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Frankie Lor lands midweek treble as hot October continues

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

Frankie Lor roared to second in the trainers’ championship thanks to a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (21 October) that maintained his fruitful run of form. The fourth-season handler made it eight wins so far in October when Heavenly Thought’s victory in the Class 3 Sha Wan Handicap (1650m) sealed the three-timer, propelling[...]

Posted on October 20, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Karis Teetan snared three wins at Sha Tin on Sunday (18 October) and the man they call the ‘Mauritian Magician’ is eyeing outright second spot in the jockeys’ premiership as he heads to Happy Valley on Wednesday, 21 October for a full book of rides. Teetan’s Sunday treble moved him to 16 wins this season,[...]

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

Golden Sixty took another important step toward December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races riches with victory in yesterday’s (Sunday, 18 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin, a result that all but confirmed a changing of the guard at the very top of Hong Kong’s pecking order. The Francis[...]

Posted on October 17, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty has improved from his first-up win according to trainer Francis Lui as the BMW Hong Kong Derby hero shoots for his ninth victory in a row in Sunday’s (18 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m). “He’s good, he’s come on from last start when it was his first-up run[...]

Posted on October 17, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira believes Hot King Prawn is capable of winning a hitherto elusive Group 1 as the grey returns for his fifth Hong Kong racing season in Sunday’s (18 October) Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) with December’s top-level riches in mind. “The main horses are not running against him in the next couple of[...]

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

Apprentice Jerry Chau sealed his first Hong Kong treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday (14 October) when the Tony Cruz-trained Buddies took the finale, the Class 2 High West Handicap (1650m). “It feels like a dream – it’s amazing, everything went to plan, it’s just unbelievable,” the 20-year-old said. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice[...]

Posted on October 14, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Championship leading trainer Caspar Fownes will launch a two-pronged assault on Sunday’s (18 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin when Southern Legend and Dances With Dragon take their places en route to December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. While Golden Sixty and Beauty Generation are set to renew[...]

Posted on October 13, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes is looking to continue his fast-start to the new season and is looking to leading jockey Joao Moreira to keep his hot streak going by booking the Brazilian for five rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday (14 October), including Green Luck (116lb) in the Class 2 High West Handicap (1650m). “Joao’s (Moreira) riding[...]

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

Matthew Chadwick’s renewed association with Tony Cruz blossomed at Sha Tin yesterday (11 October) as the 30-year-old fired home his second double this season, capped with victory aboard the tenacious California Rad in the Class 2 Chak On Handicap (1200m). “He had a lovely run and he fought on nicely, very gamely and he got[...]

Posted on October 10, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Paul O’Sullivan snared his first win this season at Happy Valley’s midweek fixture and he is looking to keep the ball rolling this Sunday (11 October) at Sha Tin with six runners across six of the afternoon’s 10 races, his largest team of entrants for a single race day this term. “It’s a long season,[...]

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

Classic Unicorn sealed a Chris So double with a smart win in last night’s (Wednesday, 7 October) feature, the Class 2 High Island Handicap (1000m), justifying his handler’s belief that this could be the promising chestnut’s ‘coming-of-age’ campaign. After an unbeaten debut season, the five-year-old mixed his form last term but saw off a strong[...]

Posted on October 7, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant pleased connections at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 6 October) as he stepped up his preparations toward the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) and a hoped for sixth victory at the top level. Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year went through the motions in his first barrier trial of the season in[...]

Posted on October 7, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Chris So is hoping his talented sprinter Classic Unicorn (119lb) can signal that this will be his coming of age season when the smart chestnut goes to post for his return in the Class 2 High Island Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday 7 October). The lightly-raced five-year-old burst onto the scene with two[...]

Posted on October 5, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Rising star Excellent Proposal made a big statement with an impressive win in the Class 2 Chek Lap Kok Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 4 October). The exciting John Size-trained gelding beat a classy field of experienced gallopers to cement his status as a leading contender for this season’s three-race Four-Year-Old Classic[...]

Posted on October 3, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Excellent Proposal (123lb) has already earmarked himself as a possible candidate for the 2021 BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) with two smart wins over 1400m and the mile and this Sunday (4 October) at Sha Tin the John Size-trainee is aiming to bolster his claims as he steps up to 1800m for the first time[...]

Posted on October 2, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira sealed a hat-trick of wins containing plenty of promise for the future as Computer Patch (117lb) blew away his rivals in the Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Thursday, 1 October. “This horse gave me a very good feeling when I was aboard him last time for John[...]

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

Champion trainer Ricky Yiu’s stable stalwart Jolly Banner is looking to land a third Group 3 win for his handler in Thursday’s (1 October) National Day Cup Handicap (1000m), ahead of what is likely to be the classy veteran’s sixth and final Hong Kong racing season. “This will be one of his last few runs[...]

Author: Declan Schuster

Frankie Lor lands midweek treble as hot October continues

Karis Teetan turns to Yip at the Valley as he aims to pressure the big two

Golden Sixty makes it nine in a row with Group 2 Sha Tin Trophy victory

Golden Sixty and Beauty Generation square off again in Sha Tin Trophy

Hot King Prawn’s still a Premier prospect for major honours

Jerry Chau shines at Happy Valley with his first Hong Kong treble

Fownes sets Legend and Dragon against Golden Sixty in Sha Tin Trophy

Caspar Fownes looks to Moreira with a good hand at Happy Valley

Tenacious California Rad seals a Chadwick double, Healthy Happy dazzles on debut

O’Sullivan fields Band of six for Sunday’s Sha Tin fixture

Classic Unicorn scores classy Valley victory

Exultant gears up for Hong Kong Vase campaign

Chris So’s Classic Unicorn aiming to prove his potential

Derby aspirant Excellent Proposal scores rousing victory at Sha Tin

Excellent Proposal steps up on his road to the Hong Kong Derby

Three for Moreira as Computer Patch takes the Group 3 National Day Cup

Yiu’s veteran Jolly Banner aims to fly once more

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