Matthew Chadwick

Matthew Chadwick reaches 500 Hong Kong wins

Posted on June 1, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Matthew Chadwick joined one of Hong Kong racing's most select racing groups with his 500th winner at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, emulating the feats of fellow home-grown jockeys Tony Cruz and Vincent Ho. Power Koepp's victory catapulted Chadwick into rarefied company along with six-time Hong Kong Champion Jockey Cruz, who rode 946 winners in[...]

Posted on March 30, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor reclaimed second place in the Hong Kong trainers' championship with a Sha Tin treble on Wednesday night to boost hopes of a successful title defence. After a relatively slow start to March, Lor finished in a blaze with nine winners for the month, including two trebles. Typically coy about championship success, Lor again[...]

Posted on March 8, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

NT riders Jade Hampson and Ianish Luximon praised the opening heats of the 2023 National Apprentice Race Series at Darwin’s Fannie Bay on Saturday.

Posted on February 23, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tony Cruz vaulted back into the top five of the 2022/23 Hong Kong trainers' championship and maintained hopes of a third title when Beauty Charge earned a rise in grade with a stylish win in the Class 3 O'Brien Handicap (1200m) under Matthew Chadwick at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Cruz, who was champion trainer[...]

Posted on December 1, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Preparing for the International Jockeys' Championship (IJC) next week, Matthew Chadwick snared riding honours with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (November 30) as Rewarding Together smashed the 1200m course record. Chadwick's three-timer could scarcely have been timelier ahead of the IJC on Wednesday, December 7, when Ryan Moore, Hollie Doyle, Jamie Kah,[...]

Posted on November 24, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho, Silvestre de Sousa and Matthew Chadwick have clinched the final three positions in the International Jockeys' Championship (IJC) next month after Zac Purton created more Hong Kong racing history at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (November 23). Ho, De Sousa and Chadwick will join Purton in Hong Kong's contingent against Ryan Moore, Hollie[...]

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

Preparing to reunite with champion galloper Golden Sixty at Sha Tin on Sunday (November 20), Vincent Ho has almost certainly secured a coveted berth in the International Jockeys' Championship (IJC) next month with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (November 16). With three places still to be assigned in the star-studded 12-rider roster[...]

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

In a memorable convergence of Hong Kong training generations, Me Tsui and Jamie Richards posted significant milestones at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (October 12) when veteran Tsui notched his 600th victory in the jurisdiction as Richards slotted his first. Tsui, 62, followed in the footsteps of Francis Lui and Dennis Yip – who both[...]

Posted on October 2, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

David Hayes will plot a path towards the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on December 11 after Super Wealthy created history at Sha Tin on Saturday (October 1) by becoming the first horse to win the Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) twice. Carrying 130lb, Super Wealthy provided Zac Purton with his first[...]

Posted on September 26, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Tony Cruz will cast California Spangle into a potential Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) showdown with Golden Sixty in December after the exciting gelding resumed with emphatic victory in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (September 25). With options to contest either the Group 1 LONGINES Hong[...]

Posted on September 22, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

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 September 3, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Matthew Chadwick hopes to carry impressive momentum onto the international stage at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday (September 4) when he partners Hong Kong's Computer Patch in the G3 Korea Sprint (1200m, sand) and Kings Shield in the G3 Korea Cup (1800m, sand). Winner of the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong's best-performed local jockey last[...]

Posted on July 1, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Marking his imminent departure from Hong Kong with a timely reminder of enduring skill, Paul O'Sullivan struck with Duke Wai and Jerry Chau to land the Class 1 25th Anniversary Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1200m) at a rain-drenched Sha Tin on Friday (July 1). O'Sullivan, 62, will leave Hong Kong at the end of[...]

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

Bidding to tighten his grip on the Hong Kong trainers' championship, Frankie Lor is hopeful Master Eight can cope with a hefty weight and quality opposition to lay the foundations for an ambitious 2022/23 campaign with victory in the Class 1 25th Anniversary Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Friday (July[...]

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

In the midst of a resurgent season, Matthew Chadwick hopes the combination of potentially rain-affected ground and Douglas Whyte's finesse will allow Savvy Nine to contend strongly in the HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (May 29). Chadwick has posted 44 wins this season and, with 14[...]

Posted on April 29, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Enjoying's career in Hong Kong hasn't been straightforward but trainer Chris So is optimistic the Dundeel gelding can expel stamina queries and requite his owners with victory in the Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (May 1). “It's a small field and I think he can manage the[...]

Posted on April 14, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has joined Joao Moreira as a 2021/22 centurion after reaching the 100-win milestone for the sixth successive Hong Kong season at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (April 13), fanning hopes of a fifth jockeys' championship. Three days after Moreira moved into triple figures, Purton reached the seasonal benchmark he routinely seeks with a[...]

Matthew Chadwick reaches 500 Hong Kong wins

Frankie Lor bolsters title defence with Sha Tin treble

Chadwick takes NARS lead in Darwin as NT apprentices return

Beauty Charge rockets to Happy Valley triumph for Cruz, Chadwick

Matthew Chadwick primed for IJC with Happy Valley treble

Ho, De Sousa and Chadwick seal IJC berths, Purton creates history

Vincent Ho cements International Jockeys’ Championship hopes with double

Me Tsui, Jamie Richards to the fore with landmark Happy Valley wins

Super Wealthy earns Hong Kong Sprint tilt after second National Day Cup triumph

California Spangle on track for Group 1 Hong Kong Mile after Group 3 romp

Cruz excited over California Spangle after Happy Valley double

Chadwick looking to make impact at Seoul

Duke Wai strikes for O’Sullivan and Chau

Frankie Lor double-handed in Friday feature

Chadwick bids to continue winning run aboard Savvy Nine

Enjoying steps up for Queen Mother Memorial Cup

Zac Purton posts sixth straight Hong Kong century with Happy Valley success

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