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Ricky Yiu changes tack, chases first Hong Kong Derby crown

Posted on March 18, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Renowned for his nurturing of elite sprinting talents like Sacred Kingdom, Fairy King Prawn, Amber Sky and Ultra Fantasy – Ricky Yiu will make a rare reappearance in this weekend's HKD$24 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) as he saddles just his sixth and seventh runners in the coveted event after first contending with Multi-Star[...]

Posted on March 17, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Turin Redsun's timing couldn't be better after his slashing second to California Spangle last month – pulling it all together for a performance that Alexis Badel hopes can springboard the Dubawi gelding to another level in Sunday's (20 March) HKD$24 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) – the final leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series.[...]

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

Caspar Fownes and David Hayes will unveil two potential BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) contenders when highly-credentialled imports Rocket Spade and Helene North Star debut at Sha Tin on Saturday (18 December). Both Fownes and Hayes are accustomed to Hong Kong Derby success and both men are hopeful their new charges can develop into leading[...]

Posted on May 27, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Undaunted by the frustrations of Tsar's challenging maiden Hong Kong season, Me Tsui's persistence was doubly rewarded when the British import smashed the Happy Valley 1650m track record and collected a HK$1 million High Achievement Bonus on Wednesday night (26 May). Formerly trained by John Gosden in Great Britain, where he was a three-time winner[...]

Posted on May 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group One performer King Of Comedy will join New Zealand's Novara Park's stallion roster this coming breeding season. Farm principal Luigi Muollo had been on the lookout for a son of outstanding young sire Kingman and is delighted with his acquisition. “He (Kingman) is one of the hottest names in European bloodstock circles, and King[...]

Posted on October 28, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Frankie Dettori has ridden 43 winners from only 126 starts on the All-Weather over the last five seasons, so his mounts in the two Listed races for fillies at Lingfield on Thursday are worth close inspection.

Posted on October 17, 2020
in Tips

The winner of the race last season and Derby winner are amongst the opposition that the improving Lord North must beat to win the Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday and the best price for that to happen at the time of writing is with Ladbrokes. The favourite for the Group 1 race over one[...]

Posted on October 13, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Connections have confirmed star galloper Enable has run her last race and will be retired to the broodmare barn.

Posted on September 3, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

John Gosden sends three runners to Haydock Park on Thursday and should enhance his record there because each horse is the favourite in the early betting.

Posted on July 29, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Stradivarius pulled off a dramatic piece of racing history to win his fourth successive Goodwood Cup – and is now set to be trained for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. John Gosden's brilliant stayer faced a major challenge on paper from the Royal Ascot and Irish Derby winner Santiago – a three-year-old carrying 6.8kg[...]

Posted on July 27, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Stradivarius will face Irish Derby winner Santiago as he attempts to win the Goodwood Cup for a fourth time. John Gosden's chestnut looked imperious in winning a third Gold Cup at Ascot last month and will aim to keep hold of his title as the best stayer around. However, he needs to give 15lb to[...]

Posted on July 26, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Enable has captured an unprecedented third win in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes after one of British horse racing's top events started with the smallest field in its history. Only three horses were in the running for the race at Ascot and Aidan O'Brien's pair, Japan and Sovereign, couldn't compete with their[...]

Posted on July 24, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Jockey and horse will be chasing a slice of history when Frankie Dettori partners Enable in the prestigious King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. Enable will be bidding to become the first horse to win the Group One race three times, while Dettori can join Lester Piggot as its most successful rider[...]

Posted on July 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a respectable performance in a Melbourne Cup to collect a prize money cheque, it was expected imported galloper Muntahaa would become a major Australian staying force. Muntahaa came to Australia under the care of John Gosden, finishing ninth in the 2018 Cup behind Cross Counter before joining the Lindsay Park establishment. The Irish-bred gelding[...]

Posted on July 11, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Hot favourite Terebellum could finish only third as her stablemate Nazeef stole the show in the Group One Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket. Having gone down narrowly to Circus Maximus in a pulsating renewal of the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot last month, the John Gosden-trained Terebellum was all the rage to bounce back to[...]

Posted on July 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

British raider Mishriff provided John Gosden with his first victory in the Prix du Jockey Club. And it came at the expense of a three-year-old destined to join Australian trainer David Hayes's Hong Kong stable. An impressive winner of the Listed Newmarket Stakes on his latest appearance, Mishriff was a shot as he stepped up[...]

Posted on July 6, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Godolphin star Ghaiyyath wrested away Enable's Eclipse Stakes crown with a relentless front-running victory at Sandown. Charlie Appleby's remorseless galloper led after the first furlong and was never headed as he added his second successive Group One following last month's success in the Coronation Cup at Newmarket. Enable, having her first run of the campaign[...]

Ricky Yiu changes tack, chases first Hong Kong Derby crown

Badel believes Turin Redsun’s best is yet to come

Fownes, Hayes take wraps off talented imports at Sha Tin

Tsar rules Valley with record-breaking victory for Tsui

Group One son of Kingman to New Zealand’s Novara Park

Dettori and Gosden can deliver on Lingfield All-Weather

Lord North Can Improve To Figure In Champion Stakes

Champion Mare Enable Retired From Racing

Gosden can do Haydock double with Al Rufaa and Pied Piper

Stradivarius Creates Goodwood Cup History

Six Take On Stradivarius In Goodwood Cup

Enable Wins King George For Third Time

Dettori, Enable Hunting History At Ascot

Change Of Feeding Regime To Help Muntahaa

Nazeef Prevails In Thrilling Group 1 Falmouth

French Derby Runner-Up To Join Hayes In Hong Kong

Ghaiyyath Beats Enable In Eclipse Stakes

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