King up for the fight to gain victory in Hong Kong May 20, 2025 HAPPY Valley racing fans face a dilemma when they arrive at the city track for a nine-race programme starting at 11.40am on Wednesday. It has not been easy for bettors at the Valley in the past six weeks with numerous surprise results – there were a handful of winners last week returning at double-figure odds [...]
Casa’s fortune Written in the stars with Purton in the saddle May 20, 2025 REGULAR viewers of Hong Kong racing will need no reminding how unlucky Thesis was when last seen at Happy Valley a fortnight ago. The winner of the 2022 Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot suffered a desperate journey over the course and distance and was caught three-wide for the majority of the contest but still went [...]
Morgan out to make breakthrough Success in Hong Kong May 16, 2025 IT HAS not been easy for bettors in Hong Kong over the past month or so with numerous surprise results causing grief, and plenty of head scratching from form book students. This was once again highlighted at Happy Valley in mid-week, when a handful of winners on the nine-race card were returned at double-figure odds, [...]
Gummy can continue Purton’s winning Legacy at Sha Tin May 16, 2025 RACEGOERS in Hong Kong can look forward to a mixed-bag of entertainment at Sha Tin on Sunday with a 10-race programme, including seven races on turf and three on the all-weather surface. It is worth noting racing takes place on the C+3 course, the narrowest in width of all the tracks in Hong Kong, measuring [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 30: York’s Classic Trials and Lockinge Day at Newbury May 13, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile preview the key races across the UK this week and are joined by trainer Roger Teal. Hong Kong expert Wally Pyrah is on hand with fancies at Happy Valley. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a primary focus on [...]
Rosallion holds the key to Lockinge glory at Newbury May 13, 2025 WE’RE now firmly into the Flat season and the big races arrive thick and fast, with high class action coming up from the Lockinge meeting at Newbury this Saturday. The Lockinge Stakes (2.35pm) is the first Group One contest of the season run over a mile for four-year-olds and over, giving us a chance to [...]
Whirl out to confirm Elite Status in Musidora May 13, 2025 LAST week’s Derby trials saw an Aidan O’Brien whitewash, with both trials at Chester and Lingfield as well as Sunday’s Leopardstown Derby Trial going the way of the all-conquering Master of Ballydoyle. York’s three-day meeting, which begins on Wednesday, includes the final trials with the fillies getting a chance to put forward their claims for [...]
Atzeni can Flash past rivals aboard Crimson at the Valley May 13, 2025 THERE is no doubt that highly progressive galloper CRIMSON FLASH is going to be one of the most popular gallopers on show, when he lines up in the Hoi Lai Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs, and it’s easy to see why. The son of Showtime had been working up to a win with a series [...]
Joy ready to Spring into action for Fownes May 13, 2025 RACING at Happy Valley in Hong Kong returns for another exciting nine-race card on Wednesday, with a small but selective field lining up for the feature Class Two Choi Hung Handicap (1.10pm) over the extended mile. The in-form partnership of trainer David Hayes and jockey Zac Purton aboard Soleil Fighter will probably dominate the betting, [...]
Shield to prove himself Invincible in classy Sha Tin sprint May 9, 2025 SHA TIN racegoers have a treat in store when some of the top four-year-old sprinters in the territory line-up in the Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road Handicap (10.45am) over six furlongs. This mouth-watering encounter includes the likes of the John Size-trained Wunderbar, the only horse to beat world’s best sprinter Ka Ying Rising, highly-progressive Fast [...]