Horse racing: Glorious day for De Sousa as he lands Hong Kong Cup December 9, 2018 HE IS the reigning UK champion jockey, but now Silvestre de Sousa has plundered the biggest prize Hong Kong has to offer following Glorious Forever’s victory in the Longines Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin. It capped off a remarkable week for the Brazilian jockey who had won the International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley [...]
Horse racing: Ed Walker hoping for perfect Storm in Hong Kong Cup December 7, 2018 Ed Walker is yet to win a Group One prize, but that could all change on Sunday when Stormy Antarctic goes for glory in the Longines Hong Kong Cup. With a staggering £2.8million up for grabs, the five-year-old, who is owned by Hong Kong-based Sui Pak-kwan, would be deservedly striking at the top level for [...]
Horse racing betting: How UK punters can bet on Sha Tin’s HKIR meeting December 6, 2018 RACING from Hong Kong continues to grow in popularity around the world, especially in the United Kingdom where bettors can take advantage of the monster pots from the world’s largest tote pools. Household-known jockeys such as Silvestre de Sousa, Oisin Murphy, Ryan Moore and Neil Callan have all ridden out in Hong Kong in recent [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Sungrazer out to stop Cruz doing the Time Warp again December 6, 2018 IT WILL be boom or bust for Time Warp when he seeks to become only the second horse in the history of the Hong Kong Cup (8.30am) to successfully defend his crown. The Tony Cruz galloper only has one way of running, and that’s to set off in front and burn his rivals into submission. [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Magic Man Moreira bidding for success on Lys Gracieux December 6, 2018 SERIOUS horse racing bettors and enthusiasts need to set their alarms early on Sunday morning for the televised LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The end-of-year world turf championships kick off at 6am at Sha Tin and feature four Group One contests, with unbelievable prize-money totalling over £9million. With an abundance of European raiders in the [...]
Horse racing: David Pipe on his busy weekend with plenty of runners December 6, 2018 WE HAVE been waiting to run VIEUX LION ROUGE for some time now and he will take his chance in Saturday's Becher Chase (1.30pm) at Aintree, a race he won two years ago. The ground just hasn’t been right for him and that’s the reason we were unable to get a prep race into him. [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Aintree specialist Highland Lodge too big at 16/1 for Becher glory December 6, 2018 AWAY from the action at Sandown Park, we get our first look at the Grand National fences on Saturday, with the Becher Chase (1.30pm) and Grand Sefton (3.15pm) both run at Aintree. A field of 18 have been declared for the former, with the last three winners Blaklion (2017), Vieux Lion Rouge (2016) and HIGHLAND [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Altior set to join glittering list of Tingle Creek winners December 6, 2018 EVEN though only four runners have been declared for tomorrow's Betfair Tingle Creek Chase (3.00pm) at Sandown Park, the race now has a far more open look than had seemed likely a week ago. Plenty of rain has hit Esher this week meaning a race that had been billed as just a match between ALTIOR [...]
Hong Kong horse racing: De Sousa wins International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley December 6, 2018 Silvestre de Sousa has landed the Longines International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley, finishing clear of his world class rivals on 34 points. Adding to his UK Flat Jockeys’ Championship 2018 title, de Sousa put in a stunning display at Hong Kong’s inner-city track, winning two of the four IJC legs and being placed [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: It could pay to be Loyal to Cruz’s pair at Happy Valley December 5, 2018 REGULAR readers of this column won’t need reminding, alongside thousands of disgruntled bettors, that when red-hot favourites Country Star and Red Warrior lined up at Happy Valley three weeks ago, both went home empty-handed. The John Size duo had previously made successful excursions to the inner-city track and looked like ‘penalty kicks’ to complete hat-tricks [...]