John Size-ing up another all-weather victory for Erimo October 24, 2023 ALL EYES will be on local top all-weather performer Youthful Deal when he makes a belated return to his favourite surface in the £300,000 Hebe Hill Handicap (3.15pm) over the extended mile. The Frankie Lor-trained gelding was a revelation on the all-weather track last season, winning four times and improving 36 pounds in the ratings. [...]
Purton aims to hit High Point with Sweynesse October 20, 2023 RACING fans in Hong Kong will be desperate to witness their star sprinter Lucky Sweynesse get back into the winning groove when Zac Purton’s mount lines-up in the feature race of the day, the Group Two Premier Bowl (9.10am), a handicap over six furlongs at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Manfred Man-trained gelding had his [...]
Bowman can be a Beast aboard Legend October 20, 2023 IT’S GOODBYE to leading jockey Hugh Bowman until the middle of next month following Sunday’s racing at Sha Tin. The 43-year-old, presently sitting at the summit of the jockeys’ championship table, is sidelined in Hong Kong for the next five race-meetings after a couple of misdemeanours in the past month. The ‘Head Waiter’ will be [...]
EP: 234 Ascot British Champions Day & Hong Kong October 20, 2023 It’s a brilliant afternoon of racing on Saturday – Qipco British Champions Day. There are four Group 1 races, alongside the Group 2 Long Distance Cup, plus the competitive Balmoral Handicap. Today we have an exclusive chat with trainer Andrew Balding, ahead of the big day at Ascot. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews [...]
Fellowes will be Vadreaming of more Ascot rain October 17, 2023 FOR THE thousands of fans heading to Ascot on Saturday for Qipco British Champions Day the weather forecast will fill them with a sense of dread. From Wednesday the heavens are set to open and if the forecasters are right, it might not stop until Sunday! Officials at Ascot are already predicting a minimum of [...]
French raider Rock ready to roll them over in the mud October 17, 2023 WITH star three-year-olds Paddington and Tahiyra on course to clash, the Qipco QEII (3.05pm) is not a race to miss. It’s a contest that has thrown up surprise results in recent years though, notably with King Of Change in 2019 and last year when Bayside Boy shocked punters at 33/1, so from a betting perspective, [...]
Righteous Purton could get back in Cruz’s good books October 17, 2023 UNFORTUNATELY, forecast rain could rear its ugly head again when racing gets underway with a competitive nine-race programme at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today. With heavy clouds and possible thunderstorms swirling around the territory, racegoers will need to keep a careful watch on the weather, with rain capable of changing surface conditions in the [...]
Lor’s Beauty on a Mission to discover winning feeling October 17, 2023 IT’S NO surprise to see that Caspar Fownes is joint-leader in the trainers’ championship table, with 11 wins already this season. The popular 56-year-old made no secret that he was gunning for his fifth title before the season started and, with winners flowing at regular intervals – five wins in the last seven meetings – [...]
Beauty could be heading for Eternal glory over Spangle October 13, 2023 ALL RACING fans will have their eyes focused on Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday, when local superstar California Spangle makes his eagerly-awaited return in the feature race of the day, the £540,000 Group Two Sha Tin Trophy (9.05am), a handicap run over a mile. The ‘Spangle’ has created a huge fan-club over the [...]
David Hayes hoping to Snaffle some Luck at Sha Tin October 13, 2023 LEGENDARY 60-year-old Australian trainer David Hayes will arrive at Sha Tin on Sunday with high expectations of coming away with at least a double from his half-a-dozen raiders on the card. It hasn’t been easy for former dual HK champion trainer Hayes since he returned to the territory a few seasons back, and he desperately [...]