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Aethero pleases Fownes, Classique Legend continues to progress

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 April 29, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor heads into today’s (29 April) Happy Valley meeting with course specialist Flash Famous looking to become the first horse this season to win five races at the city circuit when he contests section one of the Class 3 Fortress Hill Handicap (1650m). The trainer is fresh off a Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize[...]

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 25, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Group 1 action will dominate FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 April) but one of Hong Kong racing’s exciting young prospects will be out to grab a little of the limelight with the undefeated Wellington contesting the Class 3 Vengeance Of Rain Handicap (1400m). Trainer Richard Gibson has Rattan and Wishful Thinker[...]

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 24, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hot King Prawn is one of the most dependable horses in training and at Sha Tin this Sunday (26 April) trainer John Size is hopeful that reliability can at last be rewarded with a Group 1 success in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m). “At the moment this is an opportunity for him to win a[...]

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

Ricky Yiu is enjoying his best season ever in terms of his numerical success and on Sunday (26 April) at Sha Tin he will attempt to cap it with a Group 1 win. Voyage Warrior stunned the big guns with a front-running victory in the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) earlier this month and the[...]

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 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 28, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira relinquished his lead in the jockeys’ title race to reigning champion Zac Purton at Happy Valley midweek and both riders are psyched for an unrelenting fight for the crown through the season’s final four months. Purton appears to have the momentum at present. The Australian has sparkled in March with 18 wins, 11[...]

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 January 24, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Beauty Generation ranked as the world’s best miler in the 2019 World’s Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR), released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on Wednesday, 22 January, while 10 of Hong Kong’s elite races featured in the World’s Top 100 Group 1 Races for the year just ended. Hong Kong was home to[...]

Aethero pleases Fownes, Classique Legend continues to progress

Flash Famous shoots for a five-star night at the Valley

Mr Stunning lifts for a Chairman’s Sprint Prize shock

Wellington’s star on the rise

Moore’s smiling as Aethero and Beauty get five

Hot King Prawn’s time is now

Yiu’s looking to Voyage Warrior for a Group 1 topping

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

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

Purton and Moreira set for long tussle but first it’s FWD Champions Day

Nominations for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin

Hong Kong features highly among World’s Best and Top 100 rankings

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