyard have faced near impossible tasks down the years – champions Lord Kanaloa and Chautauqua excluded – but if there is ever a time to take them on in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (7.50am), it’s now. The sprinting ranks in Hong Kong are at their [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Tourbillon has a Diamond chance at Sha Tin April 23, 2021 IF THERE is one horse who you can guarantee the local racing population will have their eye on it is the undisputed champion Golden Sixty who lines-up in the Champions Mile (8.55am). Ranked joint-fifth in the world’s best racehorses, the Francis Lui-trained five-year-old extended his winning sequence to 13 when winning the Group 1 Citi [...]
EP: 54 Hong Kong Champions Day & Sandown April 23, 2021 Saturday sees the final day of the jump season at Sandown and we chat to Glamorgan based trainer Christian Williams about his runners there. On Sunday in Hong Kong it’s the annual Champions Day meeting and the four-time champion jockey Zac Purton joins us to tell us about his chances of riding a winner or [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Spicy could be So Good at Happy Valley April 20, 2021 LOCAL bettors will be whetting their lips with anticipation when they see the combination of Danny Shum and Zac Purton represented by SPICY SO GOOD in the Pedder Handicap (2:45pm) over five furlongs. Shum and Purton have been one of the dominant partnerships this season with a 25 per cent win strike-rate, one of the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Capital to Star for Caspar Fownes April 20, 2021 TRAINER Caspar Fownes will surely be praying to the gods of fortune for a change of luck before he arrives at Happy Valley today. The former champion trainer hasn’t had a winner since he saddled Sky Darci to victory in the Hong Kong Derby on March 21st. A losing sequence of 55 may look bad [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lor Ready with Savvy chances at the Valley April 20, 2021 BANK on high-flying Frankie Lor to close the gap on current trainers’ championship leader John Size when racing resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The 55-year-old trainer, in only his fourth season, is currently one away from his half century of winners for the campaign and is trailing Size by a fast-diminishing [...]
EP: 53 Ayr, Newbury & Hong Kong April 16, 2021 Sunday sees the annual Scottish Grand National held at Ayr racecourse and trainer Harriet Graham runs her always dependable Aye Right in this year’s race. Neil Mulholland sends his hurdler Milkwood up to Ayr for the Scottish Champion Hurdle and both trainers join us today. Newbury also moved their Saturday card to Sunday where they [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Charity Fun to continue upwards curve April 13, 2021 TRAINER Danny Shum can end the day on a high when he saddles highly progressive CHARITY FUN in the feature race of the day, the £200,000 Cedar Handicap (3:50pm) over 1m1f. Hong Kong Derby aspirations were held for this son of War Command after he put clear daylight between himself and his rivals at the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Bulletproof chance at the Valley April 13, 2021 WILL this be the day that frustrating Cheerful Day finally loses his maiden tag in the Spruce Handicap (1.45pm) over the extended mile? The Francis Lui gelding has had seven starts, making the frame six times, but costing his supporters a fortune having started favourite on half-a-dozen times occasions. Drawn wide in a handful of [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Big Run due from Shum’s galloper April 13, 2021 OMENS look good for The Racing Club-owned galloper YOUNG LEGEND, when he lines-up in the Cypress Handicap (2.45pm), over six furlongs at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday. You can guarantee the majority of the 1,500 strong club-members will have their fingers crossed about their favourite horse finally getting back into the winners’ circle [...]