Violet Star ready to rise for resurgent Whyte at the Valley April 7, 2026 WHILE most of the media attention will surround Joao Moreira joining the jockey ranks again and returning to Happy Valley, it may pay to follow another legendary figure and former 13-time champion jockey-turned-trainer, Douglas Whyte. The Whyte stable have had a tough time this season, with winners hard to come by, and they are sitting [...]
Take Galaxy to star in Chairman’s Trophy at Sha Tin April 3, 2026 THERE are no prizes for guessing that Ka Ying Rising will be the star of the show when racing at Sha Tin in Hong Kong gets underway with a 11-race programme on Easter Monday. It is safe to forecast this will be another victory parade for the fastest galloper on the planet, who is seeking [...]
Responder can give promising Yuen a Fast second success April 3, 2026 EXCITING 25-year-old apprentice jockey Nichola Yuen certainly made a splash with both media and racing enthusiasts at Sha Tin in midweek with a well-executed winning ride aboard Pi Legend on only her second career ride in the city. While all the plaudits were well-founded, it will get more difficult from now on, especially with her [...]
Cotai can leave name in Lights at Newcastle March 31, 2026 THERE is a feast of all-weather action to look forward to on Good Friday, with contests from Newcastle, Lingfield and Chelmsford all live on ITV. One horse that caught my eye is COTAI LIGHTS, who is set to line up in the BetMGM All-Weather Three-Year-Old Championships Handicap (1.50pm) at Newcastle. Trainer Adrian Keatley is bringing [...]
Milan and Bourbon the Quai to success in Irish National March 31, 2026 A BUSY Easter weekend of racing approaches with quality contests to get stuck into across the UK and Ireland, and the Irish Grand National meeting taking centre stage at Fairyhouse. Rebecca Curtis became the first UK-based trainer to win the Irish Grand National (5.00pm, Easter Monday) since 2014 with Haiti Couleurs, and the away team [...]
Shanghai to put Talents to good use for Shum March 31, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong features a nine-race all-weather card at Sha Tin today, highlighted by the competitive Choi Wan Handicap (3.50pm) over the extended mile. Regular racegoers in the city would have left Sha Tin last weekend on good terms with themselves with eight favourites obliging on the 11-race card. The only blip came from [...]
There’s No Other Choice than to back Fownes runner March 31, 2026 WITHIN the past six weeks or so, it has been a case of musical chairs at the top of the trainers’ championship leaderboard. There have been five different trainers chopping and changing positions after either collecting winning trebles, four-timers, or in the case of Mark Newnham, a five-timer at Happy Valley a fortnight ago. The [...]
Champion the one for Size at Sha Tin March 27, 2026 WITH the clocks going forward an hour, Hong Kong racing fans in the UK can at last sit down and have their Sunday morning breakfast in comfort while watching all the action at Sha Tin. The showpiece contest on the 11-race programme is the six-furlong Class Two CW Chu Alumni Handicap (10.05am) which features a [...]
Geneva ready to peak under in-form Bowman March 27, 2026 IT IS safe to say 45-year-old Australian jockey Hugh Bowman is riding on the crest of a wave at present. The former LONGINES World’s Best Jockey celebrated his third success in the BMW Hong Kong Derby aboard Invincible Ibis a week ago and followed up with a winning treble at Happy Valley in midweek. Bowman, [...]
Long shots look Order of the day in the Lincoln March 24, 2026 NATIONAL Hunt racing takes a backseat this weekend as Doncaster hosts the traditional curtain raiser to the Flat season, the William Hill Lincoln Handicap (3.35pm). Plenty has been said about current Lincoln favourite La Botte, who looked an unlucky loser in the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot last summer. Harry Eustace’s contender could be the [...]