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December bound Golden Sixty takes the Group 3 Celebration Cup

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

Golden Sixty took the first step on his path toward the 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races with an impressive win in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin Sunday (27 September), thwarting Beauty Generation’s tilt at a fourth straight triumph in the race. Hong Kong’s first Pattern race this season was[...]

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 September 23, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira enjoyed one of his most prolific days in the saddle on Sunday at Sha Tin with a six-timer and he heads to Wednesday’s (23 September) eight-race programme at Happy Valley looking to continue his red-hot form with a full book of mounts, including Beauty Applause (120lb) in the feature, the Class 2 Big[...]

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

Beauty Generation’s campaign ramped up a notch yesterday (Tuesday, 15 September) at Sha Tin with a 1000m turf barrier trial that connections hope will lead to a fourth consecutive win in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) in a fortnight’s time, before pointing him to his main target, December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races.[...]

Posted on September 9, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Karis Teetan heads into Wednesday’s (9 September) eight-race card at Happy Valley primed for the mount aboard California Rad in the second section of the Class 3 Causeway Bay Handicap (1200m). Happy Valley’s first meeting of the season marks the start of the 2020/21 DBS x Manulife Million Challenge, which runs until 24 February, 2021.[...]

Posted on September 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Perfect Match landed the spoils in Sunday’s (6 September) Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) and did so with plenty in hand and also with December riches in mind, as trainer Danny Shum confirmed the 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint as his long-term target. “I am aiming him toward December, he will go[...]

Posted on September 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira, winless on this day last year, made a roaring start to the 2020/2021 racing season with a winning treble at the opening meeting of the Hong Kong racing season at Sha Tin which also saw fierce riding rival Zac Purton, trainer John Size and his triumphantly returning contemporary David Hayes claim doubles. Moreira,[...]

Posted on September 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian trainer David Hayes has celebrated a win at the opening meeting of the Hong Kong racing season.

Posted on September 5, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton sealed his fourth champion jockey title last season, reigning supreme with 147 wins to end the term as the current dominant force in Hong Kong with 1,170 career wins. But with a new campaign starting on Sunday, 6 September, the champion jockey is predicting that this season’s battle to retain his crown will[...]

Posted on September 3, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The intensity of competition, a hallmark of Hong Kong racing, was keenly evident in last season’s fierce battle for the trainers’ premiership which, ultimately, went to Ricky Yiu for the first time, and the 2020/21 racing season promises to be just as combative. Yiu’s narrow win (with 67 wins) from the evergreen Tony Cruz (65)[...]

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

Zac Purton believes he will have to fight harder than ever before if he is to successfully defend his Hong Kong champion jockey title next season. The 37-year-old claimed the coveted crown for a fourth time after an intense season-long battle with his arch-rival Joao Moreira. Though able to reflect fondly on another memorable campaign,[...]

Posted on July 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

British raider Mishriff provided John Gosden with his first victory in the Prix du Jockey Club. And it came at the expense of a three-year-old destined to join Australian trainer David Hayes’s Hong Kong stable. An impressive winner of the Listed Newmarket Stakes on his latest appearance, Mishriff was a shot as he stepped up[...]

Posted on June 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Rostropovich has been given the all-clear to take the next step along the road to a possible return to the racetrack. The Lindsay Park-trained stayer has not raced since suffering a pelvic injury when finishing last in the 2019 Melbourne Cup. Rostropovich underwent a scintigraphy bone scan at the Goulburn Equine Hospital last week which[...]

Posted on June 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park senior trainer David Hayes will delay his departure to Hong Kong for as long as possible in the hope quarantine restrictions are eased. Hayes, who trains in partnership with son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, is booked to fly to Hong Kong next month. But anyone who travels to Hong Kong must undergo[...]

Posted on May 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Master Montaro has justified a lofty purchase price with a stylish victory at Geelong and is set do his future racing in Hong Kong. The three-year-old son of Toronado was purchased for $1.5 million following his debut win for Richard Laming at Pakenham in March. Unfortunately for his new connections Master Montaro did not receive[...]

Posted on May 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian trainers are yet to see mooted spring carnival programming changes that could lead to the Caulfield Cup being run after the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Racing Club is investigating changing the date of the Caulfield Cup from mid-October to November 28 while also moving their entire three-day carnival post-Flemington. The Caulfield Cup has traditionally[...]

Posted on May 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park senior trainer David Hayes believes the further the Melbourne spring carnival can move away from winter the better it will be for horses. Hayes, who is moving to Hong Kong next month and trains in partnership with son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig, does not see the need to alter the order of[...]

December bound Golden Sixty takes the Group 3 Celebration Cup

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

Red-hot Moreira takes full book at the Valley

Hayes camp pleased with Beauty Generation ahead of return

California Rad aims to keep on rising as Million Challenge kicks off

Hong Kong Sprint beckons as Perfect Match takes the Chief Executive’s Cup

Moreira roars into action at season opener

David Hayes Gets On The Board In Hong Kong

New season, new challenges but Moreira still Purton’s biggest threat

Tight at the top of trainers’ table

Purton Prepares For Hong Kong Life After Moore

French Derby Runner-Up To Join Hayes In Hong Kong

Rostropovich Cleared To Increase Workload

State Title On Hayes’ Mind Before HK Shift

Master Montaro Books Ticket To Hong Kong

Trainers Wait On Spring Carnival Changes

Push Entire Spring Carnival Back: Hayes

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