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In-form Atzeni looks to roll on, picks up trio of Group 2 mounts

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

Jockey Andrea Atzeni has hit the ground running in Hong Kong and his strong early season form, which he hopes to maintain, has seen him rewarded with a booking in each of the three Group 2 races on November 19 at Sha Tin. The experienced Italian rides Duke Wai in the HK$5.35 million Group 2[...]

Posted on November 19, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

James McDonald has telling faith in Romantic Warrior as the mercurial talent resumes in the HKD$5 million Group 2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (November 20), when the four-year-old concedes fitness and experience to more seasoned rivals. First-up since crowning an extraordinary debut season with Group 1 FWD QEII Cup[...]

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

Trainer Tony Millard will commence Panfield's preparation towards the 2021 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on Tuesday (14 September) when the star Chilean-bred galloper steps out for a key barrier trial on the grass at Sha Tin. Crowned Hong Kong's Champion Stayer last season following his Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup (2400m)[...]

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

A classy win by Furore today proved his second-up success over Exultant was no fluke as he did it again to lead home a one-two for trainer Tony Cruz in yesterday's (Sunday, 22 November) HK$4.5 million Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Furore ended a 19 month winless streak last start, in[...]

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

Golden Sixty (123lb) worked through his final gallop on Thursday (19 November) morning at Sha Tin and trainer Francis Lui today (Friday, 20 November) confirmed his star galloper is ready to shine in Sunday's (22 November) HK$4.5 million Group 2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m). “He's good, he's in-form and he has a good draw –[...]

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

Stronger heads into Sunday's (22 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) with trainer Douglas Whyte optimistic that his smart charge can lift his game again off a first-up success and maybe prove his suitability for December's Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m). “He's come out of that win as good as you'd expect,”[...]

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

The world's joint-highest rated sprinter Classique Legend completed his first piece of fast work on the Sha Tin dirt Tuesday morning (17 November) in preparation for the HK$22 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on 13 December. Classique Legend stands equal-fourth in the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Ranking with a rating of 125[...]

Posted on October 7, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant pleased connections at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 6 October) as he stepped up his preparations toward the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) and a hoped for sixth victory at the top level. Hong Kong's Horse of the Year went through the motions in his first barrier trial of the season in[...]

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

Exultant was at his dominant best in Sunday's (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin, galloping to victory in a faultless warm-up for his Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) defence next month. The Teofilo gelding slotted in behind pace-setting siblings Glorious Forever and Time Warp before powering clear to[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Rise High and Southern Legend will lock horns in Sunday's (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin to determine bragging rights as the Caspar Fownes stable's top contender for next month's HK$93 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The trainer's stalwart Southern Legend holds entries in three of the four Group[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tony Cruz is resolute in his expectation that Exultant can confirm his status as Hong Kong's pre-eminent ‘stayer' in Sunday's (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) and beyond. This weekend's race at Sha Tin is the key lead-up to the Irish import's primary target, a repeat win in the HK$20 million Group 1[...]

In-form Atzeni looks to roll on, picks up trio of Group 2 mounts

James McDonald upbeat over Romantic Warrior assignment

Panfield ready to commence campaign towards Hong Kong International Races

Furore proves previous win no fluke in Group 2 Jockey Club Cup

Golden Sixty primed for Group 2 Jockey Club Mile test

Stronger into Group 2 Jockey Club test, Big Time Baby returns

Top sprinter Classique Legend steps out, Columbus on Cup mission

Exultant gears up for Hong Kong Vase campaign

Exultant dominates Jockey Club Cup

Two for Fownes against Exultant in Group 2 Jockey Club Cup

Exultant’s tuned and ready to face Jockey Club Cup challengers

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