Jimmy Ting

Lor hopeful of future topline success with Hava Nageela after third straight win

Posted on May 11, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Conceding Hava Nageela was unprepared for a Hong Kong Derby tilt in March because of form and maturity, Frankie Lor believes the talented four-year-old could still rise to stellar levels next season after victory at Sha Tin’s all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night. Lor abandoned Classic plans with the Aclaim gelding when he failed to win[...]

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

Bidding for more success after posting his first winner of the season at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (September 28), Luke Currie has secured the ride on Hong Kong Sprint victor Sky Field in the Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (October 1). Taking over on the chestnut in[...]

Posted on September 22, 2022
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Buoyed by a Happy Valley double on Wednesday night (September 21), Tony Cruz is eagerly anticipating the return of stable star California Spangle for a campaign-defining run in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (September 25). Cruz was elated at Circuit Elite’s effort to land the Class 5 Tai[...]

Posted on June 29, 2022
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Clasping an imposing lead over John Size in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship, Frankie Lor refuses to believe the battle with his former mentor is over despite edging to a seven-win buffer after My Ecstatic’s authoritative victory at Happy Valley on Tuesday night (June 28). Attempting to land the championship for the first time, Lor[...]

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

Jimmy Ting stunned Sha Tin last year when Amazing Star landed the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at odds of and this Sunday (3 April) the handler is out to do it again, taking aim with Computer Patch – a recent big-name acquisition to the stable who is hunting an overdue win. A reliable performer[...]

Posted on March 28, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Delivering a reminder of talent and ambition, Jerry Chau shared riding honours at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 March) with Joao Moreira to keep alive hopes of snaring the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading local jockey with a double. Returning to the fray after missing Wednesday’s (23 March) Happy Valley meeting, Chau boosted[...]

Posted on March 7, 2022
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Galaxy Witness has emerged as an early contender for next season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series after brilliant victory for Caspar Fownes and Joao Moreira as Leading Fortune upstaged a cluster of this month’s BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) hopefuls to continue the championship-leading seasons of Zac Purton and John Size at Sha Tin on Sunday (6[...]

Posted on February 13, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor’s Beauty Live has preserved ambitious hopes of a BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) tilt with stout victory in the Class 3 Peach Blossom Handicap (1400m) for Matthew Poon at Sha Tin on Saturday (12 February). Rated 62 after a last-start victory in Class 4, the Shamus Award gelding finished powerfully to provide Lor[...]

Posted on November 1, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

In the latest measure of Jerry Chau’s irresistible emergence, Douglas Whyte lavished praise on his protégé after the rising star of Hong Kong’s jockey ranks produced a tactically perfect display on God Of Dragon to snare the Class 3 The Kwangtung Handicap Cup (2200m). With 13 Hong Kong jockeys’ titles and a record 1,813 victories[...]

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

The Hong Kong trainers’ championship has suddenly become a bottle-neck after Frankie Lor and Jimmy Ting’s bids for the coveted crown gained valuable momentum on Wednesday night (27 October) at Sha Tin as Ruan Maia notched his first Hong Kong double. Vaulting to within a win of David Hayes (14 victories), Lor and Ting boosted[...]

Posted on October 18, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Overshadowed pre-race by Courier Wonder and Naboo Attack, Lucky Patch has earned a tilt at the HKD$24 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in December after eclipsing a classy field of rivals in the Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 17 October). Stationed in the outside gate[...]

Posted on October 18, 2021
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Acclaimed as last season’s Champion Stayer of Hong Kong, Panfield underlined growing versatility and undoubted class with Group 2 Oriental Watch 60th Anniversary Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) success for Tony Millard and Karis Teetan at Sha Tin on Sunday (17 October). Benefitting from a thorough preparation since spelling with three trials, Panfield posted his[...]

Posted on October 16, 2021
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Looking to conquer another set of adept rivals in Sunday’s (17 October) Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin, the low-flying Wishful Thinker has Derek Leung eager not only for this weekend but the rest of this year too as the veteran sprinter marches towards another LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) tilt. “If[...]

Posted on October 11, 2021
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Tony Millard is considering possible long-range international targets with Silver Fig after the talented grey laid waste to quality opposition in the Class 2 Tsuen Lok Handicap (1200m, dirt) at Sha Tin on Sunday (10 October). On a programme remarkable for the way Sha Tin’s two courses – turf and dirt – played after 485.4mm[...]

Posted on September 14, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

David Hayes credits Zac Purton with helping lay the foundations for his stable’s blistering start to the 2021/22 season after the champion jockey became only the second rider in Hong Kong racing history to post 1,300 wins at Sha Tin on Sunday (12 September). On a day of landmark success, Purton’s phenomenal feat was overshadowed[...]

Posted on September 11, 2021
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Poised to become only the second jockey in Hong Kong racing history to reach 1,300 wins, Zac Purton refuses to rule out a tilt at over-taking Douglas Whyte’s all-time record of 1,813 victories. Purton, 38, has opened the 2021/22 season in bullish fashion with four wins and four placings from 16 rides to sit second[...]

Posted on July 15, 2021
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Vincent Ho has crowned a glorious season by claiming his third consecutive Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading local jockey, clinching overall honours with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (14 July). Already the jurisdiction’s leading Group 1 rider in 2020/21 with five successes at elite level – four on Golden Sixty[...]

Lor hopeful of future topline success with Hava Nageela after third straight win

Luke Currie earns Sky Field Group 3 National Day Cup opportunity

Cruz excited over California Spangle after Happy Valley double

Frankie Lor moves closer to championship

Jimmy Ting chases Sprint Cup repeat with Computer Patch

Jerry Chau marks return with Sha Tin double

Galaxy Witness, Flying Ace remain unbeaten at Sha Tin

Beauty Live enhances Hong Kong Derby hopes

Whyte, Chau claim Happy Valley feature with tactical brilliance

Lor and Ting charge into trainers’ title contention

Lucky Patch stuns in Group 2 Premier Bowl for Lui and Purton

Panfield trades on class to snare Group 2 Sha Tin Trophy

Not just Wishful thinking ahead of Group 2 Premier Bowl defence

Millard mulls overseas options with Silver Fig

Zac Purton posts 1,300th, Shinn notches four-timer

Purton closes in on 1,300-win milestone

Vincent Ho wins Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading home-grown jockey

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