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Exultant builds towards FWD QEII Cup defence, trials on the turf

Posted on April 13, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant, the tough kingpin of Hong Kong’s staying division, took a crucial step closer in his bid to become the second horse in history – after Eishin Preston in 2003 – to successfully defend his crown in Sunday week’s (25 April) HK$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) with a smart trial effort at[...]

Posted on February 20, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Excellent Proposal’s rousing Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) victory set the benchmark for this year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and while the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) this Sunday (21 February) will paint a clearer picture for next month’s HK$24 million event, there is still sufficient time for a contender to emerge from the[...]

Posted on January 29, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Revitalised by a brief spell, emerging talent Columbus County will throw down the gauntlet to Hong Kong’s premier stayers in the Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (31 January) as Caspar Fownes plots an ambitious path. Freshened since a brave third to Ireland’s Mogul in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong[...]

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

Championship-leading jockey Joao Moreira is riding at the peak of his powers with 51 wins this term – 20 clear of his nearest rival – and this Sunday (13 December) at Sha Tin the Brazilian ace will leave no stone unturned in his bid to replicate the heroics which saw him capture two of last[...]

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 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 June 20, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho bagged his first Group 1 victory aboard Southern Legend in the FWD Champions Mile and on Sunday (21 June) at Sha Tin they pair up again in search of more Pattern-race success when they tackle the HK$3.25 million Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m). Ho has a soft spot for the tough galloper[...]

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 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 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[...]

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

Frankie Lor swept the Four-Year-Old Classic Series in 2019 but one year after Furore set the ball rolling in the Hong Kong Classic Mile, the trainer is this time pinning his hopes prudently rather than nailing them assuredly. The horse carrying the Lor standard into the first race of the three-leg series is the promising[...]

Posted on January 16, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Furore returns to a mile in the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (19 January) with trainer Frankie Lor hoping a short bout of sickness over the Christmas period will not have dulled the gelding’s big-race capability. “He had a temperature for a few days so I had to stop and[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor will launch his star sophomores Furore and Dark Dream at the Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 3 November. Furore (113lb) was Hong Kong’s standout four-year-old last term thanks to wins in the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m), while Dark[...]

Posted on September 30, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The outcome of tomorrow’s (1 October) Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin looks set to determine Furore’s big December target. “We’ll look at the (LONGINES) Hong Kong International Races and I’m still thinking about whether he goes 1600 metres or 2000 metres there. After Tuesday’s race I think I will have a[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Furore caught the eye, running on for third under Grant van Niekerk in a dirt track barrier trial at Sha Tin on Tuesday, 17 September. Frankie Lor’s charge has not been seen in action since finishing a disappointing 10th in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) in April.[...]

Exultant builds towards FWD QEII Cup defence, trials on the turf

Chilean triple Group 1 winner Panfield to put HK Derby credentials on the line

Caspar Fownes begins the journey towards staying features with Columbus County

In-form Moreira nears 1,000 wins with a solid book for Sunday

Furore proves previous win no fluke in Group 2 Jockey Club Cup

Furore snaffles the Ladies’ Purse

Ho hungry for more as Southern Legend eyes Premier Plate

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

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

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’

Lor pins hopes of a Classic Mile repeat on Decrypt

Furore returns to a mile in Group 1 Stewards’ Cup

Lor looks to the future with Furore and Dark Dream but first it’s the Purse

Lor hopes Furore can measure up against Beauty Generation

Furore return

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