Ricky Yiu

Moreira strikes ‘Magic’ six-timer at Sha Tin

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

Joao Moreira’s brilliant best was on show yesterday (20 September) at Sha Tin as he collected a superb six-timer which he capped with victory aboard the impressive Excellent Proposal. “I just hope that I can keep it up – it’s not going to be an easy season,” Moreira said. Fresh off a Wednesday treble, Moreira[...]

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

Vincent Ho is hopeful that improving youngster Eternal Harvest can put a barrier mishap behind him and continue his ascent up the handicap when he tackles a competitive field in the Class 3 Cha Kwo Ling Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (16 September). The Ricky Yiu-trained four-year-old reared in the gates at his[...]

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

The intensity of competition, a hallmark of Hong Kong racing, was keenly evident in last season’s fierce battle for the trainers’ premiership which, ultimately, went to Ricky Yiu for the first time, and the 2020/21 racing season promises to be just as combative. Yiu’s narrow win (with 67 wins) from the evergreen Tony Cruz (65)[...]

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

Exultant’s outstanding exploits during the 2019/20 season earned the multiple Group 1 victor the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a special presentation function held at Sha Tin Racecourse last night, Thursday, 16 July. The Tony Cruz-trained six-year-old was also named Champion Middle-Distance Horse and Champion Stayer for the second consecutive year. Exultant[...]

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

Hong Kong’s “season like no other” ended at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 15 July with Ricky Yiu securing an odds-defying champion trainer title that was most certainly in keeping with the campaign’s extraordinary backdrop. The Hong Kong Jockey Club navigated the uncertainty of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic decisively, implementing measures that protected public and[...]

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

Ricky Yiu sealed the champion trainer title at Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 July) night to fulfill a lifelong dream, and he did it with a smile and a shrug. With Hong Kong in the midst of a coronavirus ‘third wave’, the famous Valley crowd was not there to cheer his remarkable feat, and there[...]

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

Ricky Yiu is on the verge of the most extraordinary achievement in his 48-year career with the Hong Kong Jockey Club; an accomplishment greater even than his preparation of a three-time world champion sprinter. Yiu is within nine races of having ‘champion trainer’ appended to his name forever more. Rewind 11 months and few would[...]

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

Francis Lui heads into Wednesday’s (15 July) season finale at Happy Valley with seven chances across six races in the hope of pegging back Ricky Yiu’s four-win lead in the trainers’ championship. Yiu sits on 67 wins, while Lui is joint-second with Tony Cruz on 63, who himself needs all four of his entrants to[...]

Posted on July 13, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton locked up a fourth Hong Kong champion jockey title when Fast Most Furious (130lb) carried him past the post for his 144th win of the campaign in the Class 1 Sha Tin Mile Trophy Handicap (1600m) on Sunday, 12 July. The Australian ace had an eight-win lead at the start of the 11-race[...]

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

Ricky Yiu’s stable stalwart Jolly Banner returns this Sunday (12 July) at Sha Tin with the chance of securing a vital win for his handler in the HK$2.8 million Class 1 Sha Tin Mile Trophy Handicap (1600m). Yiu leads the trainers’ championship by one win, with Francis Lui in second (64-63), but with 13 intended[...]

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

Zac Purton returned a favour at Happy Valley late on Wednesday night (8 July) to keep Tony Cruz in the frame for the champion trainer title. With front-runner Ricky Yiu enduring an evening of misfortune and his closest pursuer Francis Lui forced to settle for a pair of seconds, third-placed Cruz closed the gap when[...]

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

Zac Purton has the jockeys’ title more or less wrapped up – the shiny bow is all that’s needed – but the trainers’ race has plenty of yardage left with three race meetings to go, and Ricky Yiu is hoping to maintain his recent, dramatic form. Yiu is under intense pressure from Francis Lui’s relentless[...]

Posted on July 6, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore’s five-decade career in Hong Kong will come to an end in 10 days’ time but the handler hammered home a hat-trick of wins at Sha Tin on Sunday (5 July) to show that he’s not winding down just yet. Sunny Boy set the ball rolling with an all-the-way win under Zac Purton; So[...]

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

Columbus County struck a blow for Zac Purton and this year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby crop with a victory full of promise in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Wednesday, 1 July. Purton saw title rival Joao Moreira bag a brace that ate into his championship lead in[...]

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

The heat is on in the race to be champion trainer with front-runner Ricky Yiu feeling the burn at his back after closest rival Francis Lui maintained his excellent form with a double at Sha Tin on Saturday, 27 June. Yiu had to sit and suffer on Wednesday night when a Lui four-timer lifted the[...]

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

Zac Purton struck a four-timer at Happy Valley on Wednesday (24 June) that left his great rival Joao Moreira with a mountainous task in the title race and lifted Francis Lui right back into champion trainer reckoning. Moreira narrowed the gap on Purton to three wins with an early success on the Caspar Fownes-trained Daily[...]

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

Jolly Banner (114lb) showed plenty of vim for a veteran as he battled past younger rivals to win the Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 21 June. “Amazing – he’s an amazing horse,” trainer Ricky Yiu said after the eight-year-old maintained his record of winning at least one race in[...]

Moreira strikes ‘Magic’ six-timer at Sha Tin

Eternal Harvest resumes in hot Happy Valley sprint

Tight at the top of trainers’ table

Exultant named Horse of the Year at Hong Kong’s Champion Awards

Hong Kong racing pulls together to complete extraordinary season

Hong Kong season finale sees cool Yiu claim the championship

Yiu’s four-win lead has him optimistic that this one won’t get away

Francis Lui hopes for luck in final title assault at Happy Valley season finale

Fast Most Furious for Purton and Hall, Yiu keeps Cruz at bay

Jolly Banner returns for Yiu as the season’s finish line nears

Purton delivers for Cruz as Yiu and Lui stall at the Valley

Yiu’s still swinging as title challenge intensifies

Moore slams a Sha Tin hat-trick, Moreira’s out and Yiu’s still fighting

Columbus helps Purton’s cause, Yiu keeps Lui at bay

Yiu feels the heat as Lui closes in trainers’ premiership battle

Fantastic four sees Purton and Lui boost championship claims

Premier victory for Yiu’s Jolly Banner

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