Frankie Lor

Beauty Joy stuns with Group 3 Premier Cup victory

Posted on June 20, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Steadily bridging the gap to Joao Moreira in the Hong Kong jockeys' championship with a four-timer, Zac Purton was stunned by Beauty Joy's incredible Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m) triumph at Sha Tin on Sunday (June 19) after the talented gelding conceded rivals a huge start before winning emphatically. Tailed off last at the[...]

Posted on June 9, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Soulmate capped a season crammed with improvement and success with dramatic victory in the Class 2 Bellflower Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (June 8) to justify Ricky Yiu's faith in the talented former Kiwi galloper. Winless in 2020/21, Soulmate has strung together four wins this term – two at Happy Valley and[...]

Posted on June 2, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

In the throes of another successful season, Tony Cruz is aiming to land a sentimental victory in the Class 3 Apprentice Jockeys' School 50th Anniversary Cup Handicap (1200m) with Super Fortune at Sha Tin on Sunday (June 5). Hong Kong racing's most successful home-grown product as a multiple champion jockey and trainer, Cruz, 65, was[...]

Posted on June 2, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has posted a vital double to edge to within touching distance of Joao Moreira in the Hong Kong Jockeys' Championship after an eventful meeting which left the Australian bloodied but unbowed on Wednesday night (June 1). Trailing Moreira by eight winners a week ago, Purton has trimmed the deficit to five – 122-117[...]

Posted on May 27, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira is chasing an unmatched fifth win in Sunday's (May 29) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) when he gets the leg-up on Excellent Proposal for trainer John Size at Sha Tin. Already unrivalled with four wins since the race's inception in 2016, Moreira will once again take a leading contender[...]

Posted on May 26, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor's aspirations of securing a maiden Hong Kong trainers' championship have been significantly boosted by a Happy Valley treble on Wednesday night (May 25) but the unassuming horseman is taking nothing for granted. Edging to a 77-74 lead over 11-time champion John Size with 14 meetings left in the season, Lor reclaimed the ascendancy[...]

Posted on May 3, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

This season's trainers' championship is unfolding as a battle royal between Frankie Lor and John Size with the former preparing to pull out all of the stops and repel the 11-time champion's expected onslaught across the term's remaining 21 race meetings. Currently leading his former mentor 68-65 ahead of the campaign's 68th fixture, Lor hit[...]

Posted on May 3, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Franking imposing BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) form, Senor Toba has earned a tilt at the Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) with a resolute triumph in the Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (May 1). Fourth behind Romantic Warrior, California Spangle and Money Catcher[...]

Posted on April 17, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The rollercoaster tussle for the Hong Kong jockeys' championship continued at Sha Tin on Saturday (April 16) when a treble propelled Zac Purton back into the lead as former Italian galloper Campione continued an impressive emergence for Tony Cruz. Trailing Joao Moreira by two wins before the meeting, Purton edged to a 104-103 buffer after[...]

Posted on April 15, 2022
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Bracing for a Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) showdown with Golden Sixty aboard California Spangle on Sunday, April 24, Zac Purton hopes to build momentum to the showpiece meeting aboard Sauvestre in the Class 3 Ma Kong Shan Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (April 16). Locked in a familiar battle for supremacy[...]

Posted on April 14, 2022
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Zac Purton has joined Joao Moreira as a 2021/22 centurion after reaching the 100-win milestone for the sixth successive Hong Kong season at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (April 13), fanning hopes of a fifth jockeys' championship. Three days after Moreira moved into triple figures, Purton reached the seasonal benchmark he routinely seeks with a[...]

Posted on April 13, 2022
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Karis Teetan believes the timing is right when Romantic Warrior enters uncharted waters on Sunday, April 24 at Sha Tin as the last-start BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner gets his initial experience of the Group 1 cauldron in the HKD$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m). No international runners mean the HKD$65 million[...]

Posted on April 5, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor is the hottest trainer in Hong Kong right now with eight wins from the past four race meetings and his prospects of landing a maiden title hit all new highs on Sunday (April 3) as he drew level with John Size at the top of the championship table (61-61) after erasing his former[...]

Posted on April 4, 2022
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Richard Gibson will attempt to crown Wellington's season in familiar fashion by chasing victory in the Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize (1200m) in three weeks after the speedster snared the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 3) with another outstanding display of power. Conceding weight to seven of nine rivals,[...]

Posted on March 31, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Duke Wai's stunning consistency has earned Paul O'Sullivan's flagbearer a tilt at the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) in May after victory in the Class 1 Silvermine Bay Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin's all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night (30 March). Upstaging Kurpany and Majestic Star, who are both being aimed at the Group[...]

Posted on March 30, 2022
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Master Eight has a long way to go if he is to fill the void left by the brilliant Mr Stunning in Frankie Lor's stable, but this Sunday (3 April) the handler is hopeful the exciting four-year-old can take a step closer to fulfilling his early promise when he lines up in the HKD$4.75 million[...]

Posted on March 28, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Delivering a reminder of talent and ambition, Jerry Chau shared riding honours at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 March) with Joao Moreira to keep alive hopes of snaring the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong's leading local jockey with a double. Returning to the fray after missing Wednesday's (23 March) Happy Valley meeting, Chau boosted[...]

Beauty Joy stuns with Group 3 Premier Cup victory

Soulmate crowns progressive stint with Happy Valley triumph

Tony Cruz eyes AJS 50th Anniversary Cup success with Super Fortune

Purton double trims Moreira’s lead as trainers share Happy Valley spoils

Moreira master of the Lion Rock Trophy, Hot King Prawn retires

Frankie Lor boosts lead in Hong Kong trainers’ championship with treble

Title race brews as Lor targets dirt feature with Money Catcher; No stopping Hewitson

Senor Toba claims Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup

Zac Purton regains jockeys’ championship lead

Zac Purton chasing more wins as focus on Champions Day sharpens

Zac Purton posts sixth straight Hong Kong century with Happy Valley success

Romantic Warrior gets his chance to soar

Lor hits milestone; Money Catcher heads to Happy Valley

Wellington claims Group 2 Sprint Cup

Duke Wai rules on Sha Tin dirt for O’Sullivan and Chadwick

Sprint Cup test for Master Eight as FWD Champions Day looms large

Jerry Chau marks return with Sha Tin double

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