Aethero

Shinn has faith in Sky Field

Posted on November 10, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Blake Shinn is holding faith in Sky Field's ability to bounce back after the chestnut produced a rousing first-past-the-post trial effort at Sha Tin Tuesday morning (9 November). Failing to fire a shot last start when 10th in the Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m), the 120-rater couldn't match his first-up heroics which saw him[...]

Posted on February 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Gun sprinter Aethero pleased trainer Caspar Fownes at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 23 February) as he ramped up his preparation toward a return to the races. The hulking chestnut – who holds Sha Tin's 1000m course record – appeared to move freely and with relative ease under championship leading jockey Joao Moreira this morning[...]

Posted on February 19, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Nearly a year ago, Southern Legend proved that he can still run rings around his younger adversaries – and the best in Hong Kong – as he sensationally denied Beauty Generation a third consecutive Group 1 FWD Champions Mile at the age of seven. And now, as he enters the twilight of his career as[...]

Posted on November 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has landed in Hong Kong, with the AU$15 million The Everest (1200m) victor touching down in his new home ready for a tilt at the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in December. The six-time winner joins the stable of championship leader Caspar Fownes, alongside his half-brother and fellow speedster, Aethero. “He[...]

Posted on July 10, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore sits at the open window. His elbows rest on the worktop, his hands cup binoculars in a steadying grip and his eyes study a horse galloping head-on towards his elevated position. He lowers the Zeiss glasses, tilting them away casually in his right hand; his left hand takes hold of a stopwatch and[...]

Posted on April 27, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Mr Stunning lived up to his name and cemented his place as one of Hong Kong's finest sprinters yesterday afternoon (26 April) at Sha Tin with a victory in the HK$18 million Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize (1200m). The Frankie Lor-trained gelding put age and injury woes behind him to become only the third seven-year-old[...]

Posted on April 24, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore believes Aethero is “definitely the one they've all got to beat” after the precocious sprinter yesterday morning (Thursday, 23 April) drew gate five of 11 for the Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize. The exciting three-year-old will on Sunday (26 April) attempt to become the first of his age to win the contest since[...]

Posted on April 21, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Thanks Forever worked in first-time blinkers at Sha Tin on Monday (20 April) morning and trainer John Moore is pinning his hopes on the headgear drawing out the little extra required to turn the talented gelding into a Group 1 winner. The consistent four-year-old has worn cheek pieces in his last 13 races but will[...]

Posted on April 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 26 April will bring together the very best of Hong Kong's elite gallopers in three exciting Group 1 races. World champion miler Beauty Generation is on track to attempt an incredible third consecutive win in the HK$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m); the brilliant[...]

Posted on April 6, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Voyage Warrior went a long way to fulfilling his prodigious potential with a make-all win in the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 5 April. The shot relished the rain-affected turf and dominated his seven rivals under an inspired Vincent Ho. But 10 lengths adrift of victory's heady rush, the 1.8[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The John Size-trained Hot King Prawn (123lb) is looking to stamp his authority on Hong Kong's sprint ranks in Sunday's (5 April) Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin when he faces off against boom three-year-old Aethero (119lb) among a competitive field of eight. The Denman gelding finished second to stablemate Beat The Clock[...]

Posted on April 3, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong's brilliant three-year-old sprinter Aethero will make an eagerly-awaited return to the fray in Sunday's Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) with Group 1 glory and a legend's benchmark blinking on the radar. The John Moore-trained galloper is only two points shy of the 121 rating the great Silent Witness achieved as a three-year-old in[...]

Posted on March 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Elite Japanese raiders, high-class challengers from Australia and Europe, and Hong Kong's brilliant best are among the list of 85 horses holding 102 nominations for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday, 26 April, 2020. FWD Champions Day features three world class Group 1 races, the HK$25 million FWD Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m),[...]

Posted on February 9, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong's most successful trainer John Moore notched his 1,700th Hong Kong win when Savvy Seven (132lb) broke through for his first in the Class 5 Wang Tau Hom Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 8 February). “1700 wins – that's a very important milestone in my life and also in Hong Kong,”[...]

Posted on December 7, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

One Group 1 win on Sunday (8 December) will see Zac Purton become the outright most successful rider in the history of the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. His victory 12 months ago aboard Beauty Generation in the LONGINES Hong Kong Mile drew him level at the head of the pack with Gerald Mosse on[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

There was a smile on John Moore's face as he discovered the fate of his latest sensation Aethero at the barrier draw ceremony for Sunday's (8 December) Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m). Gate 10 was considered perfect for the master trainer, whose three-year-old has cut a swathe through the division including with his triumph[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Aethero worked solo down the turf track's back straight at Sha Tin this morning (Thursday, 5 December) in a manner which left John Moore satisfied that Hong Kong's rising sprint star could well make history this weekend. “He went without a work mate because he's a very fit horse, ready to go into Sunday's big[...]

Shinn has faith in Sky Field

Aethero pleases Fownes, Classique Legend continues to progress

Southern Legend primed for Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Classique Legend touches down in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s clock ticks out for John Moore, the big-race king

Mr Stunning lifts for a Chairman’s Sprint Prize shock

Moore’s smiling as Aethero and Beauty get five

Thanks Forever in blinkers for Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize

FWD Champions Day has top class contenders in three exciting races

Voyage Warrior runs away with the Sprint Cup

Hot King Prawn ready to rise in Sunday’s Group 2 Sprint Cup

Aethero’s ready to fly again with Champions Day in sight

Nominations for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin

1700 for Moore

Purton’s hungry for a Hong Kong International Races record

Moore happy with the draws for Hong Kong International Races

Aethero’s ready to fly in the Hong Kong Sprint

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