Hot King Prawn

Masterly Hot King Prawn seals a second Jockey Club Sprint

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

Hot King Prawn will carry high hopes into the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in three weeks' time after shrugging off a wide passage and nine rivals to win the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin yesterday (Sunday, 22 November). The eye-catching grey was three quarters of a length too[...]

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

Hot King Prawn's grey coat is another shade closer to white, one more year is on his withers, but trainer John Size is not yet letting go his belief that yesteryear's precocious star-in-waiting might yet snare that Group 1 win that has so far eluded. The Denman six-year-old is now into his fifth season and[...]

Posted on October 17, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira believes Hot King Prawn is capable of winning a hitherto elusive Group 1 as the grey returns for his fifth Hong Kong racing season in Sunday's (18 October) Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) with December's top-level riches in mind. “The main horses are not running against him in the next couple of[...]

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

John Moore hopes he has found the key to unlocking Thanks Forever's absolute best as the consistent four-year-old seeks a first Group race victory in the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 24 May. The Duporth gelding has raced 10 times this season for one win and seven placings,[...]

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

Hot King Prawn is one of the most dependable horses in training and at Sha Tin this Sunday (26 April) trainer John Size is hopeful that reliability can at last be rewarded with a Group 1 success in the Chairman's Sprint Prize (1200m). “At the moment this is an opportunity for him to win a[...]

Posted on April 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 26 April will bring together the very best of Hong Kong's elite gallopers in three exciting Group 1 races. World champion miler Beauty Generation is on track to attempt an incredible third consecutive win in the HK$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m); the brilliant[...]

Posted on April 6, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Voyage Warrior went a long way to fulfilling his prodigious potential with a make-all win in the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 5 April. The shot relished the rain-affected turf and dominated his seven rivals under an inspired Vincent Ho. But 10 lengths adrift of victory's heady rush, the 1.8[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The John Size-trained Hot King Prawn (123lb) is looking to stamp his authority on Hong Kong's sprint ranks in Sunday's (5 April) Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin when he faces off against boom three-year-old Aethero (119lb) among a competitive field of eight. The Denman gelding finished second to stablemate Beat The Clock[...]

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

Joao Moreira relinquished his lead in the jockeys' title race to reigning champion Zac Purton at Happy Valley midweek and both riders are psyched for an unrelenting fight for the crown through the season's final four months. Purton appears to have the momentum at present. The Australian has sparkled in March with 18 wins, 11[...]

Posted on February 15, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Beauty Generation and Beat The Clock are set to lock horns for a third straight year in Sunday's (16 February) Group 1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup at Sha Tin, in what again promises to be one of the clashes of the season. Beat The Clock has had to settle for second behind Hong Kong's supreme[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

There was a smile on John Moore's face as he discovered the fate of his latest sensation Aethero at the barrier draw ceremony for Sunday's (8 December) Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m). Gate 10 was considered perfect for the master trainer, whose three-year-old has cut a swathe through the division including with his triumph[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Size has been Hong Kong champion trainer 11 times and already wears the mantle of an ‘all-time great' and among his 1,222 Hong Kong career wins two have come in the toughest arena of all, the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The handler heads into this year's edition on Sunday (8 December) with a[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Aethero lived up to his billing as Hong Kong's next big thing with a scintillating front-running victory in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin yesterday, Sunday, 17 November. “Mama Mia!” cried winning rider Karis Teetan as he returned jubilant from a two-length success aboard the precocious chestnut. “It was unbelievable. The[...]

Posted on November 16, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

This time last year Hot King Prawn staved off Mr Stunning and Beat The Clock in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) and skyrocketed to the top of Hong Kong's exciting sprint ranks. But the ascent stalled when the eye-catching grey failed to fire as 2.1 favourite in the 2018 Group 1 LONGINES Hong[...]

Masterly Hot King Prawn seals a second Jockey Club Sprint

Hot King Prawn shoots for a second Jockey Club Sprint

Hot King Prawn’s still a Premier prospect for major honours

Moore believes he has the key to unlock Thanks Forever for Group 3 success

Hot King Prawn’s time is now

FWD Champions Day has top class contenders in three exciting races

Voyage Warrior runs away with the Sprint Cup

Hot King Prawn ready to rise in Sunday’s Group 2 Sprint Cup

Purton and Moreira set for long tussle but first it’s FWD Champions Day

Times change as Beauty Generation and Beat The Clock face-off

Moore happy with the draws for Hong Kong International Races

Timing is right for Hot King Prawn

Aethero rises to the task in the Jockey Club Sprint

Hot King Prawn is back for a Jockey Club Sprint repeat

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