Dances With Dragon

Fownes poised to unleash a potent Hong Kong International Races squad

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 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 14, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Championship leading trainer Caspar Fownes will launch a two-pronged assault on Sunday's (18 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin when Southern Legend and Dances With Dragon take their places en route to December's LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. While Golden Sixty and Beauty Generation are set to renew[...]

Posted on September 26, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty returns to action at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 September) with jockey Vincent Ho buoyed by his star mount's preparations and intent on thwarting Beauty Generation's tilt at a fourth straight win in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m). The BMW Hong Kong Derby winner has not raced since he completed a[...]

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

Dances With Dragon demolished his rivals in the Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 21 June, to give jockey Keith Yeung a much-needed boost. The rider, champion apprentice in 2009/10, nailed his first career Group race win to take his season's tally to seven wins. That prompted buoyant scenes, with[...]

Posted on June 20, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho bagged his first Group 1 victory aboard Southern Legend in the FWD Champions Mile and on Sunday (21 June) at Sha Tin they pair up again in search of more Pattern-race success when they tackle the HK$3.25 million Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m). Ho has a soft spot for the tough galloper[...]

Posted on May 30, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Southern Legend dug deep into his gritty reserves when fending off Beauty Generation to earn a first Group 1 win in last month's FWD Champions Mile and trainer Caspar Fownes anticipates another tough effort will be needed in Sunday's (31 May) Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin. There is no Beauty[...]

Posted on May 7, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton arrived at Happy Valley on Wednesday (6 May) in search of the ignition that might fire him through the final two months of the season to a fourth champion jockey title – a dazzling five-timer might prove to be the spark he wished for. The Australian blitzed a hat-trick of wins through the[...]

Posted on May 6, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton will head to Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday 6 May) with a full book of nine rides and his big rival Joao Moreira locked in his sights but still seeking a spark to ignite his championship challenge. The champion jockey moved to within one win of Moreira (109-110) with a treble at Sha Tin[...]

Posted on April 16, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The championship prospects of Zac Purton were aided by a treble that took him to 100 wins for the term, just one behind premiership leader Joao Moreira who endured a blank evening at Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 April) night. “The target at the start of the season is always 100 and I think if[...]

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Glorious Artist (133lb) was fourth in the 2019 KOR Group 1 Korea Cup (1800m) and returns to his preferred surface, the Sha Tin dirt, with trainer Frankie Lor pleased with his gelding ahead of tonight's (1 April) test in the Cheung Sha Handicap. “His form's good, everything is good – this time though he carries[...]

Fownes poised to unleash a potent Hong Kong International Races squad

Mixed fortune for Caspar Fownes

Top sprinter Classique Legend steps out, Columbus on Cup mission

Fownes sets Legend and Dragon against Golden Sixty in Sha Tin Trophy

Golden Sixty ready for Beauty Generation in Sunday’s Group 3 Celebration Cup

Yeung Dances to Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap glory

Ho hungry for more as Southern Legend eyes Premier Plate

Southern Legend ready to roar in the Lion Rock Trophy

Five-star Purton Dances into premiership lead

Purton seeks a Valley spark to ignite his championship assault

Purton hits the century

Artist tops the weights

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