Cheerful Days

Cheerful Days returns in a bid to topple California Spangle

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

A compact field of six are entered to do battle in Sunday's (September 25) HKD$3.9 million Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin with California Spangle taking his place as the horse to catch in the season's first Group race. Cheerful Days and jockey Alexis Badel join Will Power, Duke Wai, Healthy Happy[...]

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 February 24, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Sharing the limelight with Zac Purton and Karis Teetan four-timers, Cheerful Days has crowned a season of stunning progress to share HKD$1 million DBS x Manulife Million Challenge glory with Fa Fa after a stunning triumph in the Class 2 Shan Kwong Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (23 February). Needing to win under[...]

Posted on February 23, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Leading the HKD$1 million DBS x Manulife Million Challenge with Fa Fa on 60 points, trainer Frankie Lor hopes his charge has done enough to maintain top spot without competing again as he bypasses the finale on Wednesday night (23 February) at Happy Valley for Sunday's (27 February) HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m)[...]

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

Cheerful Days' emergence as one of Hong Kong's most consistent performers elevated sharply at Sha Tin on Thursday (3 February) when the under-rated gelding provided Francis Lui and Alexis Badel with Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m) triumph. Stereotyped as a Happy Valley 1650m specialist after four of his first five wins were[...]

Posted on January 14, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exactly a month after suffering multiple injuries in a Sha Tin fall, Zac Purton notched his 50th victory of the 2021/22 season as the champion hoop revived hopes of a fifth jockeys' crown with a successful return at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (12 January). Competing for the first time since 12 December, Purton had[...]

Posted on January 12, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bidding for a hat-trick of wins and a fifth overall – Joyful Win has hit career-best form and he's got trainer Ricky Yiu believing there's plenty more still to come ahead of Wednesday evening's (12 January) Class 3 Kowloon City Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley. “He's very consistent – I wouldn't be surprised if he[...]

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

Overshadowed pre-race by Courier Wonder and Naboo Attack, Lucky Patch has earned a tilt at the HKD$24 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in December after eclipsing a classy field of rivals in the Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 17 October). Stationed in the outside gate[...]

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

After an authoritative course and distance conquest last start, Hong Kong's championship leading jockey Joao Moreira is confident Superbella (119lb) can measure up in Class 3 when he steps up in grade to contest the Lam Tsuen River Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 19 May. “I was very impressed – the way he[...]

Posted on April 15, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Charity Fun is now a three-time winner from five starts in Hong Kong. Charity Fun has earned a tilt at the Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m) next month after overcoming mid-race difficulties to continue Zac Purton and Danny Shum's burgeoning coalition with victory in the Class 2 Cedar Handicap (1800m) at Happy[...]

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

After clean-sweeping last season's Four-Year-Old Classic Series with the brilliant Golden Sixty, trainer Francis Lui is looking to Lucky Patch (117lb) this time around and Sunday's (10 January) Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) will see him lay out his credentials for a Hong Kong Classic Mile tilt in 16 days' time. “He's good –[...]

Cheerful Days returns in a bid to topple California Spangle

Golden Sixty on the cusp of history ahead of Champions Mile

Zac Purton chasing more wins as focus on Champions Day sharpens

Fa Fa, Cheerful Days dead-heat in DBS x Manulife Million Challenge

Fa Fa leads DBS x Manulife Million Challenge

Cheerful Days snares Chinese New Year Cup for Lui and Badel

Purton returns from injury to post 50th for the season

Joyful Win goes for three in a row at Happy Valley

Lucky Patch stuns in Group 2 Premier Bowl for Lui and Purton

‘Impressed’ Joao Moreira chases back-to-back wins aboard Superbella

Charity Fun overcomes trouble to earn a crack at Group company

Lui has Lucky Patch on Classic Mile trail

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