Columbus County

Top sprinter Classique Legend steps out, Columbus on Cup mission

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,[...]

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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