Unicorn has fine chance for Valley Legend Fownes November 21, 2023 TRAINER Caspar Fownes is the man to follow when racing at Happy Valley gets underway with a tricky eight-race programme starting at 11.10am today. ‘The King of the Valley’ Fownes has his stable firing on all cylinders at present, with winners at the last three meetings, and he notably saddled Straight Arron to win the [...]
Purton’s Star to continue its ascendancy with Durham November 21, 2023 FOLLOWING a stop-start beginning to the season reigning champion jockey Zac Purton is gradually starting to hit top-form, with 11 wins in the past fortnight. The Zac-Man is still suffering from niggling injuries, and points out that bad draws, stables being out of form, and horses not performing to their best, have all contributed to [...]
Fownes’ Arron can fly Straight to victory November 17, 2023 RACING in Hong Kong steps up a gear on Sunday, with a mouth-watering and highly informative 11-race programme at Sha Tin, sponsored by the Bank of China (Hong Kong). With the city’s flagship event, the LONGINES Hong Kong International Race Day, looming large on the horizon, this will be a final chance for racegoers to [...]
Irish import can Swan into the lead and keep rivals at Bay November 17, 2023 THREE Group Two contests may hold centre stage for the purists at Sha Tin over the weekend, but there are some equally intriguing and high-quality races on the supporting card, notably the BOCHK Asset Management Handicap (6.00am) over six furlongs. The much-hyped David Hayes-trained galloper, Lucky Encounter, a winner of four of his six races [...]
EP: 239 Cheltenham & Hong Kong November 17, 2023 It’s the three-day November meeting at Cheltenham this weekend with the Paddy Power Gold Cup the highlight on Saturday and the Greatwood Hurdle featuring at jumps HQ on Sunday. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Cheltenham’s weekend racing action, with Wally Pyrah discussing Sunday’s meeting in Hong Kong. Hosted by Chris [...]
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Notlongtillmay can come Lashing home to win Paddy Power November 14, 2023 CHELTENHAM returns this weekend for the three-day November Meeting, offering the chance to see more of the stars of the National Hunt game return to the track. This meeting is an early season target for many horses and that’s once again the case for Martin Keighley’s BACK ON THE LASH, who is aiming for a third [...]
Gin and L’Eau looks the perfect Greatwood combination November 14, 2023 SUNDAY’S Unibet Greatwood Hurdle (3.30pm) is always one of the most competitive handicap hurdles of the entire season and this year’s looks no different with some firms betting 5/1 the field. Whenever there’s the prospect of a Willie Mullins-trained runner in this country, the market, almost by default, makes it favourite and that’s the case [...]
Danny Shum’s got that good Karma Feeling November 14, 2023 THE OLD expression “strike while the iron’s hot” certainly relates to trainer Pierre Ng, who sends a raiding party of nine gallopers to Happy Valley for their nine-race programme today. Ng, a second-season trainer, has been in scintillating form of late, saddling eight winners at the last three race meetings and has had 20 victories [...]
Size’s Act Of Faith in search of 1500th Hong Kong winner November 14, 2023 TRAINER John Size will be hoping that lightning strikes twice when he teams up with jockey Zac Purton again with ACT OF FAITH in the second division of the Kyoto Handicap (1.10pm) over six furlongs, as he seeks one more win to record his 1500th success in Hong Kong. The combination of Size and Purton struck [...]