Ambition should Pak a punch once again at Happy Valley February 20, 2024 EXPECT plenty of wild celebrations to come from the members’ stand, through to the Beer Garden, if crowd favourite SON PAK FU proves victorious in the Singapore Pools Handicap (12.10pm) over six furlongs. The Australian-bred five-year-old has built up a cult following at the city track, following half-a-dozen victories and three places in the last [...]
Purton set to be in Harmony with Hayes’ Global February 16, 2024 SHA TIN in Hong Kong hosts a 10-race programme on Sunday, with half-a-dozen contests on turf and four races on the all-weather surface. It hasn’t been easy for bettors in the territory recently, with numerous long-priced winners during the Chinese New Year Festival week, at both Sha Tin on Monday and Happy Valley on Thursday. [...]
Ricky Yiu can Simply shoot for the Sky at Sha Tin February 16, 2024 IN-FORM trainer Ricky Yui has been waxing lyrical over the past week about the chances of his Hong Kong Derby candidate, SIMPLY MAVERICK, who puts his reputation on the line in the TVB Miss Hong Kong Pageant Handicap (9.15am) over nine furlongs. This progressive son of Sebring has won three of his last four races [...]
EP: 252 Ascot, Haydock & Hong Kong February 16, 2024 Ascot hosts the Grade One Ascot Chase alongside the 3 mile Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase on Saturday afternoon with the Grade Two Rendlesham Hurdle the feature race at Haydock and the Kingwell Hurdle highlighting the Wincanton card. Champion trainer Paul Nicholls tells us about his chances of grabbing a winner or two this weekend. City AM [...]
Lor has found Right race for Golden Long February 14, 2024 IT’S BACK to normality for racing fans in Hong Kong today, when Happy Valley serves up a nine-race programme full of hotly contested handicaps, for which plenty of luck will be required to find winners. It wasn’t easy for racing fans seeking to celebrate the start of Chinese New Year with a host of surprise [...]
Caspar Fownes in Noble Pursuit of another Valley winner February 14, 2024 THERE has been no stopping the proclaimed ‘King of the Valley’, trainer Caspar Fownes, at his favourite venue in Hong Kong this season. The former four-time Champion Trainer has been in the form of his life at the city track, saddling 20 winners already this season, with a win and place strike rate of over [...]
Bridge to prove an Iron horse in Haydock heavy February 13, 2024 LOOKING ahead to the weekend action is never easy at this point with horses still not confirmed as certain runners but there are always one or two that look sure to line up. At Haydock, Jonjo O’Neill’s IRON BRIDGE looks to need to win the Grand National Trial (3.15pm) if he’s to go up enough [...]
Mullins’ Majeste ticks all the right boxes in Cheltenham finale February 13, 2024 WILLIE Mullins has farmed most races at the Cheltenham Festival as his quite frankly ridiculous haul of 94 winners suggests. Many of the 28 races he has won more than once, with one of them being the Festival’s closing contest, the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle. Given he has won this race with the [...]
Mullins needs six for Cheltenham century February 12, 2024 WILLIE Mullins has been leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival in nine of the last 11 years, and as he showed at the Dublin Racing Festival earlier this month, his dominance shows no signs of slowing down. An army of 70 plus horses from his County Carlow base will descend on the Cotswolds in four [...]
Mugen to welcome Year of the Dragon with a roaring success February 9, 2024 SHA TIN hosts the eagerly awaited Chinese New Year raceday on Monday, with an 11-race programme, featuring the £370,000 Chinese New Year Cup (8.05am), a handicap over seven furlongs. To the local racing enthusiasts, you can forget about the International Races in December, Champions Day in April, or even the Hong Derby in March; this [...]