Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Badel’s in rare company after history-equalling win

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

Alexis Badel has been a hit ever since he switched his tack to Hong Kong and on Sunday afternoon (June 19) the Frenchman put himself in rare company by becoming the sixth rider in history to register eight or more Group race wins in a single racing season. Zac Purton leads with 14 Group race[...]

Posted on April 21, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong racing will offer record total prize money and incentives of HKD$1.62 billion across the 2022/23 season with the overall purse bolstered by a record single-season increase of 11.5% (HKD$167.2 million) and featuring an exciting range of innovations, including stunning increases in prize money across distance races and a new bonus system. In announcing[...]

Posted on March 31, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Wellington banished early season setbacks with a classy win in last month’s Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) and, this Sunday (3 April) at Sha Tin, the talented bay tackles the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) as he gears up for his shot at joining elite company with the defence of his Group 1[...]

Posted on March 17, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Turin Redsun’s timing couldn’t be better after his slashing second to California Spangle last month – pulling it all together for a performance that Alexis Badel hopes can springboard the Dubawi gelding to another level in Sunday’s (20 March) HKD$24 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) – the final leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series.[...]

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

Chasing successive wins in Sunday’s (27 February) HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin, Alexis Badel has armed himself with the ride on Turin Redsun – a progressive son of super stallion Dubawi – who seemingly floated below the radar until his eye-catching fourth in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) last[...]

Posted on February 21, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Banishing the travails of early-season setbacks in a supreme return to form, Wellington has clinched a second Group 1 triumph with rousing victory in the HKD$12 million Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 February). Erasing Richard Gibson and Alexis Badel’s frustrations over the poor fortune which dogged the mercurial sprinter[...]

Posted on February 19, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Overshadowed for much of a decorated career by Golden Sixty and Beauty Generation’s towering feats, Waikuku bids for a second HKD$12 million Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 February) with little to prove, according to Zac Purton. Already armed with the rare distinction of defeating Golden Sixty and[...]

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

After lighting up Happy Valley with a treble on Wednesday night (16 February), trainer Ricky Yiu is quickly turning his attention to Group 1 glory with Mighty Giant in Sunday’s (20 February) HKD$12 million Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin. Third in this race last year to Waikuku, Mighty Giant returns second-up this[...]

Posted on February 17, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes has never been one to shirk a challenge and this Sunday (20 February) at Sha Tin the reigning Hong Kong champion trainer has armed himself with a powerful quartet from the stable, taking aim at both the Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) and Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m).[...]

Posted on February 16, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton is looking to up the ante in his push for a fifth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship tonight (Wednesday, 16 February) at Happy Valley, taking yet another imposing book of rides as he hopes to build on his unmatched 35 wins at the city circuit this term. Sitting eight wins adrift of Joao Moreira[...]

Posted on February 12, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ruan Maia is confident Navas Two can continue a startling rise and make a strong case ahead of the HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) later this month with another convincing performance in the Class 2 Rose Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (12 February). Chasing a fourth successive victory, Navas Two has[...]

Posted on February 8, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Gearing up to ride Healthy Happy in Sunday week’s (20 February) HKD$12 million Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m), Harry Bentley is first looking to maintain the momentum of his mid-season surge when he engages a solid book of eight rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (9 February). “I’m really, really happy with[...]

Posted on February 7, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has delivered a resounding reminder his quest for a fifth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship is very much intact with a Happy Valley five-timer on Sunday (6 February) as the Australian capitalised on Joao Moreira’s absence. With fellow four-time champion Moreira starting a six-meeting ban, Purton put on a clinic to slash the Brazilian’s[...]

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

Waikuku delivered a stunning blow at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 23 January) to deny Golden Sixty a record-equalling win in the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m). Aiming to extend his unbeaten sequence to 17 – the champion’s win streak ended after a second-place finish in the afternoon’s feature – his first defeat in nearly[...]

Posted on July 3, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira will be crowned this season’s champion jockey in Hong Kong after a suspension to Zac Purton ruled the Australian rider out of the final two race meetings. Leading 149-122, Moreira’s buffer was still possible to pursue but now, with Purton only available for the next two race meetings, the Brazilian will officially be[...]

Posted on February 22, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Size has soared higher into Hong Kong racing’s stratosphere after the 11-time champion trainer posted his 1300th winner with Waikuku’s triumph in the HK$12 million Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup – the world’s richest 1400m race. Joining John Moore, who retired at the end of the 2019/2020 season with a record 1,735 victories,[...]

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

Nearly a year ago, Southern Legend proved that he can still run rings around his younger adversaries – and the best in Hong Kong – as he sensationally denied Beauty Generation a third consecutive Group 1 FWD Champions Mile at the age of seven. And now, as he enters the twilight of his career as[...]

Badel’s in rare company after history-equalling win

Hong Kong’s prize money hits record levels with 11.5 percent boost

Wellington ready to soar ahead of Chairman’s Sprint Prize defence

Badel believes Turin Redsun’s best is yet to come

Badel seeks Hong Kong Classic Cup repeat

Wellington claims second Group 1 with Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup victory

Golden Sixty conqueror Waikuku braces for fresh challenge

Yiu’s Giant returns in Sunday’s Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Fownes strong handed for Sunday’s Group 1 double-header at Sha Tin

Zac Purton looks to maintain Happy Valley sparkle

Navas Two to press Hong Kong Classic Cup claims for Maia

Bentley partners Healthy Happy in Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Zac Purton fires with Happy Valley five-timer

Waikuku lifts Stewards’ Cup as Golden Sixty is beaten

Moreira lands fourth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship

Waikuku steams to Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup victory

Southern Legend primed for Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup