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Zac Purton on brink of history

Posted on July 7, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton continues his pursuit of history with 11 rides at Sha Tin on Sunday as John Size – who is bidding for a record 12th Hong Kong trainers' championship – hopes Courier Wonder's consistency will be rewarded. With a career-high 169 wins from 688 rides for the season, Purton requires only one more win[...]

Posted on July 7, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has become only the second jockey in Hong Kong racing history to ride 1600 winners as the Australian continues a relentless quest of history following a treble at Happy Valley on Thursday night. Douglas Whyte (1813 wins) is the only other jockey to reach the 1,600-win mark in Hong Kong and Purton's three-timer[...]

Posted on July 4, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Douglas Whyte hopes Flaming Rabbit can ascend to Group company next season after the classy import eclipsed a talent-laden field to win at Sha Tin on Monday night. Earning a HK$2 million PP Bonus by posting his first Hong Kong win after three minor placings, Flaming Rabbit delivered on the ability he had displayed in[...]

Posted on July 1, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Sword Point has crowned an impressive Hong Kong debut season with emphatic victory in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (2000m) at Sha Tin on Saturday, shunting Zac Purton closer to eclipsing Joao Moreira's record for the most wins in a single campaign. Contesting his 10th race this season, Frankie Lor-trained Sword Point[...]

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

Frankie Lor is hopeful Sword Point can ease the frustrations stemming from a string of minor placings with success in the Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (2000m) at Sha Tin on Saturday as five-time Hong Kong champion jockey Zac Purton reunites with the talented stayer. Runner-up in the Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap[...]

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

Buoyant after a career-best treble at Sha Tin last Sunday, Pierre Ng maintained impressive momentum with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night to forge to 40 wins for the season in an excellent debut campaign. Solidifying his place in the Hong Kong trainers' championship top 10, Ng followed Sunday's three-timer with a pair[...]

Posted on June 22, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Richard Gibson is optimistic Wellington is well placed to challenge – and potentially surpass – the Royal Ascot feats of the Englishman's former stable star Gold-Fun when Hong Kong's reigning Champion Sprinter contests the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Gold-Fun finished an unlucky second when he failed by only a[...]

Posted on June 15, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Nordic Dragon crowned an excellent debut season – and took his prize money earnings beyond his purchase price of $7 million – to headline a string of impressive performances at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Notching his fifth win – all over the city circuit's 1200m course – Nordic Dragon collected a $1 million PPG[...]

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

Richard Gibson has declared “it's all systems go” for Wellington to embark on a Royal Ascot tilt next week after Hong Kong's reigning Champion Sprinter cruised through a 1000m turf trial at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning. Preparing for the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m) on June 24, Wellington finished half a[...]

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

Extending a brilliant campaign, Vincent Ho forged deeper into uncharted territory with a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday to raise hopes of reaching a century of winners in a single season for the first time in his career. Ho, 33, boosted his 2022/23 haul to 83 wins and, with 10 meetings left this season,[...]

Posted on June 9, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton is confident Tuchel's racing pattern and class will allow the rising star to enhance an already impressive record when the Hong Kong Derby (2000m) runner-up goes around at Sha Tin on Saturday (10 June). With four wins at 1400m and a last-start victory over 1600m at Sha Tin, Tuchel has been tried only[...]

Posted on June 8, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton continued a relentless march towards Joao Moreira's record of 170 wins in a single Hong Kong season with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, edging ever closer to the Brazilian's towering mark. With 11 meetings left in the season, five-time Hong Kong champion jockey Purton has 149 wins and, with a[...]

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

Lucky Sweynesse might be given the chance to extend a phenomenal season in search of a ninth victory after matching Beauty Generation's record for the most wins in a single Hong Kong campaign with a dominant performance in the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Posting his eighth win[...]

Posted on June 3, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton concedes Lucky Sweynesse faces a significant challenge at Sha Tin on Sunday when the champion sprinter tackles the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) attempting to match Beauty Generation's record of eight victories in a season. Manfred Man's star will contest his 10th race in a campaign which started with victory on[...]

Posted on June 3, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Cody Mo hopes to convert the benefits of a long and comprehensive grounding into immediate success when Hong Kong's newest trainer formally starts the latest chapter in his career in the 2023/24 season. Mo, 45, has been granted a trainer's licence to operate in his own right after starting his career with the Hong Kong[...]

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

In the throes of another productive season, David Hall hopes Beluga can deliver black type success for the stable when he contests the $3.9 million Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) against a small but select band of rivals at Sha Tin on Sunday. Pitted against last season's winner Beauty Joy (135lb), dual Group[...]

Posted on June 1, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Matthew Chadwick joined one of Hong Kong racing's most select racing groups with his 500th winner at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, emulating the feats of fellow home-grown jockeys Tony Cruz and Vincent Ho. Power Koepp's victory catapulted Chadwick into rarefied company along with six-time Hong Kong Champion Jockey Cruz, who rode 946 winners in[...]

Author: Leo Schlink

Zac Purton on brink of history

Zac Purton rides 1600th Hong Kong winner with Happy Valley treble

Whyte predicts bright future for Flaming Rabbit as Purton slots a treble

Sword Point claims Hong Kong Reunification Cup for Lor, Purton

Frankie Lor chases Hong Kong Reunification Cup with Sword Point

Pierre Ng makes it five wins in two Hong Kong meetings with Happy Valley double

Richard Gibson upbeat after Wellington travels well to England

Nordic Dragon posts fifth win of the season

Wellington set for Royal Ascot after strong Sha Tin trial

Vincent Ho excels with Sha Tin treble

Tuchel bids for successive wins in Sha Tin Saturday finale

Purton edges closer to Moreira record with Happy Valley treble

Lucky Sweynesse storms to record-equalling triumph in Sha Tin Vase

Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap weight challenge for Lucky Sweynesse

Cody Mo to join Hong Kong’s training ranks in 2023/24

Hall hopes Beluga can strike in Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy

Matthew Chadwick reaches 500 Hong Kong wins

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