Hong Kong Mile

Beauty Eternal lifts Jockey Club Mile as Golden Sixty test looms

Posted on November 20, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Preparing to meet Golden Sixty at next month's Hong Kong International Races, Beauty Eternal landed the biggest prize of his burgeoning career in Sunday's HK$5.35 million Group 2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin. Carrying the same silks as exceptional miler Beauty Generation for owner Patrick Kwok, Beauty Eternal (123lb) took his racing to[...]

Posted on November 15, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho was beaming after partnering Hong Kong's champion Golden Sixty at Tuesday morning's barrier trial session at Sha Tin. Preparing for a return in next month's HK$32 million Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m), Golden Sixty – an eight-year-old with 25 wins from 29 starts – dazzled with his customary late dash to cross[...]

Posted on October 18, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Trainer Francis Lui declared Golden Sixty a ‘happy horse' ahead of his highly anticipated return this season in either the Group 2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) on November 19 or Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on December 10. Initially slated to resume in the HK$32 million Hong Kong Mile, Lui indicated[...]

Posted on May 8, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Prize money for the 2023 Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) will be worth an unprecedented HK$118 million as the December showpiece meeting continues to host the world's richest Group 1 turf races over 1200m, 1600m and 2000m. The Group 1 Hong Kong Cup – the jurisdiction's richest race – receives a 5.9% increase to HK$36[...]

Posted on December 11, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

It was a case of third time lucky for California Spangle at Sha Tin this afternoon as he sensationally denied Golden Sixty's record-equalling Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) hat-trick bid in front a raucous 42,624 crowd. Beaten by Golden Sixty in the 2022 Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) and last month's Group 2[...]

Posted on December 10, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho is one of Hong Kong's biggest stars. On Sunday, he will partner one of the best horses his hometown has ever seen in a HK$30 million race and his image is emblazoned on most of the skyscrapers on the island. However, anyone expecting a typical poster boy would be mistaken. There is no[...]

Posted on December 10, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

British-born trainer Annabel Neasham has risen to the top of the Australian ranks remarkably quickly and is hoping for another landmark victory on Sunday when Laws Of Indices takes on local hero Golden Sixty in the HK$30 million Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin. Neasham, 31, has enjoyed success at the highest[...]

Posted on December 9, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton will be ideally placed to attack Golden Sixty on Sunday as his mount California Spangle has drawn gate two in the HK$30 million Hong Kong Mile (1600m). While the rider refers to the challenge as “the impossible task”, he finds himself in the ideal position to take up his customary front-running role aboard[...]

Posted on December 9, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Champion New Zealand-born but Australia-based jockey James McDonald's stellar 2022 will be capped, but not necessarily end, when he is presented with the World's Best Jockey Award at the Hong Kong International Races Gala Dinner on Friday night. McDonald already boasts eight Group 1 wins in Australia this season (which began in August) and 13[...]

Posted on December 9, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Silvestre de Sousa's return to riding in Hong Kong has had a few hitches but he has a few reasons to feel optimistic over the coming week. A visit from his English-based family has raised the spirits, as has the progress of both the Brazilian's home country and his adopted one in the Fifa World[...]

Posted on December 6, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Already deemed an immortal of Hong Kong racing, Golden Sixty will chase further lustre to his incredible record this Sunday when he takes aim at joining Good Ba Ba with a third successive HK$30 million Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) triumph. Good Ba Ba won the race in 2007, 2008 and 2009, while Golden[...]

Posted on December 6, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton is anticipating a tough ride in his bid for a fourth International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley on Wednesday, December 7. The five-time Hong Kong Champion Jockey won the championship in 2017 as well as the last two years but thinks this year's edition has a fierce look to it. “It's always the[...]

Posted on November 30, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Although just two years into a solo training career seemingly already destined for greatness, Sydney-based Annabel Neasham believes Laws Of Indices is the perfect horse to represent Australia in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on 11 December. The last horse to fly the Australian flag at the Hong Kong International[...]

Posted on November 29, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman is a man in form and in demand and he heads to Happy Valley's eight-race fixture on Wednesday night (November 30) armed with another full book of rides as the HK$110 million Hong Kong International Races edge ever so close. Bowman has bagged four wins from three race meetings since his short-term stint[...]

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

An outstanding group of world-class horses including Golden Sixty, Panthalassa, Jack d'Or and Romantic Warrior feature among 49 gallopers from Hong Kong, Japan, Europe, Singapore and Australia selected for the HK$110 million Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin on Sunday, December 11. 26 individual Group 1 winners will bid for a share of the combined[...]

Posted on November 24, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Laws Of Indices, trained by Annabel Neasham, will be taking on Golden Sixty in the Hong Kong Mile next month at Sha Tin.

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

Golden Sixty made a sparkling return to racing at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, November 20) with the 22nd victory of his decorated 25-start career and third straight HK$5 million Group 2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m) success. But his win didn't come easy. Neck and neck over the concluding stages with California Spangle, jockey Vincent[...]

Beauty Eternal lifts Jockey Club Mile as Golden Sixty test looms

‘Amazing’ Golden Sixty limbers up as Vincent Ho returns to action

Francis Lui is pleased as Golden Sixty trials at Sha Tin

Hong Kong International Races prize money rises to HK$118 million

California Spangle holds Golden Sixty at bay in Hong Kong Mile

Vincent Ho, Hong Kong’s reluctant poster boy

HKIR the latest global adventure for Neasham

California Spangle draws perfectly for Hong Kong Mile

McDonald’s amazing year not finished yet

Pieces falling into place for De Sousa’s international challenge

Golden Sixty’s after more history with a Hong Kong Mile hat-trick

Purton expects competitive racing as he bids for IJC hat-trick

World traveller Neasham set to touchdown in Hong Kong

Hugh Bowman’s out to maintain the momentum ahead of HKIR

Golden Sixty, Romantic Warrior out to repel overseas contingents

Laws Of Indices set to take on Golden Sixty in Hong Kong Mile

Champion Golden Sixty returns triumphant in Jockey Club Mile

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