Champion’s Way

Karis Teetan stars with quartet as John Size dominates Sha Tin features

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

Unleashing a decisive move in quest of a record 12th Hong Kong trainers' title, John Size stamped familiar mid-season authority on the championship with a treble – highlighted by success in the two Class 1 features – at Sha Tin on Saturday (12 March). Size's three-timer with Sight Success, Champion's Way and Brilliant Way left[...]

Posted on October 30, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Emerging sprinter Courier Wonder shrugged off the disappointment of a luckless first-up run by cruising through a 1050m trial at Sha Tin Friday morning (29 October), fuelling optimism John Size's exciting young charge is on target for higher honours. Beaten for the first time when fifth when resuming behind Lucky Patch in the Group 2[...]

Posted on September 22, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The unbeaten Courier Wonder is poised to make an eagerly awaited return to racing in next month's Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) on Sunday, 17 October after pleasing trainer John Size at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 21 September). Tuning up for his seasonal return with a barrier trial on the dirt under jockey[...]

Posted on July 9, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong's most successful Group 1 jockey in 2020/21, Vincent Ho is determined to add further lustre to an outstanding season by finishing the term as leading homegrown rider as apprentice jockey Jerry Chau continues an audacious bid to claim the Tony Cruz Award. Leading Chau 58-56 in the race for the Tony Cruz Award[...]

Posted on June 19, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Entrenched in the top three behind Joao Moreira and Zac Purton in the Hong Kong jockeys' championship, Karis Teetan hopes to bookend another productive season with more black type success on Champion's Way and Charity Fun at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 June). The author of 73 wins for the 2020/21 term, including Panfield's Group[...]

Posted on April 3, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ricky Yiu has a strong reputation when it comes to nurturing sprint talents, his four wins in the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) are unrivalled among other exploits and on Easter Monday (5 April) he heads to Sha Tin with Voyage Warrior carrying the hopes of his team in a bid for back-to-back triumphs in[...]

Posted on February 18, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bracing for a return to 2000m for the first time since the 2020 BMW Hong Kong Derby in the Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday (21 February), Golden Sixty is primed to reproduce his best as he bids for a 13th successive victory, according to regular rider Vincent Ho.[...]

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

John Size's decision to bypass Hong Kong's lucrative LONGINES Hong Kong International Races was vindicated handsomely when Champion's Way ended an 18-month drought by snaring the Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday (Friday, 1 January). Beaten by Hong Kong banner horse Golden Sixty at his three previous starts, Champion's[...]

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 September 28, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty took the first step on his path toward the 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races with an impressive win in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin Sunday (27 September), thwarting Beauty Generation's tilt at a fourth straight triumph in the race. Hong Kong's first Pattern race this season was[...]

Posted on September 5, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton sealed his fourth champion jockey title last season, reigning supreme with 147 wins to end the term as the current dominant force in Hong Kong with 1,170 career wins. But with a new campaign starting on Sunday, 6 September, the champion jockey is predicting that this season's battle to retain his crown will[...]

Posted on September 3, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Size will launch a three-pronged attack on the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive's Cup (1200m) when Hong Kong racing returns at Sha Tin on Sunday, 6 September. The first feature of the 2020/21 season is set to see the return of Beauty Legacy (119lb), Champion's Way (126lb) and Shining Ace (118lb), with the 11-time[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
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Francis Lui has the strongest hand of any trainer heading into Sunday's (22 March) HK$20 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) but that doesn't mean he's counting his chickens yet. The handler has the top-rated and seemingly brilliant Golden Sixty, successful in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) and Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), aiming[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
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John Size knows what it takes to win the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and this Sunday (22 March) Champion's Way is looking to become the Australian's fourth winner of the HK$20 million feature. The Hinchinbrook gelding is aiming to join Fay Fay (2012), Luger (2015) and Ping Hai Star (2018) as victors trained by[...]

Posted on February 24, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Australian-bred Golden Sixty has overcome a health scare to win the Hong Kong Classic Cup at Sha Tin on his way to the Derby. Golden Sixty has now won the first two of the three legs in the four-year-old triple crown, the Classic Mile and Sunday's Classic Cup at Sha Tin. In between the two[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Size believes patience is the key to unlocking Beauty Legacy's budding best as he prepares the former Australian galloper for Sunday's (23 February) HK$10 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) and beyond. Beauty Legacy made a name for himself in Australia as Hawkshot, a Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed, before showcasing a[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore is putting his confidence in an old and proven alliance at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 February) when Hugh Bowman will take the reins on the handler's prime Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) hope Enjoying. “Hugh has won a Hong Kong Derby for me on Werther and his confidence level at the moment,[...]

Karis Teetan stars with quartet as John Size dominates Sha Tin features

John Size trio limbers up with leisurely trials

Sprint sensation Courier Wonder tunes up

Vincent Ho steels himself for Jerry Chau challenge

Karis Teetan eager to add more gloss to another successful season

Back-to-back bid for Voyage Warrior in Easter Monday’s Group 2 Sprint Cup

Golden Sixty chases third Group 1 and 13th consecutive victory

John Size finds a winning solution for Champion’s Way

Tony Cruz believes less is more with Computer Patch

December bound Golden Sixty takes the Group 3 Celebration Cup

New season, new challenges but Moreira still Purton’s biggest threat

John Size readies three for Sunday’s Chief Executive’s Cup

Golden Sixty and More Than This ready for Hong Kong Derby reckoning

Size’s Champion’s can still get his Way

Golden Sixty Wins Classic Cup In Hong Kong

Size hopes patience pays for Beauty Legacy in Sunday’s Classic Cup

Moore believes Bowman will be Enjoying Sunday’s Classic Cup

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