Lion Rock Trophy Handicap

Healthy Happy and Sky Darci lock horns again in Premier Cup

Posted on June 16, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

After their enthralling one-two finish in last month’s Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m), Healthy Happy and Sky Darci will renew their burgeoning rivalry when they lock horns in Sunday’s (20 June) Hong Kong $3.5 million Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m). Following an arduous season which included the demanding three-race Four-Year-Old Classic Series,[...]

Posted on May 31, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes regained the Hong Kong trainers’ championship lead and celebrated the successful race-track return of BMW Hong Kong Derby winner Sky Darci in one fell swoop with a pivotal treble, crowned by Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap glory (1600m), at Sha Tin on Sunday (30 May). Trailing John Size by two winners entering[...]

Posted on May 29, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes is confident BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Sky Darci has the quality and versatility to capitalise on favourable weight conditions to bolster the record of younger gallopers in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (30 May). Sky Darci will carry just 115lb, a probable 1lb[...]

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

Lowly weighted runners have a notable record in the short history of the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) and this Sunday (30 May) at Sha Tin trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful Healthy Happy (114lb) has the form on the board to join that list when he attempts to capitalise off his featherweight impost[...]

Posted on May 15, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Nursing a 15-win lead over Zac Purton in the 2020/21 Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Joao Moreira was given two more reasons to feel confident about landing a fourth title after excellent trial performances by Sky Darci and Courier Wonder at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Friday, 14 May). BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Sky Darci[...]

Posted on May 4, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Sky Darci stepped onto the turf at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 4 May) for the first time since his Hong Kong Derby (2000m) triumph in March as he builds towards his much anticipated return in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at the end of this month. Readying for the HK$3.5 million[...]

Posted on June 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian Zac Purton has extended his lead over Joao Moreira in the Hong Kong Jockeys’ premiership. Purton started Sunday’s Sha Tin meeting with a three-win advantage over Moreira and ended the 11-race card with one winner on the day while the Brazilian went winless. It means Purton holds a four-win lead – 127 to 123[...]

Posted on June 1, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ka Ying Star maintained Tony Cruz’s advance towards the top of the trainers’ premiership with an overdue success in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 31 May. “I’m going to put the pedal to the metal!” Cruz said after the Cityscape gelding had pushed the stable’s tally to[...]

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 May 30, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira is hoping everything falls right for Beauty Legacy in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) this Sunday (31 May) at Sha Tin as the three-time champion looks to peg back Zac Purton in the jockeys’ championship. Moreira sits three wins behind Purton on (126-123) after the Australian ace bagged a midweek[...]

Posted on June 3, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Champion’s Way confirmed his early position as the front-runner on the road to next season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series with a classy win in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin this afternoon, Sunday, 2 June. “The target next season is the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, he won’t race again this season,” the[...]

Posted on June 1, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Tony Cruz-trained Ka Ying Star (122lb) folded to finish third in the Classic Mile and filled the same position in the Classic Cup before failing to stay 2000m in the Derby. He showed his true colours at his last start when making all for an impressive Class 2 win at a mile. “I just[...]

Posted on June 1, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Simply Brilliant (133lb) heads the handicap following his third to Beauty Generation in the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile last time out. Champion jockey Zac Purton takes the reins on Frankie Lor’s charge in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (2 June), having been booked for the ride[...]

Posted on June 1, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Champion’s Way could have the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) on his agenda next term. Trainer John Size’s exciting young galloper will take the next step along that road in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (2 June). Hong Kong’s blue riband is still nine months and a[...]

Posted on May 30, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore’s record in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) stands at two wins from three editions and on Sunday he will attempt to bag a third victory when Good Standing (123lb) rolls into the fourth running of the Sha Tin feature, seemingly in the form of his Hong Kong life. The trainer[...]

Healthy Happy and Sky Darci lock horns again in Premier Cup

Sky Darci snares Lion Rock Trophy Handicap in a thriller

Hong Kong Derby winner Sky Darci poised ahead of Lion Rock Trophy return

Lor hopes weight trend favours Healthy Happy in Sunday’s Lion Rock Trophy

Joao Moreira upbeat about jockeys’ title after Sky Darci, Courier Wonder trials

Hong Kong Derby hero Sky Darci satisfies Moreira, Conghua for Cruz’s Exultant

Purton Leads HK Premiership By Four Wins

Cruz goes full throttle for the championship as Ka Ying Star shines

Southern Legend ready to roar in the Lion Rock Trophy

Moreira aims to fire back with fourth Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy win

Champion’s Way on Classic trail after Lion Rock Trophy win

Star on the rise

Purton has Simply Brilliant

Lion Rock Trophy could put Champion’s Way on Rapper route to the Derby

Moore’s Good Standing in Lion Rock Trophy

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