Centenary Vase Handicap

Caspar Fownes seeks more Group 3 Centenary Vase success

Posted on February 2, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Upbeat after a midweek double, Caspar Fownes will chase a third consecutive Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) triumph when the four-time Hong Kong champion trainer saddles last year's winner Senor Toba and talented Straight Arron in the HK$4.2 million feature at Sha Tin on Sunday. Fownes produced Zebrowski in 2022 before Senor Toba's victory[...]

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

Senor Toba landed a plucky victory in the HK$3.9 million Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin under Hugh Bowman for trainer Caspar Fownes. Sealing consecutive wins in the race for Fownes after Zebrowski's victory in 2022, Senor Toba – stepping out over a less than optimum distance – charged to a three-quarter[...]

Posted on January 31, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes is contemplating a Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) tilt with Zebrowski next month after the five-year-old toughed it out to claim Sunday afternoon's (30 January) Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin. “He's stepping up to every task and sometimes you have to throw them in the deep[...]

Posted on January 30, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Karis Teetan plans to exploit an ideal inside draw and an expected strong tempo in the hope Romantic Warrior can remain undefeated and claim the HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (30 January). The Mauritian takes over on Danny Shum's Hong Kong International Sale Graduate from Joao Moreira, who[...]

Posted on January 28, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Taking a less than traditional route with Fa Fa, trainer Frankie Lor believes his Happy Valley maestro is capable of reaping valuable dividends as he aims to defy history in Sunday's (30 January) HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin. Between the last 10 winners of the Hong Kong Classic Mile –[...]

Posted on January 27, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bidding to seal California Spangle's meteoric rise with success in the HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (30 January), Tony Cruz believes the explosive gelding has the attributes to overcome distance queries in his most serious assignment so far. With five victories and a second from six starts from[...]

Posted on January 26, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Fresh off banking his 500th win in Hong Kong, Karis Teetan is not about to sit back on his success so far – hungry for more as he prepares to partner the unbeaten Romantic Warrior in Sunday's (January 30) HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m). “It's been a good few years – I've just[...]

Posted on February 1, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Glorious Dragon has avenged defeat in the 2020 Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) by denying Exultant a third win in the staying feature while delivering Matthew Poon one of the most important triumphs of his career. Beaten by Tony Cruz's Exultant in the same race last year, Glorious Dragon swept past the reigning champion[...]

Posted on January 29, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton is hopeful Exultant can reprise a winning habit in the Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (31 January) despite concerns Tony Cruz's staying flagbearer's elite qualities are in decline. Triumphant in the past two editions of the Centenary Vase, Exultant's hopes of a trio of consecutive successes in[...]

Posted on January 29, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Revitalised by a brief spell, emerging talent Columbus County will throw down the gauntlet to Hong Kong's premier stayers in the Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (31 January) as Caspar Fownes plots an ambitious path. Freshened since a brave third to Ireland's Mogul in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong[...]

Posted on January 28, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant imposed his authority on his local rivals and moved a step closer to a night in Dubai with a solid success in the Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap at Sha Tin this afternoon (Monday, 27 January). Hong Kong's champion stayer carried top-weight of 133lb to secure his second win in the 1800m contest and[...]

Posted on January 26, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant faces a weighty task in Monday's (27 January) Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin as he bids for back-to-back wins in the race. Hong Kong's champion stayer will shoulder 133lb against his 10 opponents with eight of those allotted 115lb or less. Only Dark Dream and Time Warp sit above that[...]

Caspar Fownes seeks more Group 3 Centenary Vase success

Senor Toba too strong for Group 3 Centenary Vase foes

Gold Cup an option for Zebrowski after Group 3 Centenary Vase triumph

Teetan intends to capitalise on perfect barrier with Romantic Warrior

Fa Fa looms large for Sunday’s Hong Kong Classic Mile

Cruz double-handed in Hong Kong Classic Mile with California Spangle and Ima Single Man

Teetan not about to rest on laurels, eyes next 500

Poon and Lui combine with Glorious Dragon to snare Centenary Vase Handicap

Purton hopeful Exultant can strike a third time in the Centenary Vase

Caspar Fownes begins the journey towards staying features with Columbus County

Exultant takes Centenary Vase again as Cruz eyes Dubai

Exultant must defy hefty impost in Centenary Vase

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