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O’Sullivan upbeat after a Hong Kong season like no other

Posted on July 17, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Expat New Zealand trainer Paul O’Sullivan was in a positive frame of mind after Hong Kong’s 2020-21 racing season drew to a close on Wednesday night. Now a veteran of almost two decades among Hong Kong’s training ranks, O’Sullivan was more than satisfied with his stable’s final result of 26 winners and 52 placegetters from[...]

Posted on July 15, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho has crowned a glorious season by claiming his third consecutive Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading local jockey, clinching overall honours with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (14 July). Already the jurisdiction’s leading Group 1 rider in 2020/21 with five successes at elite level – four on Golden Sixty[...]

Posted on July 14, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty’s outstanding exploits during the 2020/21 season earned the multiple Group 1 victor the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a special presentation function held at Happy Valley Clubhouse tonight, Tuesday, 13 July. The Francis Lui-trained five-year-old was also named Champion Miler and Champion Middle-Distance Horse. In addition, the son of Medaglia[...]

Posted on July 14, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Confident of Panfield’s ability to overcome the testing two miles of the 2021 Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), Hong Kong trainer Tony Millard is remaining upbeat about his star stayer’s chances of competing abroad in Australia’s most famous race later this year on Tuesday, 2 November at Flemington Racecourse. “We’re just doing our due diligence[...]

Posted on July 14, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Celebrating a fourth trainers’ championship, Caspar Fownes hopes to lay the foundations for a successful defence of the title in 2021/22 by unleashing an imposing team on the Hong Kong season finale at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (14 July). Carrying an unassailable 79-72 lead over 11-time champion John Size into the 88th and final[...]

Posted on July 12, 2021
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Caspar Fownes has claimed victory in the gripping battle with John Size for the 2020/21 Hong Kong trainers’ championship after a pulsating final Sha Tin meeting of the season on Sunday (11 July) saw Fownes emerge with an unassailable lead. With only nine races left at Happy Valley’s season finale on Wednesday night’s (14 July),[...]

Posted on July 9, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong’s most successful Group 1 jockey in 2020/21, Vincent Ho is determined to add further lustre to an outstanding season by finishing the term as leading homegrown rider as apprentice jockey Jerry Chau continues an audacious bid to claim the Tony Cruz Award. Leading Chau 58-56 in the race for the Tony Cruz Award[...]

Posted on July 9, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Chad Schofield is looking to cash in on the final two race meetings of the 2020/21 Hong Kong racing season when he makes his return this Sunday (11 July) at Sha Tin after being sidelined for the past three fixtures with chickenpox. “I’m only back for the final two meetings of the season but hopefully[...]

Posted on July 8, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Jerry Chau’s quest for the Tony Cruz Award, the prize for Hong Kong’s most successful homegrown jockey in 2020/21, intensified with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (7 July) – and a massive compliment from 13-time champion rider Douglas Whyte. Chau’s three-timer on Benno Yung’s Sure Win Win in the second section of[...]

Posted on July 6, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Nearing the end of a record-breaking first full-season in Hong Kong, apprentice jockey Jerry Chau’s exploits in the saddle have encompassed a noteworthy win strike rate of nearly 12%, bettered only by Hong Kong’s ‘big two’ – Joao Moreira and Zac Purton – but the 21-year-old is heading into the season’s third-to-last fixture at Happy[...]

Posted on July 5, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Accustomed to the stratospheric heights of Hong Kong racing as a 13-time champion jockey, Douglas Whyte savoured one of his sweetest moments as a trainer when Mister Snowdon delivered on meticulous planning to win the Class 2 Ip Jug Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (4 July). Whyte identified Sunday’s feature as the objective[...]

Posted on July 3, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Karis Teetan is remaining hopeful that gear tweaks will help Robot Warrior (127lb) overcome a ‘crowding’ issue when he contests Sunday’s (4 July) Class 4 The Arculli Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin. Seeking a first win, the son of Sepoy is aiming to piece it all together after narrowly being beaten by less than[...]

Posted on July 3, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira will be crowned this season’s champion jockey in Hong Kong after a suspension to Zac Purton ruled the Australian rider out of the final two race meetings. Leading 149-122, Moreira’s buffer was still possible to pursue but now, with Purton only available for the next two race meetings, the Brazilian will officially be[...]

Posted on July 2, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Matthew Poon experienced racing’s highs and lows in rapid succession at Sha Tin on Thursday (1 July), compensating for a weighing out mistake in an undercard race before savouring victory in the day’s feature – the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1800m) – aboard Jimmy Ting’s Super Football. Poon’s mount in the Class[...]

Posted on June 30, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton hopes Amigos Giggle can validate encouraging trial form and reward Michael Chang’s patience when the Australian-bred first-starter contests the first section of the Class 4 Continuous Development 1200m Handicap at Sha Tin on Thursday (1 July). Purton has been aboard in three of the Snitzel gelding’s four trials and believes the three-year-old has[...]

Posted on June 27, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira is poised to surge over the 150-win milestone for the third time in Hong Kong after the Brazilian’s relentless drive for a fourth jockeys’ championship delivered a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 June). Moreira extended the gap separating him from reigning champion Zac Purton to 28 victories with only five meetings[...]

Posted on June 26, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Conceding the 2020/21 Hong Kong trainers’ championship is clearly Caspar Fownes’ to lose, John Size is optimistic Drops Of God and Blaze Warrior can preserve flickering hopes of a 12th championship when the emerging pair spearheads the trainer’s quality entry at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 June). Trailing Fownes by seven winners (68-75) with six[...]

O’Sullivan upbeat after a Hong Kong season like no other

Vincent Ho wins Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading home-grown jockey

Golden Sixty named Horse of the Year at Hong Kong’s Champion Awards

Millard hopeful of Melbourne Cup tilt with Panfield

Caspar Fownes to celebrate championship with strong Valley team

Caspar Fownes claims Hong Kong trainers’ crown

Vincent Ho steels himself for Jerry Chau challenge

Schofield raring to go ahead of season’s final two meetings

Jerry Chau closes in on Vincent Ho in Tony Cruz Award battle

Jerry Chau’s record-breaking season nears climax

Douglas Whyte’s precise planning pays off with Mister Snowdon

Gear tweaks as Robot Warrior seeks a first win

Moreira lands fourth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship

Matthew Poon’s rollercoaster day ends with Hong Kong Reunification Cup victory

Zac Purton optimistic over Michael Chang’s Amigos Giggle

Joao Moreira continues remarkable season with Sha Tin treble

John Size upbeat over Drops Of God, Blaze Warrior as championship hopes flicker

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