Keith Yeung

Champion trainer Ricky Yiu plots winning return for Excellent Chariot

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Reigning champion trainer Ricky Yiu is optimistic a timely distance rise can trigger Excellent Chariot’s return to the winners’ list in the Class 3 Devon Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (April 17). A week out from launching a three-pronged Group 1 assault on FWD Champions Day (Sunday, 25 April) with Mighty Giant, Jolly[...]

Posted on February 12, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Douglas Whyte will unveil the first of American Pharoah’s progeny to race in Hong Kong this Sunday (14 February) when he takes the wraps off former Aidan O’Brien trainee Congratulation (113lb) in the Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m). The four-year-old bay – sired by the 2015 American Triple Crown winner – was[...]

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

Tony Cruz will aim to add further lustre to his extraordinary BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) record after Delightful Laos emerged as a potential classic contender with victory in the Class 2 Chater Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (27 January). Crowning a dominant night for Cruz, former Irish galloper Delightful Laos will now[...]

Posted on October 29, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira capped a four-timer at Happy Valley on Wednesday (28 October) with a smart victory aboard Columbus County in the Class 2 Time Warp Handicap (1800m) for trainer Caspar Fownes. “We know how hard it is to win one race in Hong Kong, when you go home with four in the bag it’s very[...]

Posted on October 25, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Mighty Giant sealed a fifth consecutive win with an impressive performance in the Class 2 Argyle Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday, 24 October, which had trainer Ricky Yiu eyeing Group 1 targets. “There’s every possible chance he’ll run on International Day because there could be no overseas runners,” Yiu said, referring to December’s[...]

Posted on October 14, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Championship leading trainer Caspar Fownes will launch a two-pronged assault on Sunday’s (18 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin when Southern Legend and Dances With Dragon take their places en route to December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. While Golden Sixty and Beauty Generation are set to renew[...]

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

Caspar Fownes’ red-hot form continued at Happy Valley on Wednesday (23 September), with the three-time champion trainer slamming in a double to extend his early lead at the top of the premiership. With six wins at the city circuit from three meetings, Fownes is living up to his nickname as the “King of the Valley”[...]

Posted on September 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Perfect Match landed the spoils in Sunday’s (6 September) Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) and did so with plenty in hand and also with December riches in mind, as trainer Danny Shum confirmed the 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint as his long-term target. “I am aiming him toward December, he will go[...]

Posted on June 22, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Dances With Dragon demolished his rivals in the Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 21 June, to give jockey Keith Yeung a much-needed boost. The rider, champion apprentice in 2009/10, nailed his first career Group race win to take his season’s tally to seven wins. That prompted buoyant scenes, with[...]

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

Vincent Ho bagged his first Group 1 victory aboard Southern Legend in the FWD Champions Mile and on Sunday (21 June) at Sha Tin they pair up again in search of more Pattern-race success when they tackle the HK$3.25 million Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m). Ho has a soft spot for the tough galloper[...]

Posted on May 30, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Southern Legend dug deep into his gritty reserves when fending off Beauty Generation to earn a first Group 1 win in last month’s FWD Champions Mile and trainer Caspar Fownes anticipates another tough effort will be needed in Sunday’s (31 May) Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin. There is no Beauty[...]

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

Savvy Nine was not John Moore’s idea of what his final BMW Hong Kong Derby runner would look like but the trainer is hopeful that his useful European import will outrun his rating and “pick up a cheque” in Sunday’s (22 March) HK$20 million feature. “He’s in there and he’s done everything right leading into[...]

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

A hot nine-race card at Happy Valley on Wednesday (29 January) night is the stage for an attempted four-timer when Hardly Swears (125lb) returns to action in the Class 3 Queen’s Road East Handicap (1200m). Jimmy Ting’s lightly-raced charge completed a hat-trick when successful at the course and distance in late November and returns refreshed[...]

Posted on December 4, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho will take on some of the world’s best this week with a full book in Sunday’s Group 1 races and is slated for tonights (4 December) LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship as the highest-flying ‘homegrown’ talent in the Hong Kong riding ranks. Ho is a graduate of the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Apprentice Jockeys’[...]

Posted on November 21, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hardly Swears won the Class 3 Australian Turf Club Trophy Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 20 November) and earned the passing distinction of being the first horse to win three races in Hong Kong this season. It wasn’t plain-sailing for the 3.2 shot though. Jockey Keith Yeung fell back to Plan B[...]

Posted on November 20, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Keith Yeung heads into today’s (20 November) nine-race card at Happy Valley in the hope of securing a third consecutive win aboard Hardly Swears (116lb) in the Class 3 Australian Turf Club Trophy Handicap (1200m). The Jimmy Ting-trained five-year-old scored first-up this season at 64/1 at the Valley over 1000m and surprised Yeung in the[...]

Posted on November 9, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Mr Stunning had his second barrier trial since injury when striding out at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Friday, 8 November) and trainer Frankie Lor appeared satisfied with his star galloper’s progress as he builds towards a return in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) in nine days’ time. “He’s now had two trials –[...]

Champion trainer Ricky Yiu plots winning return for Excellent Chariot

Whyte unveils son of American Pharoah for testing Hong Kong debut

Delightful Laos emerges as a potential Hong Kong Derby hopeful

Moreira bags midweek quartet as Columbus County impresses

Giant win signals December intent, Courier Wonder dazzles on debut

Fownes sets Legend and Dragon against Golden Sixty in Sha Tin Trophy

Caspar Fownes rolls on, Chad Schofield takes two

Hong Kong Sprint beckons as Perfect Match takes the Chief Executive’s Cup

Yeung Dances to Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap glory

Ho hungry for more as Southern Legend eyes Premier Plate

Southern Legend ready to roar in the Lion Rock Trophy

Moore relies on Savvy for ‘final’ BMW Hong Kong Derby

Hardly Swears shoots for four in a row at Happy Valley

Vincent Ho represents Hong Kong’s ‘homegrown’ high-flyers

Hardly Swears is first to three in Valley feature

Hat-trick attempt for Hardly Swears in the Valley feature

Mr Stunning trials towards his race-day return

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