Matthew Chadwick

Tsar rules Valley with record-breaking victory for Tsui

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 Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Matthew Chadwick is looking to win a second Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup. Matthew Chadwick is taking a level-headed approach into Sunday's (23 May) Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup (2400m) when he partners Packing Waltham, encouraged by his natural staying ability but wary of his adolescence as he steps[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The 2021 BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) barrier draw was conducted at Sha Tin Racecourse yesterday (Thursday, 18 March) and trainer John Size indicated his approval with where his trio – Excellent Proposal, Lucky Express and Silver Express – will jump from in Hong Kong's most prestigious and sought-after race at Sha Tin this Sunday[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Alexis Badel and Matthew Chadwick have laid down timely Hong Kong Derby (2000m) markers with Happy Valley doubles ahead of Sunday's (21 March) Classic at Sha Tin with Joao Moreira on the cusp of celebrating the showpiece meeting with his 100th victory of the season. While Badel and Chadwick shared the Happy Valley spoils, Moreira[...]

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

Seeking his first Hong Kong Derby (2000m) triumph, Karis Teetan believes impeccably-bred Russian Emperor is capable of delivering breakthrough success at Sha Tin on Sunday (21 March). By Irish super sire Galileo out of champion Australian mare Atlantic Jewel, Russian Emperor charged to the line when second over 1800m in the Hong Kong Classic Cup[...]

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

Winning Dreamer (113lb) will attempt to upstage the upper echelon of Hong Kong's sprint division when he contests a hot Class 1 Lantau Island Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin this Saturday (13 March) as trainer Frankie Lor plots a path toward next month's Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize (1200m) on FWD Champions Day (25 April)[...]

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

Tony Cruz maintains Beauty Smile is still a work in progress after the Irish import's dominant performance to claim the Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m) with the four-year-old impressively eclipsing older and more accomplished opposition. Contesting only his ninth start in Hong Kong, the chestnut was given a superb ride by Cruz's[...]

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

The Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) – the second of two New Year's Day features – sits as a symbolic 2020 launching pad for Hong Kong phenomenon Golden Sixty, whose progress to Group 1 glory was both inevitable and compelling. The 2021 running of the HK$3.5 million contest on Friday (1 January)[...]

Posted on November 15, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

A tenacious all-the-way win from Buddies (128lb) in the Class 1 Panasonic Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday (Saturday, 14 November) had trainer Tony Cruz considering next month's Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile as the gelding's next step. “Looks like I have to, we might as well give it a go – what's[...]

Posted on October 31, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong's star stayer Exultant will shoulder 133lb in a hot edition of Sunday's (1 November) Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies' Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin, as he sets out to claim a second Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) title on 13 December. Hong Kong's Horse of the Year returns this season[...]

Posted on October 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Matthew Chadwick's renewed association with Tony Cruz blossomed at Sha Tin yesterday (11 October) as the 30-year-old fired home his second double this season, capped with victory aboard the tenacious California Rad in the Class 2 Chak On Handicap (1200m). “He had a lovely run and he fought on nicely, very gamely and he got[...]

Posted on September 17, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes' fast start to the 2020/21 season continued as the three-time champion trainer bagged a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 16 September to put him four wins clear at the top of the trainers' premiership after four meetings. “I'm going to be a chance (for the championship) that's for sure, I've done it[...]

Posted on September 3, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Size will launch a three-pronged attack on the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive's Cup (1200m) when Hong Kong racing returns at Sha Tin on Sunday, 6 September. The first feature of the 2020/21 season is set to see the return of Beauty Legacy (119lb), Champion's Way (126lb) and Shining Ace (118lb), with the 11-time[...]

Posted on May 5, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Chefano gave trainer John Moore a sixth win in the Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m) with a resolute front-running display at Sha Tin on Sunday, 3 May. Matthew Chadwick dictated the tempo against four rivals – three of which hailed from the same record-breaking stable – and did so with full confidence[...]

Posted on April 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The Frankie Lor-trained Decrypt (128lb) who holds an engagement in the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile on 26 April, steps down in trip, as well as back into handicap company after a Classic campaign, in the last at Sha Tin on Sunday (12 April). The diminutive grey placed third in the Group 1 Irish 2,000[...]

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

The 14-runner Class 2 Chak On Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (29 March) features the talented Paul O'Sullivan-trained prospect Duke Wai (128lb) and the horse that beat him last time out over 1000m, the John Moore-trained three-year-old Computer Patch (126lb). “He's done everything right,” Moore said after watching Computer Patch work at Sha[...]

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

Big Time Baby could be Dubai-bound after an impressive victory off top-weight in the Class 2 Cha Kwo Ling Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin's eight-race all-weather track fixture last night, Wednesday, 19 February. Trainer Manfred Man is eyeing the Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen (1200m, dirt) at Meydan's Dubai World Cup meeting in March, and[...]

Tsar rules Valley with record-breaking victory for Tsui

Matthew Chadwick seeks second Champions & Chater Cup with Packing Waltham

Size satisfied with trio’s barriers for Sunday’s Hong Kong Derby

Alexis Badel and Matthew Chadwick share Valley riding honours

Karis Teetan excited by Russian Emperor’s Hong Kong Derby prospects

Lor hopes Winning Dreamer can demonstrate Group 1 potential

Tony Cruz and Matthew Chadwick combine with Beauty Smile to win Chinese New Year Cup

Caspar Fownes heads to Sha Tin New Year’s Day with conservative hopes

Buddies lands Panasonic Cup, Cruz considers Hong Kong Mile

Exultant ready to roll, Chefano and Dark Dream please Hayes

Tenacious California Rad seals a Chadwick double, Healthy Happy dazzles on debut

Fownes on top, Moreira seals three and Teetan doubles up

John Size readies three for Sunday’s Chief Executive’s Cup

Chefano leads for Queen Mother Memorial Cup victory

Decrypt down in distance

Patch primed

Big Time Baby has Dubai target after impressive win

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