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 [...]
David Pipe looks ahead to his weekend runners January 23, 2020 TRIALS Day at Cheltenham is always a great afternoon and we send two there tomorrow. I was delighted with NIGHT EDITION who finished fourth on his debut for us at Taunton last month. He will take his chance in the opening JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial (12.40pm), but is definitely being pitched in at the deep [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Highway the One to motor home on Festival Trials Day January 23, 2020 THERE are some cracking graded races on Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham tomorrow with the likes of Paisley Park and Santini running, but from a punting perspective I’m more interested in the Paddy Power 45 Sleeps To Cheltenham Trophy Handicap Chase (1.50pm). Although Lalor, Warthog and Spiritofthegames have all run well over course and distance [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: All aboard Whyte’s Private Rocket in penultimate handicap January 21, 2020 DOUGLAS Whyte has been one of the highlights of the racing season so far, with the former jockey enjoying plenty of success in his first year as a trainer. Whyte, a 13-time champion jockey in the territory, saddled his first winner in the opening race of the new season back in September and has never [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Winning tastes like Garlic at Happy Valley January 21, 2020 WITH the official Chinese New Year celebrations getting underway in Hong Kong, racing fans will be looking to make a fistful of dollars to pay for the weekend festivities at Happy Valley today. The nine-race card is full of head scratching puzzles, with luck sure to play an important part yet again. The best advice [...]
David Pipe on his runners across the country on Saturday January 16, 2020 CONDITIONS ought to be ideal for CHAMPERS ON ICE in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock (2.40pm) tomorrow where he switches back from hurdles to fences. He’s been in great form over the smaller obstacles this season so far and we just thought it was worth sending him chasing again – that’s what we bought [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: D’Orhy looks the Pic for Nicholls at Ascot January 16, 2020 ALL EYES will be on Ascot tomorrow as Defi Du Seuil and Un De Sceaux lock horns again in the Clarence House Chase (3.35pm) after last month’s thrilling Tingle Creek at Sandown. Only a neck separated the pair that day and there shouldn’t be much between them again. Every drop of rain that falls between [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Trainer Ferraris can continue fine form with Bear Again January 14, 2020 A MAJOR feature of this season’s racing in Hong Kong has been the upturn in fortunes of trainer David Ferraris. Former four-time South African champion handler Ferraris has found it tough going in the territory over recent years, but has bounced back into the limelight this season. He has trained a dozen winners so far [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Victory looks In Hand for Highly Proactive backers January 14, 2020 GIVEN we are four months into the season, the trainers’ championship leaderboard in Hong Kong makes for surprising reading. The top three are all local handlers, while the likes of past and present champions John Moore and John Size are well off the pace. Of course, the wheels of fortune can soon change in the [...]