Transmission to end season with a Boom at Sandown April 22, 2025 THIS season’s titanic trainers’ title battle between Dan Skelton and Willie Mullins rolls on into the final week of the Jumps season with everything set to boil down to Saturday’s star-studded card at Sandown. Predictably Mullins is throwing everything at trying to become UK Champion Trainer for the second year in a row, but still [...]
Back Almaqam to show star potential in the Gordon Richards April 22, 2025 YOU know that the Flat season is starting to kick into gear when Friday’s Gordon Richards Stakes card rolls around. A Group Two and a pair of Group Threes headline a cracking day’s racing, and while many racing fans will be focused on the tantalising Jumps Trainers’ title fight between Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton, [...]
Legend and Sugar to give Fownes sweet Valley success April 22, 2025 HONG Kong racing fans have plenty to look forward to today when Happy Valley hosts another action-packed nine-race programme starting at 11.40am. Trainer Caspar Fownes’ title challenge may have stalled in recent weeks, but the proclaimed ‘King of the Valley’ to his many thousands of fans can still get them ready at his favourite venue. [...]
Newnham in Flying form as he seeks another winning Moment April 22, 2025 MARK Newnham’s stable will be looking for a confidence booster at Happy Valley before their stable star My Wish steps onto the turf for his date with destiny in the FWD Group One Champions Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Newnham has been a regular visitor to the winners’ circle all season, having struck the [...]
Bundle ready to Award Size and Purton another win April 18, 2025 HONG Kong racegoers can look forward to a mixed bag of racing at Sha Tin on Sunday, where action will be divided between five races on the all-weather surface and five on the turf track. Although the title charge by the John Size stable has slowed down in recent weeks – he sent out 13 [...]
Atzeni’s Star can rise further aboard South April 18, 2025 WITH an impressive total of 13 winners in the past month, there is no jockey in Hong Kong, Zac Purton included, who is riding better than former UK pilot Andrea Atzeni. The 34-year-old Sardinian-born rider, presently sitting third in the jockeys’ championship table with 43 wins, is guaranteed to surpass last season’s best total of [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 26: Cheltenham, Newmarket, Good Friday All-Weather and Happy Valley April 16, 2025 Tom Marriott is joined by Ben Cleminson to preview racing from Cheltenham and Newmarket on Wednesday, plus Good Friday’s action at Newcastle. Trainer Tom Lacey also joins in to discuss his runner, Blow Your Wad, in the Silver Trophy, while Wally Pyrah has a few fancies at Happy Valley. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been [...]
Coach and Storm to Star on All-Weather Finals Day April 15, 2025 RACING on Good Friday has long been a sporting staple of Easter weekend, and the main action comes from Newcastle’s All-Weather Finals Day. It’s the culmination of the all-weather season, with seven competitive races for punters to get stuck into, and I’ve found a couple of bets to get the long weekend off and running. [...]
Techno and Hawkeye can keep Owen in the groove April 15, 2025 WITH good midweek racing from both Cheltenham and Newmarket, I’m going to have a crack at the action on Wednesday before taking aim at Good Friday’s card at Newcastle later on. Much of the focus at Cheltenham is sure to be on the latest developments in the race for the trainers’ title that sees Dan [...]
So Knows Heart can Embrace challenge from the Valley April 15, 2025 IN THE Chamomile Handicap (3.50pm) over the extended mile, useful handicapper EMBRACES has a great opportunity to bounce back to winning form with his regular pilot Jerry Chau back in the saddle. The Cody Mo-trained four-year-old has made the frame in his last half-dozen races, including a course-and-distance victory back in December, and another success [...]