Exultant

Exultant gears up to recapture Hong Kong Vase crown

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[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

It was hard work but Exultant has never been one to shirk a challenge. The tough kingpin of the Hong Kong stayers’ division proved his preeminence with a gritty second success in the Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 24 May. The six-year-old bay dug deep to[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant showed all his class to dig deep and defend his crown in the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. Known as Irishcorrespondent when with Michael Halford in Ireland, the Tony Cruz-trained six-year-old finished second in the Group One feature in 2018, but went one place better last year when[...]

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

Furore and a storm are Tony Cruz’s two fears as he prepares Exultant for what he hopes will be another major success in the Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 24 May. The handler is in the blessed position of also training Furore, the horse he deems[...]

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

Tony Cruz’s storied career as jockey and trainer has spanned almost every step of Hong Kong racing’s professional era. His name is woven into the very fabric of the sport here and in that respect he has commonality with one of the city’s oldest and most cherished races, the Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions &[...]

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

Zac Purton was elated and deflated at the end of Exultant’s glorious, grinding victory in the HK$25 million Group 1 FWD Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday, 26 April. The brave bay’s willingness to stretch for his rider through every demanding stride of the 2000m feature meant the champion jockey became the[...]

Posted on April 25, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tony Cruz expects an Exultant victory in the HK$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 April) but the veteran handler knows only too well that in horseracing the unexpected can occur at any time. Hong Kong’s champion stayer was a short-odds favourite to win the Group 1 Hong[...]

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

Tony Cruz was spotted moving around on foot not so long ago. In the grave reality of the world’s current state, seeing Hong Kong racing’s original ‘living legend’ walking between his stable and the Sha Tin trainers’ stand is light years removed from being the most unusual consequence but it is unusual nonetheless; Cruz without[...]

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

Exultant stamps Horse of the Year claim with Champions & Chater Cup victory

Classy Exultant Defends Crown In Hong Kong

Rain a concern as Exultant faces Furore in Champions & Chater Cup

Cruz is the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup maestro

Exultant grinds them to submission as Purton makes history in the FWD QEII Cup

Exultant carries great expectations into FWD QEII Cup

Tony Cruz is Hong Kong racing’s original ‘living legend’

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