EP: 282 Sandown, Haydock & Hong Kong July 5, 2024 The Eclipse sees the clash of generations line up at Sandown on Saturday when the Derby winner City Of Troy takes on older horses for the first time. There’s also the exciting ‘Charge’ over 5 furlongs to look forward to. We also preview racing at Haydock where they feature the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks. City [...]
Ng not ready to Wave goodbye to trainers’ title July 3, 2024 WITH racing winding down for the season in Hong Kong, Happy Valley hosts another typically competitive nine-race programme, including a handful of hotly contested Class Four handicaps, and featuring a Class Two dash (12.10pm) over five furlongs. Hong Kong racing enthusiasts should be mindful that as the season draws to a close there are likely [...]
Manfred Man shooting for the stars again with Astrologer July 3, 2024 WITH racing at Happy Valley taking place on the ‘A’ track, bettors should heed the woeful record of gallopers with double-figure draw numbers, especially in six-furlong races. Statistics show that horses drawn wide have had very little success over the past three seasons, which is probably understandable with only a short straight of just over [...]
Holloway set for a Regal reward on Eclipse Day July 2, 2024 ALL EYES are sure to be on Aidan O’Brien’s Derby winner City Of Troy on Saturday as he takes on his elders for the first time in the Eclipse (3.35pm). The star colt’s Epsom form received a real rubberstamp last weekend as Ambiente Friendly and Los Angeles, who finished second and third behind him in [...]
Don’t go cold on Chillingham in Haydock’s Old Newton Cup July 2, 2024 WHILE the south basks in sultry conditions this week, Haydock looks set to face regular showers all the way up to Saturday’s Old Newton Cup Day. Therefore, as is often the case at the Lancashire track, we best expect ‘soft’ to be in the going description come race-day. In the feature Old Newton Cup (3.15pm), [...]
Purton’s Boy and Gangnam can find the winning style June 28, 2024 RACEGOERS will gather in their tens of thousands at Sha Tin racecourse on Hong Kong Reunification Day this Monday, each hoping for a slice of luck. Worth a whopping £285,000 for a Class Two Handicap, the Hong Kong Reunification Cup (11.35am) is rightly one of the most hotly contested heats on the bumper 11-race card. [...]
Lui to prove Second To None with another Win June 28, 2024 THINGS couldn’t be any tighter at the top of the Hong Kong Trainers’ Championship, with both Francis Lui and his former assistant Pierre Ng on 65 winners for the season. It was Lui who came out on top at Happy Valley in midweek, recording a double to level things up, and he looks to send [...]
Duke Of Oxford can reign for the day at Newcastle June 25, 2024 NEWCASTLE hosts its biggest Flat meeting of the year this weekend featuring the Northumberland Plate (3.10pm), also known as the ‘Pitmen’s Derby’ as it formed the traditional centrepiece of the holiday season for local mine workers. An all-weather surface replaced the turf Flat course at Gosforth Park in 2016 but that has done little to [...]
Angeles can put Epsom Los behind him in Irish Derby June 25, 2024 HOT off the back of a brilliant Royal Ascot, it’s a Classic weekend in Ireland. Aidan O’Brien swept all before him in Berkshire, landing his 13th Top Trainer title at the meeting, and sends LOS ANGELES to the Curragh in search of a remarkable 16th Irish Derby (4.05pm). O’Brien’s headline runner was last seen when [...]
Lui looking to send Ng Packing at Happy Valley June 25, 2024 WITH racing in Hong Kong entering the final stages of the season, it’s Happy Valley’s turn to host an exciting and highly competitive card, starting at 11.40am today. The Trainers’ Championship race took a new twist last Sunday, when the pendulum of fortune swung in favour of the Pierre Ng stable, who landed a welcome [...]