Rise High

Christophe Soumillon eyes Centenary Sprint Cup with Wishful Thinker

Posted on January 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Christophe Soumillon has been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to add another Group 1 in Hong Kong to his impressive haul and today (24 January) at Sha Tin he gets his chance when he reunites with familiar ally Wishful Thinker in the first of two top-level contests on the 10-race fixture, the HK$12 million Group 1[...]

Posted on January 20, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bracing for a tilt at leading miler Golden Sixty, Caspar Fownes has complete faith in Rise High as the injury-ravaged galloper resumes in the Group 1 Stewards' Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (24 January). Rise High is among a select band of eight entrants for the HK$12 million contest as Golden Sixty bids[...]

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

After his devastating win in last month's Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile, hometown hero Golden Sixty pleased his connections at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 12 January) with a trial in typical fashion ahead of the Group 1 Stewards' Cup (1600m) on Sunday, 24 January. “I'm happy with his trial, in the trial you[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Three champion trainer titles; a raft of major race winners at home and in Singapore and a surname synonymous with Hong Kong racing only scratches the surface of the story of Caspar Fownes. “Born in Calcutta, India; 1967; August 12th,” Fownes replied when I asked his place of birth – seemingly emphasising the country and[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Rise High and Southern Legend will lock horns in Sunday's (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin to determine bragging rights as the Caspar Fownes stable's top contender for next month's HK$93 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The trainer's stalwart Southern Legend holds entries in three of the four Group[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes will send Southern Legend on a giant-slaying mission against Exultant in Sunday's (3 November) Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies' Purse Handicap (1800m). Nine days ago a Fownes runner downed Hong Kong's ‘Goliath' Beauty Generation when Rise High halted the seemingly invincible mile champion's 18-month winning streak. Now the handler is setting Southern Legend[...]

Posted on October 21, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho was pleased with Rise High's winning effort in the Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 20 October), especially with a view to December when Rise High will line up in either the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) or Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m).[...]

Posted on October 21, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

There was fist-pumping and whooping, high-fives and firm clasps for all hands within reach of the Rise High camp; deflation and ‘brave face' acceptance from the Beauty Generation team. The champion's win streak ended at 10 after a third-place finish in the Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 20[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Two of the finest gallopers in Hong Kong history could stand between Caspar Fownes and glory at this December's LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The trainer is aiming his stable stars Southern Legend and Rise High at the HK$93 million event but he knows his talented contenders will likely face, respectively, the might of the[...]

Posted on June 24, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho repaid the faith of his old master with a signpost victory aboard Rise High in the Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon, Sunday, 23 June. Rise High overcame top-weight of 133lb and a hefty bump at the top of the straight to post a dominant length and a[...]

Posted on May 26, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, Singapore Horse Racing News

With Beauty Generation dominating the mile ranks at home, Caspar Fownes is likely to build Southern Legend towards the 10-furlong Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup through the first part of next season. “Now it's a case of going back to Hong Kong and we'll look forward to next season. He's versatile, he's won from[...]

Christophe Soumillon eyes Centenary Sprint Cup with Wishful Thinker

Rise High poised to return in Group 1 battle at Sha Tin

Golden Sixty tunes up ahead of Group 1 Stewards’ Cup tilt

It’s a family affair as Caspar Fownes readies for the HKIR

Two for Fownes against Exultant in Group 2 Jockey Club Cup

Fownes aims at another giant-slaying in the Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse

Rise High’s Road to December

High for Fownes as Beauty Generation is beaten

Fownes looks for “something amazing” to topple Beauty Generation

Faith rewarded as Rise High takes the Plate for Ho and Fownes

Cup on the cards for Southern Legend

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