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Three for Ricky Yiu

Posted on November 21, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Trainer Ricky Yiu has his string in fine form and bossed the early part of the card at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 20 November) with wins in three of the first four races. That treble took his tally for the season to 17 and lifted him to the top of the premiership. Chad Schofield[...]

Posted on November 21, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hardly Swears won the Class 3 Australian Turf Club Trophy Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 20 November) and earned the passing distinction of being the first horse to win three races in Hong Kong this season. It wasn’t plain-sailing for the 3.2 shot though. Jockey Keith Yeung fell back to Plan B[...]

Posted on November 21, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Ireland Horse Racing News

Anthony Van Dyck is likely to be Aidan O’Brien’s main challenger for the Hong Kong International races with Magical a probable no-show. The Epsom Derby winner was most recently third in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, suffering an unfortunate passage at a crucial stage in the Santa Anita showpiece. He is expected to take his chance[...]

Posted on November 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Brenton Avdulla has been booked to ride dual Group One winner In Her Time in the Hong Kong International Sprint at Sha Tin. Trainer Kris Lees confirmed Avdulla would partner the mare in the 1200m feature after riding her at her past two starts in The Everest and Darley Classic. In Her Time finished third[...]

Posted on November 20, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hong Kong trainer Dennis Yip struck early on the first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale of 2YOs at Karaka on Wednesday, securing lot 9, the Press Statement colt out of Karata from Riversley Park’s draft for $420,000. Yip was impressed with the pedigree of the colt, whose granddam is four-time Group[...]

Posted on November 20, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Silvestre de Sousa was back riding in Hong Kong on Sunday, at the start of another short-term contract, and the Brazilian ace secured his first win aboard the Tony Millard-trained Gift Of Lifeline. “Tony has been very good to me – I rode quite a few winners for him last year and Mr (John) Moore[...]

Posted on November 20, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Keith Yeung heads into today’s (20 November) nine-race card at Happy Valley in the hope of securing a third consecutive win aboard Hardly Swears (116lb) in the Class 3 Australian Turf Club Trophy Handicap (1200m). The Jimmy Ting-trained five-year-old scored first-up this season at 64/1 at the Valley over 1000m and surprised Yeung in the[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant was at his dominant best in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin, galloping to victory in a faultless warm-up for his Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) defence next month. The Teofilo gelding slotted in behind pace-setting siblings Glorious Forever and Time Warp before powering clear to[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Aethero lived up to his billing as Hong Kong’s next big thing with a scintillating front-running victory in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin yesterday, Sunday, 17 November. “Mama Mia!” cried winning rider Karis Teetan as he returned jubilant from a two-length success aboard the precocious chestnut. “It was unbelievable. The[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Waikuku shifted out of Beauty Generation’s shadow with a decisive rail-side burst that has him vying to be Hong Kong’s number one hope for the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) in three weeks. “It looks a bit that way,” trainer John Size said after the improving four-year-old had upset the 1.3 favourite in[...]

Posted on November 16, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

This time last year Hot King Prawn staved off Mr Stunning and Beat The Clock in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) and skyrocketed to the top of Hong Kong’s exciting sprint ranks. But the ascent stalled when the eye-catching grey failed to fire as 2.1 favourite in the 2018 Group 1 LONGINES Hong[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Rise High and Southern Legend will lock horns in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin to determine bragging rights as the Caspar Fownes stable’s top contender for next month’s HK$93 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The trainer’s stalwart Southern Legend holds entries in three of the four Group[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore declared Beauty Generation “ready to win again” after watching the Hong Kong champion gallop along the Sha Tin back straight yesterday morning, Thursday, 14 November. The world’s top-rated miler impressed his handler ahead of Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m), in which the bay will aim to regain the winning[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tony Cruz is resolute in his expectation that Exultant can confirm his status as Hong Kong’s pre-eminent ‘stayer’ in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) and beyond. This weekend’s race at Sha Tin is the key lead-up to the Irish import’s primary target, a repeat win in the HK$20 million Group 1[...]

Posted on November 14, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has cancelled the midweek race meeting at Happy Valley due to ongoing protests and political unrest. It is the second time in the past two months a Hong Kong race card has been called off because of the social turmoil gripping the country. The Jockey Club said its decision to[...]

Posted on November 13, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Hong Kong Jockey Club today (13 November) announced that the race meeting at Happy Valley Racecourse tonight has been cancelled to ensure the safety of its employees and racegoers. In organising race meetings, the Club always puts safety as a top priority. The Club has been monitoring the situation in Hong Kong closely. It[...]

Posted on November 12, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tony Millard is returning dirt specialist Elusive State to the turf for an assault on Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Mile and a tilt at Hong Kong champion Beauty Generation. “He’s a dirt horse running on the grass, so realistically we’re blowing smoke up somebody’s chimney, but if you haven’t got a ticket,[...]

Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Three for Ricky Yiu

Hardly Swears is first to three in Valley feature

Derby Winner Leads O’Brien Hong Kong Team

In Her Time Confirmed For Hong Kong Sprint

Hong Kong strike early at Ready To Run Sale

Moore turns to De Sousa

Hat-trick attempt for Hardly Swears in the Valley feature

Exultant dominates Jockey Club Cup

Aethero rises to the task in the Jockey Club Sprint

Waikuku hands another defeat to Beauty Generation

Hot King Prawn is back for a Jockey Club Sprint repeat

Two for Fownes against Exultant in Group 2 Jockey Club Cup

Beauty Generation primed to bounce back as gallop impresses Moore

Exultant’s tuned and ready to face Jockey Club Cup challengers

Another Happy Valley Meeting Cancelled

Cancellation of Happy Valley Race meeting on 13 November

Millard hopes Elusive State can turf out Beauty Generation

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