Hong Kong Racing Tips: Man’s Elite set to Star at the Valley February 11, 2020 TRAINER Manfred Man will be hoping for a change of fortune when he arrives at Happy Valley today. The likeable local handler has made a quiet start to the season with just 13 winners, but there is every reason to believe he won’t be leaving the track empty-handed again. Man has managed to retain the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: This Rebel has a cause in valuable handicap February 6, 2020 IN JUST over four weeks time the curtain will be raised for the greatest four days of National Hunt racing. This time of year is like the run up to Christmas for racing fans and there is plenty to whet the appetite at Newbury tomorrow. Any day Altior runs is a good day and it’s [...]
David Pipe on the City AM syndicate horse and his other weekend runners February 6, 2020 ALL EYES will be on the City A.M. syndicate horse COLLINGWOOD COURT in the novices’ hurdle (1.50pm) at Kempton today. He doesn’t want the ground too soft, which is one of the reasons we’ve decided on this race, and he’s been schooling well at home. This looks a hot race but he’s had a wind [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Whittington set for a Rouge letter day with Vif at Warwick February 6, 2020 TRAINER Harry Whittington and owner Andrew Brooks teamed up to win the Kingmaker Novices’ Chase (2.05pm) at Warwick two season ago with Saint Calvados and they look to have an excellent chance of repeating that trick with ROUGE VIF tomorrow. The six-year-old rounded off his novice hurdling career with a really good third in Aintree’s [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton’s mount can get back to Winning Ways at the Valley February 4, 2020 WHEN looking for winners, jockey bookings are always an important factor to consider. It’s a well-known fact that top riders Joao Moreira and Zac Purton have the choice of the best horses in Hong Kong after they have studied the form book and ridden them in either track work or trials. That’s why these two [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Casa De Forca to bring the house down February 4, 2020 JOCKEY Vincent Ho is going to be confident of reaching a milestone at Happy Valley today when he seeks to ride his 300th winner in Hong Kong. This is no mean feat for a young man who only gained his licence 10 years ago as a 19-year-old and has worked hard to climb the ladder [...]
David Pipe takes a look at Saturday’s racing from Sandown January 31, 2020 LAST weekend was a really tough one for the yard as the huge high of winning with RAMSES DE TEILLEE up at Doncaster was overshadowed by losing WARTHOG at Cheltenham. People often talk about the highs and lows of this great sport and that was our afternoon last Saturday. NIGHT EDITION ran a blinder to [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Mare Honeysuckle to land sweet success over the boys January 31, 2020 TICKING off the days until Cheltenham gets a bit tedious. However, Leopardstown’s Dublin Racing Festival, with no less than eight Group Ones, does more than fill the gap. Tomorrow’s Irish Champion Hurdle (3.10pm) is maybe the most intriguing of those, with mare HONEYSUCKLE set to have her credentials put to the test by the boys. [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Acclaimed and Callan to Light up Happy Valley handicap again January 28, 2020 THIS afternoon’s Oi Kwan Handicap (12.45pm) is going to divide opinion, especially with Hong Kong’s two leading jockeys Zac Purton and Joao Moreira aboard the market leaders in the betting. Purton renews his successful association with Cheerful Star, while Moreira stays loyal to consistent Dionysus Collin. Cheerful Star and Purton just got the better of [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Rev can ensure Hall’s night ends on a High January 28, 2020 CHINA’S population is enduring a very tough time at present as a result of the deadly virus which is causing grief around the world. The outbreak has meant that there is a partial lockout for all visitors at both Sha Tin and Happy Valley for the foreseeable future. Only key personnel, horse connections, media and [...]