Beluga

Hall hopes Beluga can strike in Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy

Posted on June 2, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

In the throes of another productive season, David Hall hopes Beluga can deliver black type success for the stable when he contests the $3.9 million Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) against a small but select band of rivals at Sha Tin on Sunday. Pitted against last season's winner Beauty Joy (135lb), dual Group[...]

Posted on November 13, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Building an impregnable lead in the 2022/23 Hong Kong jockeys' championship as he pursues a sixth title, Zac Purton surged to 40 wins for the season as Beluga reached the high point of his career with Class 1 Panasonic Cup Handicap (1400m) victory at Sha Tin on Saturday (November 12). Extending his lead over second-placed[...]

Posted on April 24, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Luke Currie is out to make up for lost time across the remaining 23 fixtures this season in Hong Kong after his dream start was curtailed following a fall in early February. The Group 1-winning jockey tasted immediate success at his first ride in Hong Kong, something most have been made to wait weeks or[...]

Posted on January 11, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Benefiting from an overdue change of luck with barriers, Beluga upstaged several Four-Year-Old Classic Series contenders with facile victory in the Class 2 Chek Keng Handicap (1600m), prompting trainer David Hall to consider loftier targets with the talented gelding. Beluga's record of five wins and eight minor placings from 16 starts would be even more[...]

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 March 22, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

An inspired Caspar Fownes' training performance, crowned by a supreme Joao Moreira ride, has allowed Sky Darci to overcome serious stamina doubts while delivering dramatic Hong Kong Derby (2000m) success at Sha Tin on Sunday (21 March). The Darci Brahma gelding was plucked from New Zealand as a PPG (Privately Purchased Griffin), joining the Fownes[...]

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

Fast Most Furious (132lb) will put his Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile credentials on show this Sunday (29 November) at Sha Tin when he contests the Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m) with a start in December's HK$25 million mile subject to his screen test this weekend. “He's very difficult to place now –[...]

Posted on November 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

With no overseas buyers being present at Karaka for this year's New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale, vendors have been forced to be a bit more creative with their marketing, and leading vendor Riversley Park has been no exception. “We have had to put a bit more information out there this year, including more[...]

Posted on March 15, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Champion jockey Zac Purton sealed a four-timer at Sha Tin on Saturday, 14 March and in doing so closed the gap on premiership leader Joao Moreira to four wins. “It's just a matter of turning up every meeting, trying to ride winners and if we can make a race of it, we will,” Purton said.[...]

Hall hopes Beluga can strike in Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy

Zac Purton, David Hall claim Class 1 Panasonic Cup with Beluga

Currie’s in for the hard yards, primed for FWD Champions Day

Beluga lands Sha Tin feature for David Hall and Matthew Chadwick

Joao Moreira continues remarkable season with Sha Tin treble

Caspar Fownes and Joao Moreira lift the Hong Kong Derby with Sky Darci

Fast Most Furious eyes LONGINES Hong Kong Mile start

Riversley Park adapting to conditions

Purton’s Mighty four

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