Frankie Lor

Moreira strikes ‘Magic’ six-timer at Sha Tin

Posted on September 21, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira’s brilliant best was on show yesterday (20 September) at Sha Tin as he collected a superb six-timer which he capped with victory aboard the impressive Excellent Proposal. “I just hope that I can keep it up – it’s not going to be an easy season,” Moreira said. Fresh off a Wednesday treble, Moreira[...]

Posted on September 19, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Lakeshore Eagle soared to a hat-trick of wins at the end of last season and this Sunday (20 September) at Sha Tin the smart galloper will shoot for his fourth in succession when he lines up in a smoking hot Class 2 Cheung Shan Handicap (1600m). The six-year-old was a sensation for trainer Chris So[...]

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

Caspar Fownes’ fast start to the 2020/21 season continued as the three-time champion trainer bagged a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 16 September to put him four wins clear at the top of the trainers’ premiership after four meetings. “I’m going to be a chance (for the championship) that’s for sure, I’ve done it[...]

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

Vincent Ho is hopeful that improving youngster Eternal Harvest can put a barrier mishap behind him and continue his ascent up the handicap when he tackles a competitive field in the Class 3 Cha Kwo Ling Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (16 September). The Ricky Yiu-trained four-year-old reared in the gates at his[...]

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 June 26, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton boosted his championship claims on Wednesday night with a fantastic four-timer at Happy Valley and this Saturday (27 June) at Sha Tin he is aiming to draw further clear of great rival Joao Moreira with a full book of 10 rides. Purton rode the last four winners at the Valley, all for trainer[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Reliable Team’s battling win in the Class 2 Cochrane Handicap (1800m) ensured Karis Teetan enjoyed a memorable 30th birthday at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 3 June. The Frankie Lor-trained grey capped a celebratory double for the ‘Mauritian Magician’ following Murray’s Partners’ success in race three. “It’s nice to get a winner on a special day[...]

Posted on June 1, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ka Ying Star maintained Tony Cruz’s advance towards the top of the trainers’ premiership with an overdue success in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 31 May. “I’m going to put the pedal to the metal!” Cruz said after the Cityscape gelding had pushed the stable’s tally to[...]

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

Kings Shield put his rivals to the sword with a routing run to victory in the Class 2 Egret Handicap (1650m, dirt) at Sha Tin on Wednesday, 27 May. The former British-trained import has given his handler Frankie Lor a puzzle to crack, though. The 90-rated galloper will climb high in the handicap for his[...]

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

Zac Purton is hoping to make hay under the Sha Tin floodlights tonight (27 May) with Joao Moreira sitting out the all-weather track fixture due to a riding suspension. The star jockeys are inseparable on 123 wins for the season in a gripping tussle for the Hong Kong premiership. Purton has a full book of[...]

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

Frankie Lor heads into today’s (29 April) Happy Valley meeting with course specialist Flash Famous looking to become the first horse this season to win five races at the city circuit when he contests section one of the Class 3 Fortress Hill Handicap (1650m). The trainer is fresh off a Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize[...]

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

Mr Stunning lived up to his name and cemented his place as one of Hong Kong’s finest sprinters yesterday afternoon (26 April) at Sha Tin with a victory in the HK$18 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m). The Frankie Lor-trained gelding put age and injury woes behind him to become only the third seven-year-old[...]

Posted on April 18, 2020
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The Douglas Whyte-trained Will Power (118lb), another son of the Irish Classic-winning Power, will attempt to continue the fine start he has made to his career at Sunday’s (19 April) 10-race Sha Tin card in the Class 2 Cornwall Handicap (1200m, dirt). “He’s surprised me, he’s improved mentally every time I’ve stepped him out and[...]

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

A final decision is yet to be made on Golden Sixty’s participation in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on 26 April but trainer Francis Lui is pleased with the Medaglia d’Oro gelding following his sparkling BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) win last month. “He seems good, he looks fine, everything is fine and[...]

Posted on April 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Frankie Lor-trained Decrypt (128lb) who holds an engagement in the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile on 26 April, steps down in trip, as well as back into handicap company after a Classic campaign, in the last at Sha Tin on Sunday (12 April). The diminutive grey placed third in the Group 1 Irish 2,000[...]

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Glorious Artist (133lb) was fourth in the 2019 KOR Group 1 Korea Cup (1800m) and returns to his preferred surface, the Sha Tin dirt, with trainer Frankie Lor pleased with his gelding ahead of tonight’s (1 April) test in the Cheung Sha Handicap. “His form’s good, everything is good – this time though he carries[...]

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

Purton and Moreira are well clear of the rest of the jockeys’ pack but a fascinating secondary battle is taking shape after Grant van Niekerk bagged a hat-trick at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 25 March). The South African has struck a rich seam of success lately, and, with his trio arriving on the back[...]

Moreira strikes ‘Magic’ six-timer at Sha Tin

Lakeshore Eagle shoots for four in hot Sha Tin feature

Fownes on top, Moreira seals three and Teetan doubles up

Eternal Harvest resumes in hot Happy Valley sprint

Tight at the top of trainers’ table

Purton hungry for more after midweek four

Teetan bags a birthday brace, So goes big at the Valley

Cruz goes full throttle for the championship as Ka Ying Star shines

Kings triumph lifts Purton, Cruz hat-trick brings title into range

Purton looks for advantage as Moreira sits out Wednesday at Sha Tin

Flash Famous shoots for a five-star night at the Valley

Mr Stunning lifts for a Chairman’s Sprint Prize shock

Whyte’s Power

Golden Sixty camp mulls QEII Cup, Derby form on show at the Valley

Decrypt down in distance

Artist tops the weights

Van Niekerk hits three

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