Schofield can continue bright spell on Cruz’s Sunshine April 14, 2020 WHILE jockeys Zac Purton and Joao Moreira continue to hog the limelight in Hong Kong, facts and figures show that South African Chad Schofield has become the most improved jockey in the territory. Schofield, son of top Australian and Sydney-based jockey Glyn, was given a long suspension earlier in the season and his campaign didn’t properly [...]
Glory awaits Purton and his Master April 14, 2020 REIGNING champion Zac Purton looks to have the necessary fire power to eat into the four-win deficit at the top of the jockeys’ title race at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The Australian pilot would not have been in the best of spirits after racing at Sha Tin on Sunday. Not only did rival Joao Moreira become the first [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Smoothies has Grand chance at the Valley April 7, 2020 TRAINER Danny Shum is the man to follow at Happy Valley today. After a week’s rest to freshen up the grass, the turf surface at the Valley should be in pristine condition, but a word of warning – the recent rain in the territory is threatening to turn the ground on the soft side. This [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Hong Kong Bet can Cruz to victory in Valley feature April 7, 2020 IT WILL be very much a case of ‘blink and you will miss it’ when some of the quickest horses in Hong Kong line-up in the main event of the afternoon, the £200,000 Hing Man Handicap (3.50pm) over five furlongs. With the speed likely to be frenetic in the early stages, luck will surely play [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Red Dragon can prove he’s a Super talented performer March 31, 2020 THERE are a couple of things to remember before betting at Sha Tin today. The draw normally plays an important role in determining the results on dirt racing in Hong Kong. Most of the time in races over six furlongs, statistics suggest horses can win from any draw, but when the weather is unsettled, like [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Doctrine looks a Beauty of a ride for Moreira March 31, 2020 JOAO Moreira will be the jockey to follow for the majority of local racing fans when the action gets underway on the all-weather at Sha Tin today. ‘Magic Man’ Moreira delivered a five-timer, much to the delight of his many thousands of supporters, at the same course on Sunday and they will be anticipating more of [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Shum looks to have found Winning Method with Ways March 24, 2020 IF THERE is one trainer who seems to have gone under the radar in Hong Kong this season, despite presently lying fourth in the trainers’ championship table, it’s Danny Shum. The reason for that is perhaps because he doesn’t have a real star in the yard at present. He is, however, still one of the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Star rider Ho can shine at Happy Valley March 24, 2020 YOUNG jockey Vincent Ho, probably still on cloud nine following his brave and daring ride on Sunday’s Hong Kong Derby hero, Golden Sixty, will need to get back to reality when he heads to Happy Valley today. Ho is riding the crest of a wave at present having notched seven winners in the last four meetings at the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lui’s Sixty has Golden chance in HK Derby March 19, 2020 HORSE racing fans in the UK may be starved of any local action for the foreseeable future, but they still have an opportunity to watch Hong Kong’s local flagship event of the racing calendar, the £2million Hong Kong Derby (8.35am) at Sha Tin on Sunday morning. Favourites have had a good record in the 10-furlong contest in recent years, with [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Wellington has the boot to see off handicap rivals at Sha Tin March 19, 2020 GOLDEN Sixty and company may be taking centre-stage in the Hong Kong Derby on Sunday, but there are potentially one or two future superstars lining-up as the supporting cast on the 10-race card. The Richard Gibson-trained WELLINGTON has looked a Group sprinter in the making following two impressive wins since arriving in HK last October. Last month’s victory, [...]