Purton eyeing a Ruby red letter day with Beauty Infinity February 27, 2024 REIGNING champion jockey Zac Purton would have returned home after racing on Sunday evening sick of the sight of Australian champion James McDonald. Purton may have ridden a winning double at Sha Tin, but he was beaten narrowly by his arch nemesis on two occasions where it really mattered, firstly by Romantic Warrior in the [...]
Straight Arron out to burst Warrior’s Bubble February 23, 2024 RACING fans have a treat in store at Sha Tin on Sunday, when champion middle-distance performer Romantic Warrior eye-balls 2023 Hong Kong Derby winner Voyage Bubble in the feature race on the 10-race programme, the £1.3m Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (8.05am) over 10 furlongs. There are not many more superlatives to describe the Danny [...]
Champion McDonald hoping for good Karma February 23, 2024 ALL EYES will be on James McDonald on Sunday as he bids to guide Romantic Warrior to a sixth Group One success in the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (8.05am), and the Kiwi rider looks a have a strong book of rides throughout the action at Sha Tin. McDonald, who rode for a five-week stint [...]
EP: 253 Kempton, Newcastle & Southwell February 23, 2024 There’s some fantastic racing to look forward to at Kempton on Saturday with three Grade 2 contests and a Premier Handicap on the menu, supported by the marathon 4-mile plus Eider Chase at Newcastle on the same afternoon. Southwell is the venue for the Winter Derby this year, plus they also host a 5 furlong [...]
Kane can have the Killer instinct in Kempton highlight February 21, 2024 WE MIGHT only be a few weeks away from Cheltenham, but there is still some decent action to look forward to at Kempton and Newcastle on Saturday. The big betting race of the day is the Coral Trophy Handicap Chase (3.37pm) where Flegmatik heads the ante-post betting. He goes very well at Kempton, having won [...]
Ziggy can be punters’ Salvador in the National Hunt Chase February 21, 2024 WITH less than three weeks until jump racing’s Olympics, hopefully your ante-post Cheltenham Festival portfolios are already brimming with good value bets. If you’re looking to add another, it could well be worth having an each-way play on Gordon Elliott’s SALVADOR ZIGGY, who looks to have been primed for the National Hunt Novices’ Chase, the [...]
Fownes’ Galvanic seeks breakthrough win with Teetan up February 20, 2024 JOCKEY Karis Teetan must be confident of making minor inroads into Zac Purton’s healthy 20-winner lead in the Jockeys’ Championship when racing resumes with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley today. While Purton and family have flown off to Bangkok for a mini-break, coinciding with his one meeting suspension, the Mauritian Magician Teetan has eight [...]
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 [...]