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Frankie Lor reaches 400 Hong Kong wins, posts Happy Valley double

Posted on October 5, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor continued whirlwind career progress by posting his 400th Hong Kong win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 October), reaching the milestone in only his seventh season with Heroic Master. Licensed as a trainer in 2017, Lor struck with his first runner – Yourtheoneforme – and surged to a record debut season haul[...]

Posted on October 2, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui accelerated a blistering start to the season with a Sha Tin treble crowned by Stoltz's courageous victory in the HK$4.2 million Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) to extend his lead at the top of the Hong Kong trainers' championship on Sunday. Stoltz was the third leg of Lui's three-timer after earlier[...]

Posted on September 29, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Chasing successive wins in the early-season feature, six-time champion jockey Zac Purton believes Stoltz has the quality to successfully contend in the Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. To face six rivals, including dual Group 1 place-getter Sight Success (135lb) and last start winner Kurpany (119lb), Stoltz (124lb) will[...]

Posted on September 29, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor hopes to add the Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to last weekend's Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap success when he saddles Adios and Rewarding Together in the HK$4.2 million sprint feature. Needing only one more win to reach the 400-win milestone in Hong Kong, the 2021/22[...]

Posted on September 28, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Keen to build on a strong debut season, Pierre Ng notched his first double of the 2023/24 campaign at Happy Valley on Wednesday night as the young trainer outlined ambitions to hit fresh targets. Ng, 40, produced 41 wins from 511 starters last term and, with tonight's brace through Medic Elite and Happy Angel, he[...]

Posted on September 25, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Healthy Happy claimed Hong Kong's first black type victory of the 2023/24 season with success in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday when a belated reunion with Alexis Badel delivered drought-breaking triumph. Badel has been aboard in three of Healthy Happy's five Hong Kong wins – the 2021 Hong[...]

Posted on September 23, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton believes Circuit Stellar's barrier manners will be crucial to the outcome of the HK$4.2 million Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday when Tony Cruz searches for a third successive victory in the season's first Group contest. To face only five rivals this weekend – Beauty Joy (135lb), Healthy[...]

Posted on September 21, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes hopes Straight Arron can lay the foundations for a bountiful campaign when the emerging staying star returns at Sha Tin on Sunday. Winner of three of his past five starts, including the Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m) on 7 May, Straight Arron closed last season with a close fourth in[...]

Posted on September 21, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Danny Shum's aspirations of landing the 2024 Hong Kong Derby (2000m) soared with Helene Feeling's brilliant triumph under Karis Teetan at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. One of Hong Kong's most accomplished and respected horsemen, Shum immediately outlined plans for the Sioux Nation gelding's participation in the lucrative Four-Year-Old Classic Series after the three-year-old out-gunned[...]

Posted on September 18, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman continued an impressive start to the 2023/24 season with a treble at Sha Tin on Sunday as Angus Chung, Ellis Wong and Jerry Chau figured strongly to underline the potential of Hong Kong's home-grown jockey pool. Bowman boosted his tally to six wins for the season to lead six-time champion Zac Purton (four)[...]

Posted on September 11, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Danny Shum will plot a path towards the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on December 10 with Victor The Winner after the lightly-raced gelding toppled Lucky Sweynesse, the world's highest-rated sprinter, at Sha Tin on Sunday (September 10). Notching his sixth win over 1200m, Victor The Winner (115lb) led all the way and exploited[...]

Posted on September 5, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has sounded a note of caution ahead of Lucky Sweynesse's Hong Kong return on Sunday after the champion sprinter breezed through a delayed trial at Sha Tin on Monday. Postponed from its original schedule of Friday morning because of Super Typhoon Saola, Monday's 1000m trial saw Lucky Sweynesse finish second to one of[...]

Posted on July 17, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Delivering an unexpected triumph for Manfred Man, former Irish galloper Encountered delivered a book-ending triumph to crown the veteran trainer's finest season in style with victory at Sha Tin on Sunday. Man, 65, slotted a career-best 44th winner of the season when Encountered (128lb) speared to a neck victory under Derek Leung over Circuit Stellar[...]

Posted on July 14, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Entrenched in the top five of the Hong Kong jockeys' championship after a bumper season, Lyle Hewitson hopes to close out the campaign with a strong showing at the 2022/23 season finale at Sha Tin on Sunday. Armed with ten rides across 11 races, Hewitson is optimistic he can add to an impressive tally of[...]

Posted on July 13, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Douglas Whyte hopes the frustrations stemming from Flaming Rabbit's delayed first Hong Kong preparation will ultimately prove to be a blessing when the talented import contests the Class 1 Hong Kong Racehorse Owners Association Trophy Handicap (1600m) at the 2022/23 season finale at Sha Tin on Sunday. A three-time European winner, Flaming Rabbit did not[...]

Posted on July 13, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton and Francis Lui have been acclaimed Hong Kong racing's ‘Kings of The Valley' after the pair clinched the jockey and trainer mantles for the most wins at Happy Valley this season with multiples on Wednesday night. Entering the meeting locked on 49 wins with Vincent Ho – who had led for much of[...]

Posted on July 10, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton will continue his pursuit of Douglas Whyte's towering Hong Kong career record for the most wins by a jockey after surpassing Joao Moreira's mark for the most victories in a single season at Sha Tin on Sunday. Further cementing his status among Hong Kong horseracing's galaxy of stars, Purton eclipsed Moreira's 2016/17 record[...]

Author: Leo Schlink

Frankie Lor reaches 400 Hong Kong wins, posts Happy Valley double

Lui, Purton combine with Stoltz to land Group 3 National Day Cup

Zac Purton confident with Stoltz ahead of Sha Tin Group 3

Lor looking to strike with duo in Sha Tin Group 3

Ng, Fownes, Bowman and Purton share Happy Valley spotlight

Alexis Badel delivers front-running masterclass on Healthy Happy

Purton, Cruz search for more Group 3 Celebration Cup success

Fownes has high hopes for Straight Arron ahead of Sha Tin return

Helene Feeling underlines Hong Kong Derby claims

Bowman slots treble as Chung, Wong and Chau prominent at Sha Tin

Victor The Winner upstages Lucky Sweynesse at Sha Tin

Lucky Sweynesse limbers up for Sunday’s Sha Tin season-opener

Manfred Man caps magnificent campaign with Sha Tin feature victory

Lyle Hewitson aims to close best Hong Kong season with a flourish

Douglas Whyte has high hopes for Flaming Rabbit

Zac Purton, Francis Lui crowned Valley Kings after Happy Valley finale

Zac Purton races to Hong Kong record, eclipses Joao Moreira’s mark

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