Francis Lui

Lui gets closer to Hong Kong trainers’ championship lead

Posted on June 27, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The 2023/24 Hong Kong trainers' championship continues to hang in the balance after Francis Lui posted a crucial double, spearheaded by Copartner Prance's sixth successive win, at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (26 June) to draw onto almost level terms with Pierre Ng in the title race. With only five meetings left in the season,[...]

Posted on April 26, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty will attempt to land a record-extending fourth consecutive win in the HK$22 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 28) after receiving gate seven at Thursday morning's barrier draw. Hong Kong's champion horse became the first to complete an FWD Champions Mile hat-trick in 2021, 2022 and[...]

Posted on April 15, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Excited ahead of a FWD Champions Day reunion with champion Golden Sixty on April 28, Vincent Ho gained vital confidence and fitness with his first double in almost three months at Sha Tin on Sunday. Sidelined after a fall on January 24, Ho returned to race riding at Happy Valley on Wednesday and, following a[...]

Posted on March 5, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty completed his most significant piece of trackwork for a long time on Tuesday morning at Sha Tin as trainer Francis Lui hopes for a fairytale finish to his charge's career in next month's HK$22 million Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m). “He galloped this morning. It was his first gallop, I think he's ok[...]

Posted on February 16, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui has become only the sixth trainer to produce 900 wins in Hong Kong after a Happy Valley treble on Thursday night left the veteran horseman clasping ambitions of landing the 2023/24 Hong Kong trainers' championship. Lui, 65, joins John Moore (1,735 wins), John Size (1,523), Tony Cruz (1,485) Caspar Fownes (1,092) and Ricky[...]

Posted on December 28, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bidding to increase his lead in the Hong Kong jockeys' championship, Zac Purton hopes to build on a flourishing partnership with Francis Lui when the pair links up with Silver Sonic at Happy Valley on Friday night. Six-time Hong Kong champion Purton has had only 11 rides this season for Lui but has converted strongly[...]

Posted on December 26, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Chancheng Glory has found his groove and trainer Francis Lui hopes the American-bred gelding can lift his game again at Sha Tin. Unbeaten across three starts since switching to the mile and also eligible for the HK$52 million Four-Year-Old Classic Series, Chancheng Glory has been a revelation this season, with two wins in Class 4[...]

Posted on December 23, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Keen to convert quality opportunities into more wins after a frustrating recent run, Vincent Ho hopes Joyful Hunter and The Heir can add further lustre to an unforgettable December at Sha Tin. With the memories of Golden Sixty's colossal Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) triumph on December 10 still vivid, Ho is eager to[...]

Posted on October 18, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Trainer Francis Lui declared Golden Sixty a ‘happy horse' ahead of his highly anticipated return this season in either the Group 2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) on November 19 or Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on December 10. Initially slated to resume in the HK$32 million Hong Kong Mile, Lui indicated[...]

Posted on October 2, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui accelerated a blistering start to the season with a Sha Tin treble crowned by Stoltz's courageous victory in the HK$4.2 million Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) to extend his lead at the top of the Hong Kong trainers' championship on Sunday. Stoltz was the third leg of Lui's three-timer after earlier[...]

Posted on July 13, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton and Francis Lui have been acclaimed Hong Kong racing's ‘Kings of The Valley' after the pair clinched the jockey and trainer mantles for the most wins at Happy Valley this season with multiples on Wednesday night. Entering the meeting locked on 49 wins with Vincent Ho – who had led for much of[...]

Posted on July 7, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has become only the second jockey in Hong Kong racing history to ride 1600 winners as the Australian continues a relentless quest of history following a treble at Happy Valley on Thursday night. Douglas Whyte (1813 wins) is the only other jockey to reach the 1,600-win mark in Hong Kong and Purton's three-timer[...]

Posted on July 4, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Impressive debut winner Joyful Hunter will aim to extend his unbeaten sequence to two when he lines up at Happy Valley on Thursday night for trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho. Blitzing rivals by two lengths at the city circuit on 14 June, the Darci Brahma three-year-old turned heads with an electrifying turn of[...]

Posted on May 1, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty stands alone as Hong Kong's most prolific Group 1 winner after his record-setting third Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) triumph at Sha Tin on Sunday. Equal with Beauty Generation's mark of eight top-level wins before today, Golden Sixty – trained by Francis Lui – added this afternoon's success to his wins in[...]

Posted on April 18, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ahead of his bid to capture a record third successive Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday week, Golden Sixty left both trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho satisfied following his effort in a barrier trial on Tuesday morning. Successful in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the HK$20 million race[...]

Posted on March 9, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Catapulting Vincent Ho to the brink of 500 Hong Kong wins, Gold Gold Baby has continued a meteoric rise with devastating victory in the second section of the Class 3 Russell Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Gold Gold Baby has now won five of seven starts at the city circuit this season,[...]

Posted on February 27, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty overhauled Romantic Warrior in a gripping finish to the HK$12 million Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin – the second leg of Hong Kong's Triple Crown – under Vincent Ho for trainer Francis Lui. Sporting the familiar white, blue and gold silks of owner Stanley Chan, Golden Sixty handed[...]

Lui gets closer to Hong Kong trainers’ championship lead

Golden Sixty returns seeking FWD Champions Mile quartet

Vincent Ho notches comeback double at Sha Tin

Golden Sixty gallops, Whyte unveils debutant at Happy Valley

Francis Lui trains 900th Hong Kong winner

Zac Purton hopes to extend successful liaison with Francis Lui

Chancheng Glory eyes four straight wins

Vincent Ho chases pre-Christmas success at Sha Tin

Francis Lui is pleased as Golden Sixty trials at Sha Tin

Lui, Purton combine with Stoltz to land Group 3 National Day Cup

Zac Purton, Francis Lui crowned Valley Kings after Happy Valley finale

Zac Purton rides 1600th Hong Kong winner with Happy Valley treble

Joyful Hunter returns to scene of triumph

History made as Golden Sixty wins third FWD Champions Mile

Golden Sixty trials with sights on third straight Champions Mile

Vincent Ho on cusp of 500 Hong Kong wins, Chadwick slots treble

Golden Sixty wins Hong Kong Gold Cup thriller

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