Hong Kong Classic Cup

David Hayes unveils Conqueror with Hong Kong Derby in mind

Posted on December 19, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

This Sunday (20 December) at Sha Tin, two-time champion trainer David Hayes will unveil smart four-year-old Conqueror, who is looking to lay out his BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) credentials in the Class 2 Bellflower Handicap (1400m). The Fastnet Rock gelding was runner-up to subsequent two-time Group 1 winner Probabeel in the Listed Karaka Million[...]

Posted on March 23, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty triumphed in an epic HK$20 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin yesterday (Sunday, 22 March) to complete a brilliant whitewash of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series. The victory was a first in the race for jockey Vincent Ho, who ended a run of outs for ‘homegrown’ riders in the ‘blue riband’[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui has the strongest hand of any trainer heading into Sunday’s (22 March) HK$20 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) but that doesn’t mean he’s counting his chickens yet. The handler has the top-rated and seemingly brilliant Golden Sixty, successful in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) and Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), aiming[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho shifts his weight to his left foot – the fingers of his right hand flick the outside seam of his thigh and for but a fleeting instant his steady lo-fi monotone stalls, intruded upon by what appears to be a prickling of self-consciousness. Ho is not a natural in front of a TV[...]

Posted on February 24, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Australian-bred Golden Sixty has overcome a health scare to win the Hong Kong Classic Cup at Sha Tin on his way to the Derby. Golden Sixty has now won the first two of the three legs in the four-year-old triple crown, the Classic Mile and Sunday’s Classic Cup at Sha Tin. In between the two[...]

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

John Size believes patience is the key to unlocking Beauty Legacy’s budding best as he prepares the former Australian galloper for Sunday’s (23 February) HK$10 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) and beyond. Beauty Legacy made a name for himself in Australia as Hawkshot, a Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed, before showcasing a[...]

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

Stablemates Golden Sixty and More Than This will clash again in Sunday’s (23 February) HK$10 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) in what amounts to a battle for pole position on the road to the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). Golden Sixty accelerated impressively to win the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) last month with[...]

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

John Moore is putting his confidence in an old and proven alliance at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 February) when Hugh Bowman will take the reins on the handler’s prime Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) hope Enjoying. “Hugh has won a Hong Kong Derby for me on Werther and his confidence level at the moment,[...]

Posted on February 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty’s participation in Sunday’s (23 February) Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin remains in the balance but the classy Hong Kong Classic Mile victor improved his chances of making the line-up after he strode through a key gallop at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 18 February). The bay suffered a fever two[...]

Posted on February 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui edged to the positive side of caution regarding Golden Sixty’s chances of making the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), after leading his Classic Mile winner home from exercise at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 11 February). Word rattled around the racecourse during Saturday’s meeting that the handler’s rising star was laid low with[...]

Posted on January 28, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty burst into clear ground at the head of Hong Kong’s four-year-old pack with an impressive win in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) this afternoon (Monday, 27 January), a result that bolstered trainer Francis Lui’s hand for the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). Lui saddled two of Hong Kong’s brightest young stars in[...]

David Hayes unveils Conqueror with Hong Kong Derby in mind

Golden glory for Ho and Lui in BMW Hong Kong Derby

Golden Sixty and More Than This ready for Hong Kong Derby reckoning

Golden Sixty puts Ho in the lead role for the BMW Hong Kong Derby

Golden Sixty Wins Classic Cup In Hong Kong

Size hopes patience pays for Beauty Legacy in Sunday’s Classic Cup

Round two for Golden Sixty and More Than This in Hong Kong Classic Cup

Moore believes Bowman will be Enjoying Sunday’s Classic Cup

Classic Cup still in the balance for Golden Sixty, no Dubai for Exultant

Golden Sixty and More Than This please Lui

Golden Sixty leads Lui one-two in Hong Kong Classic Mile

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