Chairmans Sprint Prize

Cordyceps Six is back as Badel chases a Group 3 National Day Cup repeat

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

Alexis Badel is looking to guide Cordyceps Six to consecutive wins at Group 3 level when he hops aboard the Star Turn speedster at Sha Tin this Saturday (October 1). Victorious in last year’s Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) aboard Super Wealthy, Badel will instead reignite his partnership with the rapidly improving Cordyceps[...]

Posted on June 22, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Alexis Badel has been a hit ever since he switched his tack to Hong Kong and on Sunday afternoon (June 19) the Frenchman put himself in rare company by becoming the sixth rider in history to register eight or more Group race wins in a single racing season. Zac Purton leads with 14 Group race[...]

Posted on April 25, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Wellington joined one of the most select clubs in Hong Kong racing’s fabled speed division on a glorious FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin Sunday afternoon (April 24) when running out a dominant winner of the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) under Alexis Badel. Richard Gibson’s powerful gelding, who captured the coveted prize with[...]

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 April 23, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Synonymous with some of Hong Kong’s greatest horses, Zac Purton is excited by prospect of challenging Golden Sixty aboard California Spangle in a generational clash in the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 24). Hong Kong’s highest-rated horse at 131, Golden Sixty bids for a 21st career victory, sixth[...]

Posted on April 22, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Declaring Golden Sixty in peak condition as he bids for historic success in the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 24), Vincent Ho and Francis Lui believe the outstanding galloper is perfectly suited by an inside draw in the HKD$20 million feature. Chasing an unmatched 21st Hong Kong victory[...]

Posted on April 21, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira and Danny Shum have laid down auspicious markers ahead of the glittering FWD Champions Day meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 24) by posting trebles at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (April 20). Regaining the lead in the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship from Zac Purton with victories on Diamond Star, Blastoise and[...]

Posted on April 21, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A pair of confidence-boosting track gallops has left Douglas Whyte confident Russian Emperor has fully recovered after a valiant last-start second to Golden Sixty and is now poised to assert staying superiority in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 24). The imperiously-bred gelding was reported to have exhibited[...]

Posted on April 20, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Victory in Sunday’s (April 24) HKD$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) would elevate Golden Sixty to status as the highest prize money earner in Hong Kong racing history and, if his latest win wasn’t convincing enough, trainer Francis Lui has issued an ominous warning to rivals that Hong Kong’s champion is back in[...]

Posted on April 15, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bracing for a Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) showdown with Golden Sixty aboard California Spangle on Sunday, April 24, Zac Purton hopes to build momentum to the showpiece meeting aboard Sauvestre in the Class 3 Ma Kong Shan Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (April 16). Locked in a familiar battle for supremacy[...]

Posted on April 15, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

On the cusp of becoming only the fourth Hong Kong trainer to reach 1,000 wins, Caspar Fownes is optimistic Sky Field can spearhead the stable’s FWD Champions Day onslaught by capping a string of consistent performances at elite level. Fownes took his career tally of Hong Kong wins to 998 with Nearly Fine’s triumph at[...]

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

Karis Teetan believes the timing is right when Romantic Warrior enters uncharted waters on Sunday, April 24 at Sha Tin as the last-start BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner gets his initial experience of the Group 1 cauldron in the HKD$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m). No international runners mean the HKD$65 million[...]

Posted on April 4, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Richard Gibson will attempt to crown Wellington’s season in familiar fashion by chasing victory in the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) in three weeks after the speedster snared the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 3) with another outstanding display of power. Conceding weight to seven of nine rivals,[...]

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

Super Wealthy caught the eye with a luckless run earlier this month and trainer David Hayes is buoyant the Epaulette gelding can continue an upward trajectory in this Sunday’s (3 April) HKD$4.75 million Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin. Eyeing a berth in next month’s HKD$20 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m),[...]

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

Wellington banished early season setbacks with a classy win in last month’s Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) and, this Sunday (3 April) at Sha Tin, the talented bay tackles the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) as he gears up for his shot at joining elite company with the defence of his Group 1[...]

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

Master Eight has a long way to go if he is to fill the void left by the brilliant Mr Stunning in Frankie Lor’s stable, but this Sunday (3 April) the handler is hopeful the exciting four-year-old can take a step closer to fulfilling his early promise when he lines up in the HKD$4.75 million[...]

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

Jimmy Ting stunned Sha Tin last year when Amazing Star landed the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at odds of and this Sunday (3 April) the handler is out to do it again, taking aim with Computer Patch – a recent big-name acquisition to the stable who is hunting an overdue win. A reliable performer[...]

Cordyceps Six is back as Badel chases a Group 3 National Day Cup repeat

Badel’s in rare company after history-equalling win

Wellington brilliance shines bright with back-to-back Chairman’s Sprint Prize success

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

California Spangle’s tilt at Golden Sixty excites Purton

Ho, Lui welcome perfect Champions Mile draw as Golden Sixty chases history

Magic Man and Danny Shum dominate at Happy Valley ahead of Champions Day

Russian Emperor primed for Group 1 FWD QEII Cup tilt

Golden Sixty on the cusp of history ahead of Champions Mile

Zac Purton chasing more wins as focus on Champions Day sharpens

Caspar Fownes poised to strike 1000 Hong Kong wins

Romantic Warrior gets his chance to soar

Wellington claims Group 2 Sprint Cup

Super Wealthy on Sprint Cup mission for Hayes

Wellington ready to soar ahead of Chairman’s Sprint Prize defence

Sprint Cup test for Master Eight as FWD Champions Day looms large

Jimmy Ting chases Sprint Cup repeat with Computer Patch