Hong Kong Classic Cup

Cruz double-handed in Hong Kong Classic Mile with California Spangle and Ima Single Man

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

Bidding to seal California Spangle’s meteoric rise with success in the HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (30 January), Tony Cruz believes the explosive gelding has the attributes to overcome distance queries in his most serious assignment so far. With five victories and a second from six starts from[...]

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 19, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tony Cruz will set Ima Single Man for the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) next month after a superb ride from Matthew Poon enabled the Australian import to land the Class 2 Lukfook Jewellery Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (18 December). Winner of the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) as a two-year-old[...]

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

Lowly weighted runners have a notable record in the short history of the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) and this Sunday (30 May) at Sha Tin trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful Healthy Happy (114lb) has the form on the board to join that list when he attempts to capitalise off his featherweight impost[...]

Posted on March 10, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

After entering the 2021 BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) fold with a dashing second at in last month’s Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), Russian Emperor – a son of Galileo – took another crucial step toward Hong Kong’s most prestigious race with a solid first-past-the-post effort in a barrier trial at Sha Tin yesterday morning[...]

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

An inspired Alexis Badel capitalised fully on Frankie Lor’s generosity to snare the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) as Healthy Happy underlined BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) claims with a dramatic victory. Uniting with the former Australian galloper for the first time after Vincent Ho picked up the ride on Tourbillon Diamond, Badel[...]

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

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Blake Shinn is banking on Excellent Proposal’s consistency and quality as decisive factors in the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (21 February). Shinn capitalised fully on his first ride on John Size’s talented gelding by winning the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) on 24 January,[...]

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 February 19, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Nearly a year ago, Southern Legend proved that he can still run rings around his younger adversaries – and the best in Hong Kong – as he sensationally denied Beauty Generation a third consecutive Group 1 FWD Champions Mile at the age of seven. And now, as he enters the twilight of his career as[...]

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

Tony Cruz will aim to add further lustre to his extraordinary BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) record after Delightful Laos emerged as a potential classic contender with victory in the Class 2 Chater Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (27 January). Crowning a dominant night for Cruz, former Irish galloper Delightful Laos will now[...]

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

Excellent Proposal rose to the top of Hong Kong’s four-year-old pecking order with an impressive win in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 24 January), a result that strengthened trainer John Size’s hand for the remaining two legs of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) and BMW Hong[...]

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

Frankie Lor has developed a formidable reputation as a trainer capable of preparing young horses for early success and this Sunday (24 January) at Sha Tin two of his brightest prospects will take centre stage in the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile. After winning all three legs of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series in 2019[...]

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

A daring mid-race move by Chad Schofield catapulted Maximus into the thick of Four-Year-Old Classic Series contention and this Sunday (24 January) at Sha Tin the striking chestnut is readying for a big-race upset in the first leg of the three-race series, the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile. Grabbing second last-start with credit to[...]

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[...]

Cruz double-handed in Hong Kong Classic Mile with California Spangle and Ima Single Man

Healthy Happy seizes Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup

Ima Single Man strikes for Cruz as Leung posts Sha Tin treble

Lor hopes weight trend favours Healthy Happy in Sunday’s Lion Rock Trophy

Russian Emperor pleases Whyte ahead of Hong Kong Derby tilt

Healthy Happy lands Hong Kong Classic Cup to remain in Hong Kong Derby contention

Blake Shinn hopeful Excellent Proposal can continue to flourish in Hong Kong Classic Cup

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

Southern Legend primed for Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Golden Sixty on course for second leg of Triple Crown

Delightful Laos emerges as a potential Hong Kong Derby hopeful

Excellent Proposal leads Size one-two in Hong Kong Classic Mile

Lor readies strong contingent of young guns for HK Classic Mile fixture

Maximus for Schofield in Sunday’s Hong Kong Classic Mile

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

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