Healthy Happy

Healthy Happy aims to regain Group 3 crown

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 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 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 January 21, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor is banking on Zac Purton's expertise to offset Healthy Happy's weight challenge in the Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Tuesday as the Hong Kong champion trainer searches to end a frustrating losing streak with the 108-rater. Winner of the 2021 Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), defeating[...]

Posted on September 24, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton is optimistic California Spangle can extend an already meteoric rise by claiming the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (September 25), when the richly talented gelding's performance will help Tony Cruz plot a path towards a LONGINES Hong Kong International Races tilt on December 11. Purton views California[...]

Posted on September 21, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ricky Yiu has fired out of the starting blocks this season with four wins to lead the trainers' championship and tonight (Wednesday, September 21) at Happy Valley the veteran handler will unleash another strong hand as he looks to maintain his flying start. Yiu, 65, came home with a wet sail last season landing 20[...]

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 March 30, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

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 February 18, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

After lighting up Happy Valley with a treble on Wednesday night (16 February), trainer Ricky Yiu is quickly turning his attention to Group 1 glory with Mighty Giant in Sunday's (20 February) HKD$12 million Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin. Third in this race last year to Waikuku, Mighty Giant returns second-up this[...]

Posted on February 8, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Gearing up to ride Healthy Happy in Sunday week's (20 February) HKD$12 million Group 1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m), Harry Bentley is first looking to maintain the momentum of his mid-season surge when he engages a solid book of eight rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (9 February). “I'm really, really happy with[...]

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

Graduates of the 2020 Four-Year-Old Classic Series, Golden Sixty and More Than This have had vastly contrasting careers since – like most in comparison to Hong Kong's reigning Horse of the Year. Pitted then as Hong Kong's Generation Next, Golden Sixty has soared to inexorable heights – where he currently remains – while More Than[...]

Posted on January 19, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Group 1 action returns this Sunday (23 January) to Sha Tin with a pair of top-level contests – highlighted by the reappearance of Golden Sixty as well as a hot renewal of the Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) – which Alexis Badel is gunning for aboard Wellington. Victorious in the 2021 HKD$18 million Group 1 Chairman's[...]

Posted on January 15, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Master Eight has been one of this season's most impressive performers with swift progression from Class 3 into a leading protagonist for Sunday week's (23 January) HKD$12 million Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) – a seemingly daunting task for the four-year-old but one that trainer Frankie Lor is quietly relishing. Aiming to extend his[...]

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

Joao Moreira believes Master Eight has the ability to rise to the top of Hong Kong's sprinting ranks after the gifted speedster preserved his unbeaten record with victory in the Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) to seal a memorable day for trainer Frankie Lor. Lor, who previously won the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy in[...]

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

Healthy Happy (132lb) made a sparkling return to racing in Saturday afternoon's (1 January) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin. First-up after 194 days between runs, Frankie Lor's charge made his seasonal reappearance a triumphant one under familiar ally Alexis Badel – holding on by a neck to[...]

Posted on December 31, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Master Eight is shaping up as one of Hong Kong's rising sprint stars and trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful the speedster can intensify his development in Saturday's (1 January) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) – his toughest test to date. “It's his first time at Group 3 level but the horse[...]

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

Looking to capture a maiden training title and repel the recent onslaught of his former mentor John Size, Frankie Lor has armed himself with a strong team of seven at Happy Valley this Wednesday evening (22 December), which includes a trio of in-form course specialists. “I have a few horses running at Happy Valley, they[...]

Healthy Happy aims to regain Group 3 crown

Alexis Badel delivers front-running masterclass on Healthy Happy

Healthy Happy seeks rebound effort in Group 3 Premier Cup

Lor hopes Purton can extract best from Healthy Happy

Zac Purton excited by California Spangle’s return

Ricky Yiu’s out to continue fast start at Happy Valley

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

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

Yiu’s Giant returns in Sunday’s Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Bentley partners Healthy Happy in Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

More Than This on giant-slaying mission in Sunday’s Stewards’ Cup

Wellington’s best to come, Badel chases Centenary Sprint Cup glory

Master Eight ready for Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup test

Master Eight lands Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy to remain unbeaten

Healthy Happy seizes Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup

Master Eight eyes five unbeaten, Healthy Happy returns

Frankie Lor eyes championship push

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