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

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 September 16, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Justifying generous advance notices, Luke Ferraris savoured maiden Hong Kong success in the best possible fashion by producing a copybook ride on Go Ballistic to win the Class 5 Heung Yip Handicap (1800m), simultaneously delivering his father David’s first winner of the 2021/22 season at Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 September). Riding in his 21st[...]

Posted on July 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Stakes-winning New Zealand two-year-old Atullibigeal has been sold and will continue his career in Hong Kong. Prepared by Te Awamutu horseman Carl Henderson, the son of Street Boss was an impressive winner of the Listed Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m), with all the makings of a nice middle-distance horse for the forthcoming season. But not surprisingly,[...]

Posted on June 27, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira is poised to surge over the 150-win milestone for the third time in Hong Kong after the Brazilian’s relentless drive for a fourth jockeys’ championship delivered a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 June). Moreira extended the gap separating him from reigning champion Zac Purton to 28 victories with only five meetings[...]

Posted on June 3, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Overshadowed by Caspar Fownes and John Size’s titanic battle for the Hong Kong trainers’ championship, David Hall and Douglas Whyte struck important blows of their own with pivotal doubles at Happy Valley on Wednesday (2 June). Hall reached 30 winners for the season with his first brace since September when Red Brick Fighter pounced late[...]

Posted on May 6, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

In a symbolic confluence of generations, Douglas Whyte and Jerry Chau shared the Happy Valley spotlight with milestone trebles on Wednesday night (5 May) as both master and apprentice shone with landmark success. Chau’s inexorable advance towards the upper echelon of the Hong Kong racing fraternity continued apace when Whyte’s protege reached the jurisdiction’s 45-win[...]

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

An inspired Caspar Fownes’ training performance, crowned by a supreme Joao Moreira ride, has allowed Sky Darci to overcome serious stamina doubts while delivering dramatic Hong Kong Derby (2000m) success at Sha Tin on Sunday (21 March). The Darci Brahma gelding was plucked from New Zealand as a PPG (Privately Purchased Griffin), joining the Fownes[...]

Posted on March 1, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira insists Silver Express warrants a tilt at the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) next month after the grey forged into Classic calculations with runaway success in Sunday’s (28 February) Class 3 Tai Mei Tuk Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin. Committed to partner Caspar Fownes’ Sky Darci in the 21 March feature, Moreira did[...]

Posted on February 17, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Derek Leung has been in fine form recently with five wins from the last three race meetings and this Wednesday (17 February) at Happy Valley he is looking to maintain his momentum with a full book of nine rides as he eyes a new personal best. “I will do my best (to beating his personal[...]

Posted on February 4, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Happy Valley sprint specialist Grateful Heart has built an almost impregnable buffer in the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge after a fourth victory at the city circuit propelled the Australian import to an imposing lead in the HK$1 million series. Perfectly ridden by Zac Purton, Danny Shum’s speedster posted his first victory over 1000m to[...]

Posted on December 27, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

As has become customary, Joao Moreira was the headline act with a Boxing Day quartet but, in Richard Gibson’s eyes, mafoo (stable assistant) Josephine Kwok deserved acclaim as the unsung heroine at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 December) following Wellington’s stunning win in the Class 3 Long Ke Handicap (1000m). Posting his fourth win from[...]

Posted on December 17, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A Zac Purton quartet at Happy Valley on Wednesday (16 December) has breathed fresh life into the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship after the Australian made significant inroads into his great championship rival Joao Moreira’s lead. Chasing a fifth championship, Purton trailed Moreira by 21 wins on 9 December. The deficit is now 14. Fuelling hopes[...]

Posted on November 27, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Fast Most Furious (132lb) will put his Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile credentials on show this Sunday (29 November) at Sha Tin when he contests the Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m) with a start in December’s HK$25 million mile subject to his screen test this weekend. “He’s very difficult to place now –[...]

Posted on November 14, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Paul O’Sullivan and Neil Callan combined for a double at Happy Valley’s latest midweek fixture and the pair link again with the admirable Band Of Brothers (119lb) in the HK$3 million Class 1 Panasonic Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday, 14 November. The New Zealand-bred chestnut has been a model of consistency across[...]

Posted on October 15, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Apprentice Jerry Chau sealed his first Hong Kong treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday (14 October) when the Tony Cruz-trained Buddies took the finale, the Class 2 High West Handicap (1650m). “It feels like a dream – it’s amazing, everything went to plan, it’s just unbelievable,” the 20-year-old said. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice[...]

Posted on September 14, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Jockey Karis Teetan landed a treble at Sha Tin yesterday (13 September) which included the milestone of his 400th win in Hong Kong aboard Will Power in race seven. The dirt specialist took the Class 3 Jordan Handicap (1200m) to record his fourth win from seven starts on the dirt and provide Teetan’s landmark. “I[...]

Posted on September 10, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong’s champion jockey Zac Purton was at his brilliant best on Wednesday (9 September) night as he bagged a quartet of wins at Happy Valley’s first fixture of the season to find himself in an all too familiar spot: top of the premiership. The Australian ace leads the title race after two race meetings[...]

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

Double joy for Ferraris team with Happy Valley breakthrough

Henderson juvenile Hong Kong bound

Joao Moreira continues remarkable season with Sha Tin treble

Hall and Whyte upstage big guns with Happy Valley doubles

Jerry Chau and Douglas Whyte excel at Happy Valley with trebles

Caspar Fownes and Joao Moreira lift the Hong Kong Derby with Sky Darci

Silver Express emerges as Hong Kong Derby hope

‘Confidence’ the key as Derek Leung targets personal best

Million Challenge at Grateful Heart’s mercy after fourth win at Happy Valley

Richard Gibson praises mafoo as Wellington makes triumphant return

Zac Purton makes an ominous championship statement with four-timer

Fast Most Furious eyes LONGINES Hong Kong Mile start

O’Sullivan and Callan Band together for Panasonic Cup assault

Jerry Chau shines at Happy Valley with his first Hong Kong treble

Karis Teetan strikes 400 Hong Kong wins, Sky Field impresses

Purton stars with four at Happy Valley’s season opener

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