Mickley in pole position to tee up Classic Series bid January 10, 2025 FORM students will be in their element when racing at Sha Tin on Sunday gets underway with an informative 10-race programme starting at 5.00am. With the Four-Year-Old Classic Series getting underway with the Classic Mile at the end of the month, this is probably the final chance for some expensively bought gallopers to stake their [...]
Purton Power can get Young Champion’s head in front January 10, 2025 THERE are a handful of Four-Year-Old Classic Series candidates who put their reputations on the line in the feature race on the Sha Tin card, The Racing Club Cup (8.05am), a handicap over seven furlongs. The likes of top-weight Packing Hermod, officially rated fourth in the top 50 four-year-olds in the territory, Rubylot, well-handicapped with [...]
Williams’ improving Djelo looks set to fly in the Ryanair January 7, 2025 CHELTENHAM is now little over two months away and in the coming weeks I’m going to begin to build an ante-post portfolio ahead of the Festival. The aim with these bets is to find something at big odds that is likely to go off a much shorter price if lining up in March. While there’s [...]
Charm the Silver Lining to Kempton rain clouds January 7, 2025 RECENT weather has wreaked havoc on the fixture list with wind, rain and snow battering Britain’s racecourses since the turn of the year. With the forecast remaining unsettled this weekend’s fixtures could well be in the balance, and if key meetings at Kempton and Warwick do get the go-ahead, then racing is sure to take [...]
Purton in high Spirits as he closes in on Whyte’s HK record January 7, 2025 IT IS surprising that man of the moment, jockey Zac Purton, hasn’t been booked in the feature race, the Group Three January Cup at the Valley, but his many thousands of supporters will still be expecting to make another fistful of dollars from their champion. Purton, only nine wins away from Douglas Whyte’s all-time riding [...]
Bowman set to seize his Moment in January Cup January 7, 2025 HONG Kong racing returns under the bright lights of Happy Valley today with a nine-race programme, featuring the Group Three January Cup (1.45pm), a handicap over nine furlongs. Trainer Frankie Lor, having saddled the past two winners of the only Group contest run at the track, goes all-in to complete a hat-trick by saddling three [...]
Newnham’s Speedster can continue flurry of Winners January 3, 2025 EARLY risers will need to be brave waking up to freezing cold and rainy weather in the dark on Sunday morning before following the action at Sha Tin. They could, however, do worse than follow a couple of possible ‘winter warmers’ early in the card, starting with Hong Lok Golf in the Tai Lam Handicap [...]
Eustace Swiftly Ascending as Hong Kong’s go-to trainer January 3, 2025 RACING is back again in Hong Kong on Sunday for another exciting and competitive 10-race programme starting at 5.00am, and with all eyes drawn to one jockey. The Zac Purton show is dominating the racing scene in the city at present and shows no signs of abating. Purton produced a masterclass with a staggering 12-winner [...]
Purton on track to become Hong Kong Legend aboard St Paul’s December 31, 2024 MANY of the thousands of racegoers who go through the turnstiles for the New Year racing bonanza will make a beeline for the gift shops around Sha Tin racecourse. Local racing enthusiasts always want the start of the year to go off with a bang, and will rely on anything to bring them luck, and [...]
Theta to make light work of heavyweight California Spangle December 31, 2024 THE ACTION starts early for horse-racing fans in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day, when Sha Tin hosts an 11-race programme starting at 4.30am, featuring two Group Three contests, The Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (6.00am), a handicap over five furlongs, and The Chinese Club Challenge Cup (8.10am) over seven furlongs. The Bauhinia Sprint Trophy should provide [...]