Wai not back Ng’s Duke for Group Three prize January 5, 2024 SHA TIN hosts a highly competitive and fiendishly difficult 10-race card on Sunday, featuring the Group Three Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (8.05am), a handicap over five furlongs, worth around £420,000 in prize money. At the top of the handicap are the likes of established speedsters Victor The Winner, Super Wealthy and Duke Wai, taking on some [...]
EP: 246 Wincanton & Hong Kong January 5, 2024 With large amounts of rain expected, we are hoping that racing can take place at Wincanton on Saturday where we take a look at the best of the action. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews Saturday’s UK racing highlights, with Wally Pyrah discussing Sunday’s card in Hong Kong. Hosted by Chris Barnett. The Punter ‘The [...]
Douglas Whyte hoping to Fire in a new Wave of winners January 3, 2024 LOCAL Hong Kong racing enthusiasts will arrive for an eight-race programme at Happy Valley today with fond memories of their last outing. With four market leaders and three second favourites obliging on the 10-race card at Sha Tin on New Year’s Day, the majority of spectators would have gone home happy, likely to be rubbing [...]
Benno Yung’s Son should Pak a punch January 3, 2024 TWO PROLIFIC course and distance winners Howdeepisyourlove and SON PAK FU are likely to dominate the odds board in the highlight race on the programme; the Class Two Albatross Handicap (2.50pm) over six furlongs. Pundits will have differing views on whether Howdeepisyourlove, placed behind Son Pak Fu on his seasonal effort in November, can reverse [...]
Fantastic Treasure awaits punters on New Year’s Day at Sha Tin December 30, 2023 ANTICIPATE long queues of enthusiastic racegoers clamouring to get through the turnstiles when the gates open for the popular New Year’s Day programme at Sha Tin on Monday. Given the name of ‘Lucky Start 2024’ by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, racing fans will be adorned in lucky blue caps and armed with newly purchased [...]
Ng’s Mugen can force his rivals into raising White flag December 30, 2023 THE EXTRAORDINARY winning sequence of trainer Pierre Ng, who saddled winners at 15 consecutive meetings, may have ended recently, but it would be a brave man to overlook his runners at Sha Tin on Monday. The runaway leader in the trainers’ championship sends nine raiders to the track and notably saddles four contenders in the [...]
EP: 245 Newbury & Haydock December 29, 2023 The Grade One Challow Novices’ Hurdle at Newbury is the feature race in the UK on Saturday afternoon with a really good field lining up, plus there’s jumps racing action taking place further north at Haydock Park. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews Saturday’s UK racing highlights. Hosted by Chris Barnett. The Punter ‘The [...]
Feeling right for Richards’ Eagle to soar to victory December 28, 2023 WITH the action having come thick and fast for racing fans in Hong Kong over the festive period, there’s more to look forward to with another exciting and competitive eight-race programme at Happy Valley today. Racing takes place on the C+3 track, renowned for measuring just the narrow width of a cricket pitch, and where [...]
Jerry Chau heading for a purple Patch with Quantum December 28, 2023 THE SUCCESSFUL partnership of trainer Francis Lui and jockey Zac Purton are sure to be a popular choice with local bettors when they resume their winning partnership with Silver Sonic in the Pak Tam Au Handicap (2.50pm) over the extended mile. Everything went right for the former Australian galloper when winning the final leg of [...]
Cause for Newnham celebration with Beer Palace December 24, 2023 IT WILL be good to see legendry Australian jockey Hugh Bowman back in action at Sha Tin on Boxing Day, with three booked rides on the 10-race programme. Bowman, who suffered a nasty fall at Sha Tin on November 11th, fracturing his scapula and three vertebrae, returns to the saddle just six weeks later, proving [...]