Frankie Lor

Lucky With You brings Group 1 experience to Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Posted on March 6, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor will be hoping it is a case of the third time's a charm for Lucky With You in Sunday's HK$13 million Group 1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin. Lucky With You heads into the second leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series after a pair of Group 1 second placings.[...]

Posted on January 11, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor's dominance of Happy Valley's only Group race continued at the city circuit on Wednesday night when Happy Together extended his startling progress with an emphatic win the HK$4.2 million Group 3 January Cup Handicap (1800m) under a facile Alexis Badel ride. Given a perfect run three pairs back on the fence, Happy Together[...]

Posted on January 10, 2024
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Alexis Badel is hoping to time it right aboard the rapidly rising Happy Together in Wednesday night's Group 3 January Cup Handicap (1800m). Amid a sparkling season with three wins from four starts, Happy Together continues to up the ante, enough so to warrant his shot at Happy Valley's sole Group race with Badel confident[...]

Posted on December 31, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Healthy Happy will chase redemption in the 2024 HK$4.2 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) for jockey Alexis Badel and trainer Frankie Lor. Victorious in 2022 and second to Lucky Sweynesse in 2023, the front-running Healthy Happy returns for his third tilt at plundering New Year's Day's lucrative feature race at Sha[...]

Posted on December 21, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Happy Together showcased Group 3 January Cup Handicap (1800m) credentials with a convincing win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night for Frankie Lor and Alexis Badel, while Pierre Ng continued an extraordinary season with a double. Badel was confident Happy Together would benefit from a more patient ride after the gelding's third to The Golden[...]

Posted on November 3, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor concedes a significant rise in the handicap ratings leaves Money Catcher with a difficult challenge when the gelding attempts to post consecutive wins in the HK$4.2 million Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies' Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Money Catcher carried only 115lb last season in downing Beauty Joy (135lb) and[...]

Posted on October 10, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Trainer Frankie Lor is buoyant Money Catcher can take another step forward this season as he readies for Sunday's HK$5.35 million Group 2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin. The six-year-old returns first-up after steadily climbing the ranks last term, where he rose from a 95-rating to be Group 1-placed behind Hong Kong's[...]

Posted on October 5, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor continued whirlwind career progress by posting his 400th Hong Kong win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 October), reaching the milestone in only his seventh season with Heroic Master. Licensed as a trainer in 2017, Lor struck with his first runner – Yourtheoneforme – and surged to a record debut season haul[...]

Posted on September 29, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor hopes to add the Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to last weekend's Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap success when he saddles Adios and Rewarding Together in the HK$4.2 million sprint feature. Needing only one more win to reach the 400-win milestone in Hong Kong, the 2021/22[...]

Posted on September 25, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Healthy Happy claimed Hong Kong's first black type victory of the 2023/24 season with success in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday when a belated reunion with Alexis Badel delivered drought-breaking triumph. Badel has been aboard in three of Healthy Happy's five Hong Kong wins – the 2021 Hong[...]

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

Sword Point has crowned an impressive Hong Kong debut season with emphatic victory in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (2000m) at Sha Tin on Saturday, shunting Zac Purton closer to eclipsing Joao Moreira's record for the most wins in a single campaign. Contesting his 10th race this season, Frankie Lor-trained Sword Point[...]

Posted on June 29, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor is hopeful Sword Point can ease the frustrations stemming from a string of minor placings with success in the Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (2000m) at Sha Tin on Saturday as five-time Hong Kong champion jockey Zac Purton reunites with the talented stayer. Runner-up in the Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap[...]

Posted on June 22, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong Champion Trainer (2021/22) Frankie Lor is buoyant of a return to form for Healthy Happy when the Zoustar gelding lines up in Sunday's HK$3.9 million Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin following a brief freshen up at Conghua. “He's good. I gave him a break and let him go to[...]

Posted on June 19, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor breathed new life into the trainers' championship with a double at Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon as Sauvestre overhauled red-hot favourite Flaming Rabbit. Trimming John Size's lead from eight to six (68-62), Lor – reigning Hong Kong Champion Trainer (2021/22) – has steadily crept into serious contention after the season's ninth-last fixture with[...]

Posted on May 11, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Conceding Hava Nageela was unprepared for a Hong Kong Derby tilt in March because of form and maturity, Frankie Lor believes the talented four-year-old could still rise to stellar levels next season after victory at Sha Tin's all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night. Lor abandoned Classic plans with the Aclaim gelding when he failed to win[...]

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

Trainer Pierre Ng is hopeful Apache Pass can end an exasperating sequence with victory at Sha Tin, on the midweek fixture's eight-race all-dirt programme. “He's going well and he has been since the start of the season. He has been a bit unlucky with two second placings this season. We've freshened him up, given him[...]

Posted on April 24, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Banishing memories of Hong Kong Derby (2000m) disappointment, Straight Arron will be given the chance to vindicate trainer Caspar Fownes' lofty opinion in higher grades after the gelding's stunning win at Sha Tin on Sunday. Unsuited by a pedestrian tempo in the Hong Kong Derby on 19 March, Straight Arron finished fifth behind Voyage Bubble[...]

Lucky With You brings Group 1 experience to Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Happy Together triumphant in Group 3 January Cup

Happy Together steps up for Group 3 January Cup

Healthy Happy aims to regain Group 3 crown

Happy Together delivers for Alexis Badel and Frankie Lor

Money Catcher faces weighty Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse challenge

Frankie Lor has Money Catcher on another Hong Kong Cup trail

Frankie Lor reaches 400 Hong Kong wins, posts Happy Valley double

Lor looking to strike with duo in Sha Tin Group 3

Alexis Badel delivers front-running masterclass on Healthy Happy

Sword Point claims Hong Kong Reunification Cup for Lor, Purton

Frankie Lor chases Hong Kong Reunification Cup with Sword Point

Healthy Happy seeks rebound effort in Group 3 Premier Cup

Frankie Lor boosts championship hopes; Zac Purton rides quartet

Lor hopeful of future topline success with Hava Nageela after third straight win

Apache Pass chases reward for consistency

Straight Arron avenges Hong Kong Derby defeat with stunning win

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