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Moreira aims to fire back with fourth Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy win

Posted on May 30, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira is hoping everything falls right for Beauty Legacy in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) this Sunday (31 May) at Sha Tin as the three-time champion looks to peg back Zac Purton in the jockeys’ championship. Moreira sits three wins behind Purton on (126-123) after the Australian ace bagged a midweek[...]

Posted on May 23, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore hopes he has found the key to unlocking Thanks Forever’s absolute best as the consistent four-year-old seeks a first Group race victory in the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 24 May. The Duporth gelding has raced 10 times this season for one win and seven placings,[...]

Posted on May 19, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Happy Valley specialist Amazing Star is shooting for his fifth win at the city circuit this season when he faces off against talented rivals in the Class 2 Ho Chung River Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday, 20 May. The Jimmy Ting trainee has relished racing around the Valley’s tight turns and has enjoyed a rapid rise,[...]

Posted on May 16, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Uncle Steve (123lb) is aiming to put a season-slowing injury setback behind him when he steps up to 1800m for the first time in his Hong Kong career in Sunday’s (17 May) Class 2 Hoi Ha Handicap at Sha Tin. The Dabirsim gelding won first-up this campaign for trainer Douglas Whyte after transferring from the[...]

Posted on May 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Antoine Hamelin has made a fine start to his Hong Kong career since emerging from quarantine five weeks ago and the Frenchman is showing no signs of slowing as one of only three jockeys with a full book of nine rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday (13 May). With nine wins to his name from[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor heads into today’s (29 April) Happy Valley meeting with course specialist Flash Famous looking to become the first horse this season to win five races at the city circuit when he contests section one of the Class 3 Fortress Hill Handicap (1650m). The trainer is fresh off a Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize[...]

Posted on April 27, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Mr Stunning lived up to his name and cemented his place as one of Hong Kong’s finest sprinters yesterday afternoon (26 April) at Sha Tin with a victory in the HK$18 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m). The Frankie Lor-trained gelding put age and injury woes behind him to become only the third seven-year-old[...]

Posted on April 25, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Group 1 action will dominate FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 April) but one of Hong Kong racing’s exciting young prospects will be out to grab a little of the limelight with the undefeated Wellington contesting the Class 3 Vengeance Of Rain Handicap (1400m). Trainer Richard Gibson has Rattan and Wishful Thinker[...]

Posted on April 24, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hot King Prawn is one of the most dependable horses in training and at Sha Tin this Sunday (26 April) trainer John Size is hopeful that reliability can at last be rewarded with a Group 1 success in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m). “At the moment this is an opportunity for him to win a[...]

Posted on April 22, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tony Millard enjoyed one of his biggest days at Sha Tin when the exceptional Ambitious Dragon won the 2011 Group 1 QEII Cup (2000m) and this Sunday (26 April) the handler will saddle the talented duo Glorious Dragon and Elusive State in the HK$25 million feature. Ambitious Dragon was 2.3 favourite when he rolled off[...]

Posted on April 22, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Chad Schofield is a man in form and in demand and he heads into today’s (22 April) nine-race card at Happy Valley as one of the only two jockeys with a full book of rides. Schofield has bagged 11 wins from the last eight race meetings and currently sits only four victories away from equalling[...]

Posted on April 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Douglas Whyte-trained Will Power (118lb), another son of the Irish Classic-winning Power, will attempt to continue the fine start he has made to his career at Sunday’s (19 April) 10-race Sha Tin card in the Class 2 Cornwall Handicap (1200m, dirt). “He’s surprised me, he’s improved mentally every time I’ve stepped him out and[...]

Posted on April 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Jockeys’ championship protagonists Zac Purton and Joao Moreira have continued to trade blows in recent weeks and that looks set to continue on Sunday’s (19 April) 10-race Sha Tin card, with their rivalry highlighted in the clash of rising youngsters Mighty Giant (132lb) and Juneau Park (119lb). The exciting gallopers take each other on in[...]

Posted on April 15, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A final decision is yet to be made on Golden Sixty’s participation in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on 26 April but trainer Francis Lui is pleased with the Medaglia d’Oro gelding following his sparkling BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) win last month. “He seems good, he looks fine, everything is fine and[...]

Posted on April 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

This Is Class will attempt to prove he is well-named when he shoots for a hat-trick of wins in today’s (Wednesday, 8 April) Happy Valley finale. The five-year-old contests a hot edition of the Class 2 Hing Man Handicap (1000m) aiming to become only the 13th horse this season to have won three or more[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The John Size-trained Hot King Prawn (123lb) is looking to stamp his authority on Hong Kong’s sprint ranks in Sunday’s (5 April) Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin when he faces off against boom three-year-old Aethero (119lb) among a competitive field of eight. The Denman gelding finished second to stablemate Beat The Clock[...]

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Glorious Artist (133lb) was fourth in the 2019 KOR Group 1 Korea Cup (1800m) and returns to his preferred surface, the Sha Tin dirt, with trainer Frankie Lor pleased with his gelding ahead of tonight’s (1 April) test in the Cheung Sha Handicap. “His form’s good, everything is good – this time though he carries[...]

Author: Declan Schuster

Moreira aims to fire back with fourth Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy win

Moore believes he has the key to unlock Thanks Forever for Group 3 success

Ting’s Star shoots for Amazing five at the Valley

Uncle Steve’s ready, President’s Choice aims to keep on rising

French ace Hamelin is enjoying his Hong Kong start

Flash Famous shoots for a five-star night at the Valley

Mr Stunning lifts for a Chairman’s Sprint Prize shock

Wellington’s star on the rise

Hot King Prawn’s time is now

Millard’s team ready to mix it on FWD Champions Day

Chad Schofield aims to keep rolling with a full book at the Valley

Whyte’s Power

Exciting youngsters square off as the champion jockey race heats up

Golden Sixty camp mulls QEII Cup, Derby form on show at the Valley

This Is Class aims to keep on rising in Happy Valley feature

Hot King Prawn ready to rise in Sunday’s Group 2 Sprint Cup

Artist tops the weights

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