More Than This

Lor hopes Winning Dreamer can demonstrate Group 1 potential

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 April 23, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

More Than This heads into Sunday’s (26 April) HK$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile in the midst of an identity crisis of sorts but reunited with Karis Teetan, the man with a perfect record on the Francis Lui-trained four-year-old. Reel back to early December and the British import had just completed a hat-trick of[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui has the strongest hand of any trainer heading into Sunday’s (22 March) HK$20 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) but that doesn’t mean he’s counting his chickens yet. The handler has the top-rated and seemingly brilliant Golden Sixty, successful in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) and Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), aiming[...]

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

John Size knows what it takes to win the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and this Sunday (22 March) Champion’s Way is looking to become the Australian’s fourth winner of the HK$20 million feature. The Hinchinbrook gelding is aiming to join Fay Fay (2012), Luger (2015) and Ping Hai Star (2018) as victors trained by[...]

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

It’s 10 years since Caspar Fownes beamed in the afterglow of Super Satin’s moment of BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) glory and on Sunday (22 March) the handler will look to another talented Kiwi to end his decade-long wait for a follow-up. Columbus County will attempt to follow the lead of his Fownes-trained predecessor and[...]

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

Francis Lui was satisfied with Golden Sixty and More Than This after his two leading BMW Hong Kong Derby contenders worked at Sha Tin Racecourse on Tuesday (17 March) morning. Golden Sixty heads into Sunday’s (22 March) final leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series with the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) and Hong Kong Classic[...]

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

Vincent Ho put BMW Hong Kong Derby standout Golden Sixty through a gallop at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Friday, 13 March) but the gun rider’s immediate focus rests upon this weekend’s action, particularly the next step in Preciousship’s attempted ascent to the higher grades. Preciousship (113lb) has shown impressive improvement this term and in today’s[...]

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

Australian-bred Golden Sixty has overcome a health scare to win the Hong Kong Classic Cup at Sha Tin on his way to the Derby. Golden Sixty has now won the first two of the three legs in the four-year-old triple crown, the Classic Mile and Sunday’s Classic Cup at Sha Tin. In between the two[...]

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

Stablemates Golden Sixty and More Than This will clash again in Sunday’s (23 February) HK$10 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) in what amounts to a battle for pole position on the road to the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). Golden Sixty accelerated impressively to win the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) last month with[...]

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

John Moore is putting his confidence in an old and proven alliance at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 February) when Hugh Bowman will take the reins on the handler’s prime Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) hope Enjoying. “Hugh has won a Hong Kong Derby for me on Werther and his confidence level at the moment,[...]

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

Francis Lui edged to the positive side of caution regarding Golden Sixty’s chances of making the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), after leading his Classic Mile winner home from exercise at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 11 February). Word rattled around the racecourse during Saturday’s meeting that the handler’s rising star was laid low with[...]

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

Golden Sixty burst into clear ground at the head of Hong Kong’s four-year-old pack with an impressive win in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) this afternoon (Monday, 27 January), a result that bolstered trainer Francis Lui’s hand for the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). Lui saddled two of Hong Kong’s brightest young stars in[...]

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

Joao Moreira is hoping his decision to side with Beauty Legacy over Champion’s Way in Monday’s (27 January) Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m), the first leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, will not come back to bite him. “It was a difficult decision but I can’t ride two horses – it could be the wrong[...]

Posted on January 23, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui is in an unusual position. Not only does he occupy a high berth in the trainers’ standings approaching the season’s halfway mark but he also has two of Hong Kong’s most exciting four-year-old prospects in his care. Golden Sixty and More Than This could well go to post as the top two in[...]

Posted on January 16, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Highly Proactive (132lb) put up a rallying fightback to outpoint Shining Ace (133lb) in a thrilling finish to the Class 3 Chater Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley last night, Wednesday, 15 January. Shining Ace had the 1.9 favourite on the ropes half-way down the home straight, but with Karis Teetan driving mightily, Highly Proactive lifted[...]

Posted on January 2, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty made a big statement with an impressive win in the Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, 1 January). The exciting rising star dominated the New Year’s Day feature to cement his status as a chief protagonist for this season’s three-race Four-Year-old Classic Series. The first[...]

Posted on September 22, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Francis Lui topped the trainer’s table with seven wins at the end of yesterday’s racing at Sha Tin (Saturday, 21 September). Massive Pocket initiated a double when he charged late through a narrow gap to take the Class 3 Nam Sang Wai Handicap (1000m), with Vincent Ho in the plate. Ho’s four wins this term[...]

Lor hopes Winning Dreamer can demonstrate Group 1 potential

More Than This has questions to answer in FWD Champions Mile

Golden Sixty and More Than This ready for Hong Kong Derby reckoning

Size’s Champion’s can still get his Way

Columbus leads the Kiwis in this year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby quest

Golden Sixty and More Than This please ahead of Hong Kong Derby

Ho believes Preciousship’s still on the up, Golden Sixty’s on track

Golden Sixty Wins Classic Cup In Hong Kong

Round two for Golden Sixty and More Than This in Hong Kong Classic Cup

Moore believes Bowman will be Enjoying Sunday’s Classic Cup

Golden Sixty and More Than This please Lui

Golden Sixty leads Lui one-two in Hong Kong Classic Mile

It’s Beauty for Moreira but Teetan hopes the Classic Mile goes his Way

Lui aims for Classic Mile glory with Golden Sixty and More Than This

Highly Proactive fights back in Valley finale

Golden victory signals Hong Kong Classic Mile intent

Lui leads the table

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