Exultant

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

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 February 18, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Declaring Golden Sixty the equal of the most outstanding milers in recent Hong Kong history, Zac Purton has warned against being too conscious of the glamour galloper in Sunday’s Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Purton will partner Tony Cruz’s reigning Horse of the Year Exultant in an intriguing clash[...]

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

Glorious Dragon has avenged defeat in the 2020 Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) by denying Exultant a third win in the staying feature while delivering Matthew Poon one of the most important triumphs of his career. Beaten by Tony Cruz’s Exultant in the same race last year, Glorious Dragon swept past the reigning champion[...]

Posted on January 29, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton is hopeful Exultant can reprise a winning habit in the Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (31 January) despite concerns Tony Cruz’s staying flagbearer’s elite qualities are in decline. Triumphant in the past two editions of the Centenary Vase, Exultant’s hopes of a trio of consecutive successes in[...]

Posted on January 29, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Revitalised by a brief spell, emerging talent Columbus County will throw down the gauntlet to Hong Kong’s premier stayers in the Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (31 January) as Caspar Fownes plots an ambitious path. Freshened since a brave third to Ireland’s Mogul in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong[...]

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

Exultant is already proven as one of the best stayers Hong Kong has ever produced but this Sunday (13 December) at Sha Tin he has the chance of creating a significant slice of history by becoming the first locally-trained dual winner of the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m). And champion jockey Zac Purton[...]

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

Magical is among a stellar line-up of 45 horses selected for the HK$95 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on Sunday, 13 December. Aidan O’Brien’s superstar mare is just one of 17 Group 1 winners set to compete. The globetrotting daughter of Galileo is bidding to make history by becoming O’Brien’s most[...]

Posted on November 23, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A classy win by Furore today proved his second-up success over Exultant was no fluke as he did it again to lead home a one-two for trainer Tony Cruz in yesterday’s (Sunday, 22 November) HK$4.5 million Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Furore ended a 19 month winless streak last start, in[...]

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

Golden Sixty (123lb) worked through his final gallop on Thursday (19 November) morning at Sha Tin and trainer Francis Lui today (Friday, 20 November) confirmed his star galloper is ready to shine in Sunday’s (22 November) HK$4.5 million Group 2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m). “He’s good, he’s in-form and he has a good draw –[...]

Posted on November 2, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Furore (122lb) snaffled the Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 1 November) to lead home a one-two finish for trainer Tony Cruz in the HK$3.5 million contest. The Pierro gelding passed the post a length and a quarter ahead of stablemate and reigning Hong Kong Horse of[...]

Posted on October 31, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong’s star stayer Exultant will shoulder 133lb in a hot edition of Sunday’s (1 November) Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin, as he sets out to claim a second Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) title on 13 December. Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year returns this season[...]

Posted on October 29, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races has attracted a bounty of stars among 162 nominated horses, with 61 Group 1 winners from 10 countries/regions eyeing the four-race HK$95 million event on 13 December. While the COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty around many international racing events, the strength of this year’s entries for the LONGINES[...]

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

Exultant pleased connections at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 6 October) as he stepped up his preparations toward the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) and a hoped for sixth victory at the top level. Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year went through the motions in his first barrier trial of the season in[...]

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

Exultant’s outstanding exploits during the 2019/20 season earned the multiple Group 1 victor the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a special presentation function held at Sha Tin Racecourse last night, Thursday, 16 July. The Tony Cruz-trained six-year-old was also named Champion Middle-Distance Horse and Champion Stayer for the second consecutive year. Exultant[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian jockey Zac Purton remains locked in a enthralling tussle with arch-rival Joao Moreira as he tries to defend his Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership crown. Purton rode four winners at Sha Tin on Sunday, including Exultant in the Champions & Chater Cup, the final Group One race of the Hong Kong season. But his quartet[...]

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

Zac Purton plots a Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup upset on Exultant

Poon and Lui combine with Glorious Dragon to snare Centenary Vase Handicap

Purton hopeful Exultant can strike a third time in the Centenary Vase

Caspar Fownes begins the journey towards staying features with Columbus County

Exultant gears up to recapture Hong Kong Vase crown

Magical heads world class line-up selected for HKIR

Furore proves previous win no fluke in Group 2 Jockey Club Cup

Golden Sixty primed for Group 2 Jockey Club Mile test

Furore snaffles the Ladies’ Purse

Exultant ready to roll, Chefano and Dark Dream please Hayes

Hong Kong International Races attracts strong nominations

Exultant gears up for Hong Kong Vase campaign

Exultant named Horse of the Year at Hong Kong’s Champion Awards

Purton, Moreira HK Stoush Down To The Wire

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