Columbus County

Caspar Fownes unleashes huge team at Sha Tin as trainers’ championship battle intensifies

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

With the Hong Kong trainers’ championship hanging in the balance, Caspar Fownes is optimistic a star-studded arsenal – headed by BMW Hong Kong Derby winner Sky Darci – can deliver vital breathing room in his tussle with John Size at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 June). Leading the trainers’ race 69-67 with eight meetings to[...]

Posted on May 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A perfect ride aboard Tony Millard-trained Panfield delivered Karis Teetan Group 1 success in the Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 May) – and also immeasurable personal solace. Grieving the death of close friend Nooresh Juglall in a race fall in Mauritius on 15 May, Teetan dedicated the[...]

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

Vincent Ho will seek to triumphantly bookend the most successful Hong Kong Group 1 season of his flourishing career when partnering Glorious Dragon in the Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 May). Already armed with five Group 1 trophies for the 2020/21 term, victory on Francis Lui’s Glorious[...]

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

Nearly a year ago, Southern Legend proved that he can still run rings around his younger adversaries – and the best in Hong Kong – as he sensationally denied Beauty Generation a third consecutive Group 1 FWD Champions Mile at the age of seven. And now, as he enters the twilight of his career as[...]

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 December 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) preparation – both flawed and challenging – is complete, but Caspar Fownes won’t know the success of the operation until Classique Legend shapes to unleash his scorching late sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 December). Classique Legend arrived in Hong Kong on 11 November, presenting Fownes with a[...]

Posted on December 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend will have to defy LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) history after the joint world’s top-rated sprinter drew barrier one in the HK$22 million Group 1 feature at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 December). In 14 previous editions of the race, the inside alley on Sha Tin’s “A” course is yet to produce a[...]

Posted on December 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Championship-leading jockey Joao Moreira is riding at the peak of his powers with 51 wins this term – 20 clear of his nearest rival – and this Sunday (13 December) at Sha Tin the Brazilian ace will leave no stone unturned in his bid to replicate the heroics which saw him capture two of last[...]

Posted on November 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The world’s joint-highest rated sprinter Classique Legend completed his first piece of fast work on the Sha Tin dirt Tuesday morning (17 November) in preparation for the HK$22 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on 13 December. Classique Legend stands equal-fourth in the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Ranking with a rating of 125[...]

Posted on October 29, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira capped a four-timer at Happy Valley on Wednesday (28 October) with a smart victory aboard Columbus County in the Class 2 Time Warp Handicap (1800m) for trainer Caspar Fownes. “We know how hard it is to win one race in Hong Kong, when you go home with four in the bag it’s very[...]

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

Caspar Fownes is putting his faith in Columbus County to put down a Group 1 marker in the Class 2 Time Warp Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 28 October. “We’ll make an entry for the Hong Kong International Races with him,” the handler said. “He’s rated 97 but hopefully that’ll change after the[...]

Posted on July 2, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Columbus County struck a blow for Zac Purton and this year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby crop with a victory full of promise in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Wednesday, 1 July. Purton saw title rival Joao Moreira bag a brace that ate into his championship lead in[...]

Posted on March 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

It’s 10 years since Caspar Fownes beamed in the afterglow of Super Satin’s moment of BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) glory and on Sunday (22 March) the handler will look to another talented Kiwi to end his decade-long wait for a follow-up. Columbus County will attempt to follow the lead of his Fownes-trained predecessor and[...]

Posted on January 31, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The road to the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) is shortening with the Four-Year-Old Classic Series already underway and the big race less than two months away, and on Sunday (2 February) the picture should become clearer with six Derby entrants looking to strengthen their credentials in the Class 2 Azalea Handicap (1800m) at Sha[...]

Posted on January 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Preciousship (123lb) continued his rich recent form and kept trainer Ricky Yiu ticking along at the top of the premiership with a game victory in yesterday afternoon’s (Saturday, 11 January) Sha Tin finale, the Class 2 Lung Kong Handicap (1600m). The five-year-old took the spoils by three quarters of a length and, in doing so,[...]

Caspar Fownes unleashes huge team at Sha Tin as trainers’ championship battle intensifies

Panfield soars to the top of Hong Kong’s staying ranks

Vincent Ho chases a sixth Group 1 for the Hong Kong season

Southern Legend primed for Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Caspar Fownes begins the journey towards staying features with Columbus County

Fownes poised to unleash a potent Hong Kong International Races squad

Mixed fortune for Caspar Fownes

In-form Moreira nears 1,000 wins with a solid book for Sunday

Top sprinter Classique Legend steps out, Columbus on Cup mission

Moreira bags midweek quartet as Columbus County impresses

Fownes plots December trail for Columbus County

Columbus helps Purton’s cause, Yiu keeps Lui at bay

Columbus leads the Kiwis in this year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby quest

Derby aspirants vie for position at Sha Tin on Sunday

Preciousship prevails but Columbus County bolts into Classic reckoning

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