Daring Tact

Glory Vase in peak form ahead of Group 1 QEII Cup tilt

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

Tomohito Ozeki is confident Glory Vase can reprise a winning Hong Kong habit and add to Japan’s imposing record in the HK$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (25 April). Bidding to join Eishin Preston (2002 & 2003), Rulership (2012), Neorealism (2017) and Win Bright (2019) on the prestige[...]

Posted on April 21, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Unfazed by the memories of successive defeats, trainer Haruki Sugiyama is adamant Daring Tact can reproduce the stunning form which elevated the mercurial Japanese filly to champion status as she prepares to tackle the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (25 April). Vanquished by Almond Eye and Contrail in the[...]

Posted on April 20, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho had his first feel of 2019 Group 1 Japanese Oaks (2400m) winner Loves Only You this morning (Monday, 19 April) as he partnered the mare through her morning canter on the Sha Tin dirt ahead of Sunday’s (25 April) HK$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m). Arriving in Hong Kong off the[...]

Posted on April 13, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant, the tough kingpin of Hong Kong’s staying division, took a crucial step closer in his bid to become the second horse in history – after Eishin Preston in 2003 – to successfully defend his crown in Sunday week’s (25 April) HK$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) with a smart trial effort at[...]

Posted on April 8, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 25 April will bring together the very best of Hong Kong’s elite gallopers and a top-line contingent from Japan in three exciting Group 1 races. The brilliant Golden Sixty will look to extend his unblemished run to 14 wins when he contests the HK$20 million Group[...]

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

Japan’s elite and Hong Kong’s brilliant best are among the list of 77 horses holding entries for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday, 25 April, 2021. FWD Champions Day features three world class Group 1 races, the HK$25 million FWD Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m), the HK$20 million FWD Champions Mile (1600m), and[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian jockey Damian Lane has added another handful of winners to his tally in Japan but has come up short in the Group One Japanese Oaks won by emerging star Daring Tact. Lane rode five winners at Tokyo at the weekend, with a treble on Saturday and a double on Sunday. It has taken his[...]

Posted on April 13, 2020
in Japan Horse Racing News

Daring Tact has extended her unbeaten record to three from three with victory in the Oka Sho, the Japanese 1000 Guineas, at Hanshin. Trained by Haruki Sugiyama, Daring Tact is a daughter of 2014 Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia. The filly produced produced an extraordinary burst of speed from back in the field to pick off[...]

Glory Vase in peak form ahead of Group 1 QEII Cup tilt

Haruki Sugiyama confident Daring Tact is poised to rebound in QEII Cup

Loves Only You pleases Vincent Ho ahead of FWD QEII Cup tilt

Exultant builds towards FWD QEII Cup defence, trials on the turf

FWD Champions Day has top-class contenders in three exciting races

Japan enters strong contingent for FWD Champions Day

Lane Adds More Winners During Japan Stay

Daring Tact A New Star For Japan

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