Cap Ferrat can beat the Lot in Group Three Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse November 7, 2025 BEAUTY and top-class racing come to the fore in equal measure in Hong Kong on Sunday, when Sha Tin hosts a 10-race programme, featuring the popular Group Three Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse (8.05am), a handicap over nine furlongs. The Kwok family, who own the beauty brand Sa Sa, are represented in the main event by [...]
Lucky Sam Gor has sights set on Sha Tin hat-trick November 7, 2025 SUPPORTERS of the John Size stable are having a tough time at present. The champion trainer is renowned in the territory for making slow starts every season, but even he would be slightly worried about the present form of the yard. After getting a couple of surprising winners in early September, Size has now had [...]
Vintner can be November Master for team Beckett November 4, 2025 DONCASTER’s November Handicap (3.45pm) on Saturday is the traditional end to the UK Flat season and is a race that is often run in attritional conditions. This year may be different though with the unusually dry weather for the time of year meaning the ground is unlikely to be really testing on Town Moor. With [...]
Take Frero and Harry against the field in the Sefton November 4, 2025 WITH the Flat action drawing to a close at Doncaster, National Hunt racing really kicks into gear with quality cards from Aintree and Wincanton this Saturday. For the first time this season, the Grand National fences will be in use in the Grand Sefton Handicap Chase (2.40pm), the feature at Aintree. Frero Banbou goes well [...]
Von Baer ready to lead Dash for Gold November 4, 2025 HONG Kong racegoers face a quick turnaround following their visit to Happy Valley last Sunday. The city track once again takes the spotlight on Wednesday, when hosting a competitive nine-race programme, starting at 10.40am. Will wonders ever cease! On Sunday trainer Mark Newnham failed to visit the winners’ circle for the first time since September [...]
Prince can Thunder home for Richards and Bowman November 4, 2025 WINNERS may have dried up a touch for trainer Jamie Richards recently – he last saddled a winner at Sha Tin 10 days ago – but his stable is still lying seventh in the trainers’ championship table with an impressive 12 precent strike-rate from just 67 runners. With new arrivals filtering into the yard over [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 55: Wincanton, Doncaster and Aintree November 4, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back to preview Saturday’s action from Wincanton, Doncaster and Aintree with fancies across the three cards. Hong Kong man Wally Pyrah returns to look at Wednesday’s card at Happy Valley. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a primary [...]
King and Molly ready to kick start Eustace’s season October 31, 2025 HONG Kong racing fans can look forward to the annual weekend fixture at Happy Valley on Sunday, when the city track hosts a 10-race programme starting at 4.45am. It has been a recurring theme over the past few weeks that trainer David Eustace’s stable has been threatening to hit form, but as of yet it [...]
Future is Looking Bright for Lor’s seasonal debutant October 31, 2025 THERE is going to be plenty of support for the David Hayes-trained Harmony N Blessed who seeks his fifth course-and-distance win in the Kwangtung Handicap Cup (8.10am) over five furlongs. The seven-time winning course specialist may be getting on in years, but he can still mix it with some of the best speedsters in the [...]
Ariel Must Go close on Sha Tin’s dirt under Wong October 29, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong moves from its regular Wednesday Happy Valley slot to Sha Tin today, with an eight-race card on the all-weather surface starting at 11.15am. Regular bettors in the city are always wary when attempting to find winners on the dirt surface as there are so many imponderables to contend with. Will the [...]