Golden Sixty

Vincent Ho shares World’s Best Jockey ranking leadership

Posted on April 28, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho has soared to joint leadership of the 2021 LONGINES World’s Best Jockey rankings after a career-best pair of Group 1 triumphs at the glittering FWD Champions Day meeting on Sunday (25 April) at Sha Tin. Ho shares top billing on 48 points with Australia-based New Zealander James McDonald in a worthy postscript to[...]

Posted on April 26, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A landmark FWD Champions Day, crowned by Vincent Ho’s Group 1 double, record turnover and the emergence of a potential future champion are evidence of Hong Kong racing’s resilience and attractiveness, according to Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges. Pointing to Ho’s effort to extend Golden Sixty’s winning streak to 14 with victory in the Champions Mile[...]

Posted on April 26, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Stretched to the limit, Golden Sixty bravely extended his unbeaten run to 14 at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 25 April) with a slender victory in the HK$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile. Undefeated since July, 2019, the brilliant son of Medaglia d’Oro also grabbed his fourth triumph at the top-level in succession, following[...]

Posted on April 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Armed with an impressive arsenal of Group 1 mounts at Sha Tin on Sunday (25 April), Vincent Ho is chasing perfection aboard Golden Sixty as the Hong Kong star bids for a 14th consecutive win when he contests the HK$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) against only five rivals. Unbeaten since defeat in[...]

Posted on April 23, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Takayuki Yasuda has sounded an ominous warning ahead of Sunday’s (25 April) HK$18 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) by declaring Danon Smash the equal of superstar Lord Kanaloa, the best horse the revered Japanese trainer has handled in a long and distinguished career. Delighted by Danon Smash’s draw of barrier five for Sunday’s[...]

Posted on April 8, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 25 April will bring together the very best of Hong Kong’s elite gallopers and a top-line contingent from Japan in three exciting Group 1 races. The brilliant Golden Sixty will look to extend his unblemished run to 14 wins when he contests the HK$20 million Group[...]

Posted on March 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has taken another significant step towards a competitive return with a blistering 1000m trial victory at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning (23 March) as Francis Lui indicated the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile on 25 April was Golden Sixty’s likely next objective. Rated the world’s equal-top sprinter in the year-ending 2020 LONGINES World’s[...]

Posted on March 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Japan’s elite and Hong Kong’s brilliant best are among the list of 77 horses holding entries for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday, 25 April, 2021. FWD Champions Day features three world class Group 1 races, the HK$25 million FWD Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m), the HK$20 million FWD Champions Mile (1600m), and[...]

Posted on February 22, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty extended his unbeaten run to 13 straight wins with victory in yesterday’s (Sunday, 21 February) Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. However, Hong Kong’s highest rated horse was forced to spare no effort as he scrambled to add a third consecutive Group 1 to his glittering record which[...]

Posted on February 18, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Declaring Golden Sixty the equal of the most outstanding milers in recent Hong Kong history, Zac Purton has warned against being too conscious of the glamour galloper in Sunday’s Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Purton will partner Tony Cruz’s reigning Horse of the Year Exultant in an intriguing clash[...]

Posted on February 18, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bracing for a return to 2000m for the first time since the 2020 BMW Hong Kong Derby in the Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday (21 February), Golden Sixty is primed to reproduce his best as he bids for a 13th successive victory, according to regular rider Vincent Ho.[...]

Posted on February 11, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A leisurely 1200m barrier trial has filled Vincent Ho with confidence that Golden Sixty remains on target to extend an imposing winning sequence to 13 with a third Group 1 triumph in the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on 21 February. Placed under no pressure at all, Golden Sixty finished seventh[...]

Posted on January 28, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty is within touching distance of status as the world’s premier miler based on the 2020 LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR), released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on Tuesday, 26 January, as nine of Hong Kong’s elite races featured in the World’s Top 100 Group 1 Races last year. With[...]

Posted on January 25, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Not even a slipped saddle and muddling tempo were enough to halt Golden Sixty’s burgeoning winning streak as the Hong Kong superstar posted a dramatic 12th successive victory after scrambling to narrow triumph in the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m). Undefeated since 7 July 2019, Golden Sixty responded doggedly to Vincent Ho’s desperate urgings to[...]

Posted on January 23, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui is hoping for a belated birthday celebration on Sunday (24 January) after watching Hong Kong star Golden Sixty breeze through his final piece of trackwork ahead of a much-anticipated competitive return in the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin. Freshened after claiming the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile at Sha[...]

Posted on January 21, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Four days out from the much-anticipated return of Golden Sixty’s attempt to post a 12th consecutive triumph, the champion galloper’s trainer Francis Lui continued an excellent season with a Happy Valley treble. Proving adept at opposite ends of the age and potential scale, Lui logged a trio with veteran Winston’s Lad, emerging sprinter Stock Legend[...]

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

Bracing for a tilt at leading miler Golden Sixty, Caspar Fownes has complete faith in Rise High as the injury-ravaged galloper resumes in the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (24 January). Rise High is among a select band of eight entrants for the HK$12 million contest as Golden Sixty bids[...]

Vincent Ho shares World’s Best Jockey ranking leadership

FWD Champions Day again showcases the best of Hong Kong

Golden Sixty extends unbeaten run to 14 with Champions Mile triumph

Golden Sixty primed to excel

Legendary Japanese trainer puts Danon Smash on a par with champion Lord Kanaloa

FWD Champions Day has top-class contenders in three exciting races

Classique Legend dazzles in trial as Lui mulls Champions Mile for Golden Sixty

Japan enters strong contingent for FWD Champions Day

Golden Sixty extends unbeaten run to 13 with Hong Kong Gold Cup triumph

Zac Purton plots a Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup upset on Exultant

Golden Sixty chases third Group 1 and 13th consecutive victory

Golden Sixty on course for second leg of Triple Crown

Golden Sixty into top 10 as Hong Kong figures prominently in World’s Best rankings

Golden Sixty extends winning streak to 12

Birthday boy Francis Lui looks forward to a weekend of extended celebrations

Lui lays down a Happy Valley treble ahead of Golden Sixty’s return

Rise High poised to return in Group 1 battle at Sha Tin

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