Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap

Whizz Kid claims Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy

Posted on January 8, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Celebrating his third victory as a trainer in the Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m), Tony Cruz deflected credit for the success to jockey Harry Bentley after the Englishman crowned his comeback to riding with an upset win on outsider Whizz Kid at Sha Tin on Sunday. Starting at , Whizz Kid (115lb) upstaged Invincible[...]

Posted on December 18, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

David Hall will thrust Invincible Sage into Group company next year after the talented young sprinter downed older opposition at Sha Tin on Sunday as Zac Purton dominated with a quartet. Unbeaten this season over Sha Tin's 1000m course, Invincible Sage will be set for the HK$4.2 million Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m)[...]

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

Unperturbed by a triple-figure run of outs, Vagner Borges sealed his return to the winners' list with a clinical display aboard Sight Success to land the HK$3.9 million Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) for John Size at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 January). Winless in 101 attempts since partnering Owners' Star to victory[...]

Posted on January 6, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes hopes Sky Field can build on remarkable consistency as the Group 1-winning speedster attempts to break new ground in the HK$3.9 million Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 January). Yet to win over the straight 1000m course, Sky Field has slotted six wins and 12 placings[...]

Posted on January 2, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira believes Master Eight has the ability to rise to the top of Hong Kong's sprinting ranks after the gifted speedster preserved his unbeaten record with victory in the Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) to seal a memorable day for trainer Frankie Lor. Lor, who previously won the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy in[...]

Posted on January 2, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Healthy Happy (132lb) made a sparkling return to racing in Saturday afternoon's (1 January) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin. First-up after 194 days between runs, Frankie Lor's charge made his seasonal reappearance a triumphant one under familiar ally Alexis Badel – holding on by a neck to[...]

Posted on January 1, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Armed with an imposing full book of rides at the Lucky Start Raceday on Saturday (1 January) at Sha Tin, Joao Moreira is intent on building a decisive lead in the jockeys' championship as he prepares to partner Excellent Proposal and Master Eight in the meeting's Group 3 features. Shading injured Zac Purton 51-49 in[...]

Posted on January 1, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Paul O'Sullivan is buoyant of a positive result with stable star Duke Wai in Saturday's (1 January) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin, hopeful his charge can reap the benefits from his remarkable reliability on the track. “He tries hard and the handicapper has done the right thing[...]

Posted on December 31, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Master Eight is shaping up as one of Hong Kong's rising sprint stars and trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful the speedster can intensify his development in Saturday's (1 January) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) – his toughest test to date. “It's his first time at Group 3 level but the horse[...]

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

Caspar Fownes' chance with the lowly rated Explosive Witness (113lb) paid off at Sha Tin yesterday (Friday, 1 January) as the Australian-bred exceeded expectations to snare the HK$3.5 million Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m). “It's magic when you get a winning result like that, you go in there hoping he'll pick up some[...]

Posted on December 30, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Far from dismayed with Computer Patch's recent 1200m form at elite level, Tony Cruz is banking on the former Australian galloper's drop to 1000m for the Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap as a decisive change of approach. Cruz has saddled Computer Patch in only five starts since inheriting the horse from John Moore for[...]

Posted on December 30, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) – the second of two New Year's Day features – sits as a symbolic 2020 launching pad for Hong Kong phenomenon Golden Sixty, whose progress to Group 1 glory was both inevitable and compelling. The 2021 running of the HK$3.5 million contest on Friday (1 January)[...]

Posted on December 30, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Big Party (118lb) brushed off six rivals to post an impressive win in the Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon, (Sunday 29 December). The manner of the grey's length and three-quarter victory in a time of 55.71s suggested the Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) in three weeks' time[...]

Posted on December 27, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Big Party shaped like a potential top-liner when ascending the ranks last season and will get his chance to prove his merit in Group class when he takes his place in Sunday's (29 December) Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m). The grey heads into the straight track dash off a powerful victory at Happy[...]

Whizz Kid claims Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy

Invincible Sage impresses at Sha Tin

Vagner Borges stars with drought-ending Bauhinia Sprint triumph

Sky Field returns for Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy at Sha Tin

Master Eight lands Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy to remain unbeaten

Healthy Happy seizes Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup

Moreira shapes to start 2022 in style

Duke Wai for O’Sullivan in Saturday’s Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup

Master Eight eyes five unbeaten, Healthy Happy returns

Fownes’ chance pays with Explosive win in Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy

Tony Cruz believes less is more with Computer Patch

Caspar Fownes heads to Sha Tin New Year’s Day with conservative hopes

Big Party poses Group 1 question with Bauhinia Sprint Trophy demolition

Bauhinia Sprint Trophy test for Big Party

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