McMonagle to continue Hong Kong Romance at the Valley January 27, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong is back with another all-action nine-race programme at Happy Valley today, including the highly competitive Class Three O’Brien Handicap (2.15pm) over nine furlongs. You can guarantee the celebrations in trainer David Hayes’ household would have gone on long into the night following the success of superstar Ka Ying Rising at [...]
Bunta Baby can be main beneficiary of pace burn up January 27, 2026 CASPAR Fownes’ stable will have breathed a collective sigh of relief when Flying Luck won the finale at Sha Tin on Sunday. The ‘King of the Valley’ had been finding winners hard to come by in recent times and would have needed a pick-me-up, before arriving at his favourite venue with a strong raiding party [...]
Lion can chase tails of Warrior and Bubble in Stewards’ Cup January 23, 2026 ALL EYES of the horse racing world will be firmly focused on Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday, as the three kings of the city – Ka Ying Rising, Romantic Warrior and Voyage Bubble – seek to add further decoration to their already glittering CVs. It will surely be worth the entrance fee alone [...]
Index can give Purton a Happy Sunday in the city January 23, 2026 RECENT fortunes of trainer Manfred Man and jockey Zac Purton have served supporters well in the past fortnight, with the partnership delivering a couple of weekend winners in Robot Star and Patch Of Cosmo. The combination has presently provided bettors with a 30 percent strike-rate so far this season, and it looks likely they will [...]
Gowel Hy on the list to land another Cleeve crown January 20, 2026 CHELTENHAM Trials Day on Saturday provides a chance to see some of the stars that could be on show at the Festival in March. Not many shine brighter than Sir Gino, who returned with a bang in the Christmas Hurdle and now faces a fascinating clash with last year’s Turner’s Novices’ Hurdle winner, The New [...]
Spindleberry’s a ripe pick for historic Gold Cup double January 20, 2026 PRIOR to the Cheltenham Festival, we’ve got the small matter of the Dublin Racing Festival in little over a week’s time, which brings two days of top-quality action from Leopardstown. The headline of the weekend is undoubtedly the Irish Gold Cup, where Galopin Des Champs will be looking to make it four successive victories in [...]
Episode 66: Cheltenham Trials Day and the Great Yorkshire Chase January 20, 2026 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back to preview Saturday’s Cheltenham Trials Day and the Great Yorkshire Chase card at Doncaster. Bill has a long priced fancy for the Irish and Cheltenham Gold Cup, and Wally Pyrah returns with a preview of Sha Tin on Wednesday. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated [...]
Kingscote can reign Supreme with Universe on Sha Tin dirt January 20, 2026 HORSE racing enthusiasts in Hong Kong can look forward to a nine-race programme on the all-weather surface at Sha Tin today. Serious bettors are always wary about racing on dirt in the city, as there are so many imponderables to consider, most notably if the track will suit gallopers up with the pace from the [...]
Wind ready to Blaze the trail for Purton and Shum January 20, 2026 SPECIALIST big race trainer Danny Shum will be praying for some encouragement from his squad of 10 raiders at Sha Tin, before his stable star Romantic Warrior locks horns against great rival Voyage Bubble in the Group One Stewards’ Cup on Sunday. Shum has found it tough going in the city recently, with his stable [...]
Express can give Size and McMonagle a Super day at Sha Tin January 16, 2026 TRAINER John Size is the man to follow when racing in Hong Kong gets underway on Sunday morning with an 11-race programme at Sha Tin. The 13-time champion trainer made his renowned slow start to the current campaign, with just a handful of winners in the first three months of the season, but the ball [...]