Richard Gibson

Taking Aim justifies Douglas Whyte’s faith after breaking back into winners’ list

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Winless for more than two years, Taking Aim completed a long, eventful trek from the brink of enforced retirement to Sha Tin’s winners’ stall after the Australian import trounced his rivals in the Class 3 Devon Handicap (1400m) on Saturday (17 April) Placed only once in 17 starts since the end of the 2018/19 season,[...]

Posted on April 13, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant, the tough kingpin of Hong Kong’s staying division, took a crucial step closer in his bid to become the second horse in history – after Eishin Preston in 2003 – to successfully defend his crown in Sunday week’s (25 April) HK$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) with a smart trial effort at[...]

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

Alexis Badel heads into Wednesday’s (31 March) nine-race all-dirt fixture at Sha Tin only one win away from his 100th career success in Hong Kong and the Frenchman is eager to notch the milestone victory as he readies for a renewed association with Righteous Doctrine (115lb) in a hot edition of the Class 2 Cuckoo[...]

Posted on March 14, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Long regarded as one of the fastest horses Richard Gibson has handled, Wellington took a crucial step towards elite sprint contests with emphatic success in the Class 1 Lantau Island Handicap (1200m), downing a string of renowned rivals – including the world’s second-ranked sprinter Hot King Prawn – at Sha Tin on Saturday (13 March).[...]

Posted on March 11, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Almost five years after debuting at Happy Valley, Irish import Travel Datuk shed unwanted status as Hong Kong’s most celebrated maiden by successfully snapping a 48-start losing streak to the bemusement and delight of Richard Gibson and Matthew Poon. Feted as a cult horse – and Facebook hero – after 17 minor placings (11 seconds[...]

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 January 16, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Kings Shield (133lb) has developed into a dominant force on the dirt in Hong Kong and this Sunday (17 January) at Sha Tin he’ll look to stamp his authority on the surface once again in the Class 1 Egret Handicap (dirt, 1650m), doing so with a trip to Dubai on the radar. “Everyone knows he[...]

Posted on December 27, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

As has become customary, Joao Moreira was the headline act with a Boxing Day quartet but, in Richard Gibson’s eyes, mafoo (stable assistant) Josephine Kwok deserved acclaim as the unsung heroine at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 December) following Wellington’s stunning win in the Class 3 Long Ke Handicap (1000m). Posting his fourth win from[...]

Posted on December 26, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Elusive State is among Hong Kong’s top-ranking dirt-track specialists and this Saturday (26 December) at Sha Tin he’ll contest the headline act, the Class 2 Chek Keng Handicap (dirt, 1650m), with the door still ajar for another overseas campaign. “He’s going well – I’ve given him a good preparation and we’ve given him a couple[...]

Posted on December 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Chad Schofield has the chance of producing a significant piece of history this Sunday (13 December) at Sha Tin when he partners Rattan with the hope of joining his father Glyn on the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) honour roll, which would be a Hong Kong first. Dad won the race in 2005[...]

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

Golden Sixty took the first step on his path toward the 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races with an impressive win in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin Sunday (27 September), thwarting Beauty Generation’s tilt at a fourth straight triumph in the race. Hong Kong’s first Pattern race this season was[...]

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 April 25, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Group 1 action will dominate FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 April) but one of Hong Kong racing’s exciting young prospects will be out to grab a little of the limelight with the undefeated Wellington contesting the Class 3 Vengeance Of Rain Handicap (1400m). Trainer Richard Gibson has Rattan and Wishful Thinker[...]

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

Zac Purton made sure he gained some benefit from Joao Moreira’s absence at Happy Valley on Wednesday (22 April) night with a double that took him to within one of his great rival at the top of the Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership. Moreira bagged a three-timer last weekend but a one-meeting suspension forced him out[...]

Posted on February 9, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

There were two Class 2 races at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 8 February), the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1200m), went to Gold Chest (111lb) who scored a thrilling success to halt Duke Wai’s (118lb) streak at four. A stalking ride from Matthew Poon saw the wide-finishing winner pip Duke Wai by a nose.[...]

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

Richard Gibson is unperturbed by the outsider labels tagged to his stable stalwarts Rattan and Wishful Thinker as they stride into Sunday’s (19 January) two Group 1 features at Sha Tin Racecourse with eyes fixed on snagging a share of the lucrative prize fund. “They’re both in really good nick,” Gibson said. “We’ll take our[...]

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

Karis Teetan will reunite with more than one last-start winner on Wednesday’s (15 January) nine-race card at Happy Valley. He rides Highly Proactive (132lb) in the finale, the Class 3 Chater Handicap (1200m), and partners Flying Genius (121lb) in the Class 3 Connaught Handicap (1000m). The Tony Cruz-trained Flying Genius is looking to remain unbeaten[...]

Taking Aim justifies Douglas Whyte’s faith after breaking back into winners’ list

Exultant builds towards FWD QEII Cup defence, trials on the turf

Hungry Badel eyes career century in Hong Kong

Wellington capitalises on handicap conditions

Travel Datuk salutes at last ending a 48-race losing streak

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

Dubai beckons for Kings Shield but first it’s Sunday’s dirt feature

Richard Gibson praises mafoo as Wellington makes triumphant return

Overseas still an option for Elusive State but first it’s Saturday’s feature

Chad Schofield looks to join father Glyn on Hong Kong Sprint honour roll

December bound Golden Sixty takes the Group 3 Celebration Cup

Fownes on top, Moreira seals three and Teetan doubles up

Wellington’s star on the rise

Purton gains on absent Moreira ahead of FWD Champions Day

Gold Chest steals it in a thriller

Rattan takes Stewards’ route as Gibson’s Wishful for more Group 1 spoils

Teetan’s Flying

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