Ricky Yiu

Lyle Hewitson, Douglas Whyte dominate Happy Valley with trebles

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

Banishing memories of December’s injuries, Lyle Hewitson exalted in the finest display of his Hong Kong career by posting a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (April 27), matching South African compatriot’s Douglas Whyte’s effort to snare a three-timer. Seriously injured in a fall in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on[...]

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

Joao Moreira created racing history at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (April 6), reaching the 1,200-win milestone in Hong Kong record time while also over-taking Zac Purton in the battle for the 2021/22 jockeys’ championship after posting a double. On a defining night for Moreira, the 38-year-old Brazilian became only the third jockey to slot[...]

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

Delivering a reminder of talent and ambition, Jerry Chau shared riding honours at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 March) with Joao Moreira to keep alive hopes of snaring the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading local jockey with a double. Returning to the fray after missing Wednesday’s (23 March) Happy Valley meeting, Chau boosted[...]

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

Renowned for his nurturing of elite sprinting talents like Sacred Kingdom, Fairy King Prawn, Amber Sky and Ultra Fantasy – Ricky Yiu will make a rare reappearance in this weekend’s HKD$24 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) as he saddles just his sixth and seventh runners in the coveted event after first contending with Multi-Star[...]

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 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

Ricky Yiu and Zac Purton shared the Happy Valley limelight on Wednesday night (16 February) with trebles as the former Hong Kong champion trainer and jockey delivered timely reminders of enduring class and skill. Yiu, leading Hong Kong trainer in 2019/20, combined with Purton twice with Soulmate and Bulletproof, while also prevailing with Villa Fionn[...]

Posted on February 11, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton’s assault on Joao Moreira’s Hong Kong jockeys’ championship lead continued apace at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (9 February) when the Australian posted a quartet to slash his arch-rival’s buffer to single-figures. With nine winners from 18 rides at the past two meetings, Purton’s bombardment has seen his deficit to Moreira tumble from[...]

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

Fresh off banking his 500th win in Hong Kong, Karis Teetan is not about to sit back on his success so far – hungry for more as he prepares to partner the unbeaten Romantic Warrior in Sunday’s (January 30) HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m). “It’s been a good few years – I’ve just[...]

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

Exactly a month after suffering multiple injuries in a Sha Tin fall, Zac Purton notched his 50th victory of the 2021/22 season as the champion hoop revived hopes of a fifth jockeys’ crown with a successful return at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (12 January). Competing for the first time since 12 December, Purton had[...]

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

Bidding for a hat-trick of wins and a fifth overall – Joyful Win has hit career-best form and he’s got trainer Ricky Yiu believing there’s plenty more still to come ahead of Wednesday evening’s (12 January) Class 3 Kowloon City Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley. “He’s very consistent – I wouldn’t be surprised if he[...]

Posted on December 6, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton has overtaken Douglas Whyte’s all-time Hong Kong prizemoney record by posting a double as the perfect prelude to his title defence of the International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (8 December). Trailing 13-time champion jockey Whyte’s record haul of HKD$1,587,210,086 – accumulated from 1,813 wins – Purton started the meeting[...]

Posted on November 8, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Danny Shum is likely to plot a modest autumn path with Tourbillon Diamond after the Australian import upstaged several LONGINES Hong Kong International Races aspirants with a dogged victory in the Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (7 November). Delighted to have claimed a second Hong Kong win[...]

Posted on September 30, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hopeful of getting Voyage Warrior (120lb) to find another ‘gear’, trainer Ricky Yiu has applied the blinkers in a bid to unlock more from the chestnut’s reserves when he contests Friday’s (1 October) Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin. “Hopefully the blinkers can put another ‘gear’ into him, one more gear,[...]

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

Karis Teetan is remaining hopeful that gear tweaks will help Robot Warrior (127lb) overcome a ‘crowding’ issue when he contests Sunday’s (4 July) Class 4 The Arculli Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin. Seeking a first win, the son of Sepoy is aiming to piece it all together after narrowly being beaten by less than[...]

Posted on July 2, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Matthew Poon experienced racing’s highs and lows in rapid succession at Sha Tin on Thursday (1 July), compensating for a weighing out mistake in an undercard race before savouring victory in the day’s feature – the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1800m) – aboard Jimmy Ting’s Super Football. Poon’s mount in the Class[...]

Posted on June 26, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Conceding the 2020/21 Hong Kong trainers’ championship is clearly Caspar Fownes’ to lose, John Size is optimistic Drops Of God and Blaze Warrior can preserve flickering hopes of a 12th championship when the emerging pair spearheads the trainer’s quality entry at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 June). Trailing Fownes by seven winners (68-75) with six[...]

Lyle Hewitson, Douglas Whyte dominate Happy Valley with trebles

Joao Moreira posts 1200th Hong Kong winner in record time

Jerry Chau marks return with Sha Tin double

Ricky Yiu changes tack, chases first Hong Kong Derby crown

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

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

Ricky Yiu, Zac Purton split Happy Valley honours with trebles

Zac Purton excels again to slash Joao Moreira’s lead

Teetan not about to rest on laurels, eyes next 500

Purton returns from injury to post 50th for the season

Joyful Win goes for three in a row at Happy Valley

Zac Purton breaks Douglas Whyte’s prizemoney record ahead of IJC defence

Tourbillon Diamond claims Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap

Blinkers on as Yiu looks to crank up Voyage Warrior

Gear tweaks as Robot Warrior seeks a first win

Matthew Poon’s rollercoaster day ends with Hong Kong Reunification Cup victory

John Size upbeat over Drops Of God, Blaze Warrior as championship hopes flicker

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