Hong Kong Racing Tips: Royal Racer the one for the King of the Valley December 8, 2020 YOU CAN guarantee that trainer Caspar Fownes eyes would have lit up when he heard there was a £20,000 prize up for grabs for gaining the most points in the International Jockeys Challenge on Wednesday. 53-year-old Fownes, the current runaway leader in the trainers’ title race with 31 winners – nine clear of his nearest [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Doyle can end 2020 Smiling December 8, 2020 ENGLISH pilot Hollie Doyle is having a season which must have exceeded even her wildest expectations. The trailblazing jockey has enjoyed an unbelievable season, which has included a Royal Ascot winner, two Group 1 winners on British Champions Day and finishing fourth in the British Jockeys’ Championship. If that wasn’t enough, she won the Sunday [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Valley punters will be Grateful Moore is back December 8, 2020 IT’S showtime at Happy Valley on Wednesday when the inner-city track hosts the International Jockeys’ Championship, a four-race format with £50,000 and trophy to the winning jockey. With a galaxy of star jockeys from around the world, including English contingent Tom Marquand, Hollie Doyle, Ryan Moore and William Buick, as well as local favourites Joao [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast Sandown, Aintree & Hong Kong December 4, 2020 It’s Tingle Creek Day at Sandown on Saturday and the Becher Chase at Aintree, both classy looking races this weekend. Trainer David Pipe knows what it takes to win the Becher Chase, having been successful in 2016 with Vieux Lion Rouge, who is back again for this year’s renewal, alongside stable companion Ramses De Teillee. [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Little very much a Player for Hayes December 1, 2020 WHILE leading trainer Caspar Fownes can’t stop saddling winners in Hong Kong – he celebrated his 500th winner at Happy Valley last week – at the other end of the spectrum, legendary handler David Hayes, has made an underwhelming start to his second career move to the territory. The former HK champion trainer and Melbourne [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: No fear in backing Le Terroir December 1, 2020 TOP PILOT Vincent Ho, currently lying fourth in the jockeys’ championship table with 20 wins, makes a welcome return to action after serving a two-meeting suspension. The locally born jockey can be rated the most improved rider in the territory judged on past performances over the last couple of seasons. His handling of Golden Sixty, [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Kinda Cool banker material in Valley sprint December 1, 2020 IT LOOKS as if the gods of fortune have finally smiled on the Frankie Lor-trained KINDA COOL who rates the best bet of the meeting at Happy Valley on Wednesday. All the stars are aligned in favour for this New Zealand bred four-year-old who finally gets the all-important inside draw number in the Gloucester Handicap (1.15pm) over [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:28 Newbury, Newcastle & Hong Kong November 27, 2020 Trainer & Clerk of the Course Harriet Graham joins us to talk about her stable star Aye Right who has a big chance of winning the feature race at Newbury on Saturday. Racing editor Bill Esdaile looks at the best of the weekend jumps action at Newbury and Newcastle and Wally Pyrah talks us through [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Classic Unicorn can go back-to-back November 24, 2020 WEDNESDAY’S action takes place on the infamous ‘C+3’ course at Happy Valley, well known for its narrow width with the starting stalls only just fitting across the track and short home straight. Past records highlight horses drawn with low numbers have a big advantage over their rivals, especially in five and six furlong races, and [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Hayes and Shinn to keep Fire burning November 24, 2020 IT WAS good to see former Hong Kong champion and Melbourne Cup-winning trainer David Hayes and Australian compatriot jockey Blake Shinn team up with a welcome winner in Harmony N Blessed at Sha Tin last Sunday. The pair have found it tough going since the beginning of the season, with Hayes only having trained six [...]