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Tomodachi Kokoroe hunts another victory this season

Posted on March 12, 2024
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Tomodachi Kokoroe has been one of this season's best improvers and he's aiming to join a select club when he shoots for a fifth win this season on Wednesday night at Happy Valley. Only two horses have won five races or more this term, I Give (six) and Happy Together (five), while Tomodachi Kokoroe has[...]

Posted on March 11, 2024
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Tony Cruz dedicated California Spangle's victory in the HK$13 million Group 1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to late owner Howard Liang, while praising Brenton Avdulla's “perfect” ride on the stable flagbearer. Unplaced at his previous four runs, California Spangle reprised his best form under Avdulla, who claimed his first[...]

Posted on March 7, 2024
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Ben Thompson jubilated in breakthrough Hong Kong success at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, describing his win on Courier Magic as “an amazing result” as the Australian's patience and resolve was finally rewarded. Undeterred after 48 fruitless previous outings, Thompson snared his first Hong Kong win aboard Jamie Richards' charge, triumphing at . Adding to[...]

Posted on March 6, 2024
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Frankie Lor will be hoping it is a case of the third time's a charm for Lucky With You in Sunday's HK$13 million Group 1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin. Lucky With You heads into the second leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series after a pair of Group 1 second placings.[...]

Posted on March 5, 2024
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Derek Leung is excited to test his skills overseas again. The 35-year-old gets the opportunity in the Group 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (1200m) on March 24 at Chukyo when Victor The Winner ships east to Japan for trainer Danny Shum. “It's a great opportunity and it's come at the right time. The horse is fit and[...]

Posted on March 5, 2024
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Golden Sixty completed his most significant piece of trackwork for a long time on Tuesday morning at Sha Tin as trainer Francis Lui hopes for a fairytale finish to his charge's career in next month's HK$22 million Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m). “He galloped this morning. It was his first gallop, I think he's ok[...]

Posted on March 4, 2024
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Helios Express will be given the chance to match the colossal deeds of Golden Sixty and Rapper Dragon by chasing a Four-Year-Old Classic Series clean sweep and HK$26 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) success after John Size's emerging star's narrow HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) victory at Sha Tin on Sunday. Winner of[...]

Posted on March 2, 2024
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Armed with two leading chances in the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, John Size hopes Ensued can continue an unexpected advance to the HK$26 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) with a strong performance this weekend under champion British jockey Ryan Moore. Moore is one of four visiting riders[...]

Posted on March 1, 2024
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Searching for his first Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) victory since Green Birdie's 2008 triumph, Caspar Fownes will unleash a double-pronged attack on Sunday's HK$13 million feature as a quartet of international jockeys descend on Sha Tin. Fownes has booked Blake Shinn to ride Elliptical, while Harry Bentley takes the reins on stablemate Awesome Fluke[...]

Posted on February 28, 2024
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Star Mac will look a little different when he lines up in Sunday's HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin. Trainer David Hayes has elected to apply blinkers to the four-year-old son of Heroic Valour, who sizzled in the headgear from last-to-first under jockey Karis Teetan in a 1200m barrier trial on[...]

Posted on February 26, 2024
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Enhancing status as one of the world's premier middle-distance gallopers with gripping victory in the HK$13 million Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) after a stirring battle with Voyage Bubble at Sha Tin on Sunday, Romantic Warrior will be given the chance to create more history by chasing a record third Group 1 QEII[...]

Posted on February 21, 2024
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Hugh Bowman hopes Straight Arron can continue an upward career trajectory with victory in the HK$13 million Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Third in the G3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) under 135lb on 4 February, Straight Arron faces the elite of Hong Kong's middle-distance ranks this weekend with[...]

Posted on February 20, 2024
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Danny Shum will bid for a fourth victory in the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge at Happy Valley on Wednesday night when six horses could potentially claim the series. While Shum leads the series with Chill Chibi (49 points) from Pierre Ng's Humble Star (46) – who are not running tomorrow night – five other[...]

Posted on February 20, 2024
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Zac Purton will bid for a fourth Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) win when the six-time Hong Kong champion jockey reunites with Voyage Bubble in the HK$13 million feature at Sha Tin on Sunday. Previously successful in the race aboard Military Attack (2013), Time Warp (2018) and Exultant (2019), Purton takes his first[...]

Posted on February 19, 2024
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Thwarted by bad luck this season, Atullibigeal deservedly clinched the HK$2.84 million Class 2 TVB Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday for trainer David Hall as Brenton Avdulla extended a powerful mid-season surge. Beaten a short head when second in the Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m) and a close fourth in the[...]

Posted on February 16, 2024
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Francis Lui has become only the sixth trainer to produce 900 wins in Hong Kong after a Happy Valley treble on Thursday night left the veteran horseman clasping ambitions of landing the 2023/24 Hong Kong trainers' championship. Lui, 65, joins John Moore (1,735 wins), John Size (1,523), Tony Cruz (1,485) Caspar Fownes (1,092) and Ricky[...]

Posted on February 15, 2024
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Entrenched in the top five of the Hong Kong jockeys' championship, Andrea Atzeni is hopeful of extending a fine season when he chases a hat-trick of victories on Cody Mo-trained Crystal Powerful at Happy Valley on Thursday night. With 27 wins and 39 minor placings from 303 mounts, Atzeni sits behind only Zac Purton (65[...]

Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tomodachi Kokoroe hunts another victory this season

California Spangle wins Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Ben Thompson notches his first Hong Kong win

Lucky With You brings Group 1 experience to Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Victor The Winner tunes up for Takamatsunomiya Kinen bid

Golden Sixty gallops, Whyte unveils debutant at Happy Valley

Helios Express prevails in gripping Hong Kong Classic Cup battle

John Size launches two-pronged assault on Hong Kong Classic Cup

Fownes hopes Shinn can draw positive response from Elliptical

Blinkers on Star Mac in Hong Kong Classic Cup

Romantic Warrior clinches epic Hong Kong Gold Cup

Hugh Bowman has high Hong Kong Gold Cup hopes for Straight Arron

Danny Shum chasing Happy Valley riches

Zac Purton to reunite with Voyage Bubble in Hong Kong Gold Cup

Atullibigeal delivers for David Hall

Francis Lui trains 900th Hong Kong winner

Atzeni, Mo bid for three wins in a row with Crystal Powerful

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