Russian Emperor

Russian Emperor poised for Group 2 return

Posted on October 13, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Harbouring modest expectations with Russian Emperor ahead of the HK$5.35 million Group 2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, Douglas Whyte hopes the dual Hong Kong Champion Stayer can lay the foundations for a fruitful campaign with a solid performance. With a focus on the HK$118 million Hong Kong International Races[...]

Posted on July 15, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty's record-breaking performance during the 2022/23 racing season saw Hong Kong's champion earn the Horse of the Year title for a third consecutive year. As such, he becomes the first horse in the history of Hong Kong racing to annex three consecutive Horse of the Year crowns. The Francis Lui-trained seven-year-old's efforts this season[...]

Posted on May 29, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Russian Emperor underlined elite staying prowess to join a select band of multiple winners of the $12 million Group 1 Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) under a masterful Hugh Bowman ride at Sha Tin on Sunday as Douglas Whyte exalted in one of the highlights of an extraordinary career. Denying raging $1.20 favourite Romantic Warrior[...]

Posted on May 26, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Poised to close a globe-trotting season with another Group 1 tilt, Russian Emperor will attempt to join a select band of multiple winners of the Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) when Hong Kong's reigning Champion Stayer tackles the $12 million feature at Sha Tin on Sunday. Douglas Whyte's flagbearer will face[...]

Posted on February 20, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Russian Emperor landed a famous victory for Hong Kong in the Group 1 H.H. The Amir Trophy (2400m) for trainer Douglas Whyte and jockey Alberto Sanna on Saturday afternoon (18 February) at Al Rayyan in Doha, Qatar. Settled at the rear of the field throughout against runners from Ireland, France, Qatar and the United Arab[...]

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

James McDonald has telling faith in Romantic Warrior as the mercurial talent resumes in the HKD$5 million Group 2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (November 20), when the four-year-old concedes fitness and experience to more seasoned rivals. First-up since crowning an extraordinary debut season with Group 1 FWD QEII Cup[...]

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

Douglas Whyte expects Blake Shinn will experience familiar sensations of power and quality when the Australian returns to Sha Tin on Sunday (November 20) to partner Russian Emperor in the HKD$5 million Group 2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m). Shinn last season partnered Hong Kong's champion stayer to victory in the Group 1 Citi Hong[...]

Posted on October 15, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Plotting a precise pathway towards Hong Kong International Races on December 11 with crack stayer Russian Emperor, Douglas Whyte holds modest expectations for Hong Kong's Champion Stayer in the Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (October 16). A dual Group 1 winner last season, regally-bred Russian Emperor[...]

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

Russian Emperor returns this season under entirely different circumstances to last, not with a point to prove but instead doing so as the chief protagonist of Hong Kong's staying division – a title and level of expectation that puts a spring in the step of trainer Douglas Whyte as he plots a path towards the[...]

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

Lyle Hewitson heads into Wednesday's (September 14) eight-race card at Happy Valley primed for the mount aboard Valiant Elegance in the Class 3 Deep Water Bay Handicap (1000m). Happy Valley's first meeting of the season marks the start of the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge, which runs until February 8, 2023. The competition is for[...]

Posted on June 2, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

In the throes of another successful season, Tony Cruz is aiming to land a sentimental victory in the Class 3 Apprentice Jockeys' School 50th Anniversary Cup Handicap (1200m) with Super Fortune at Sha Tin on Sunday (June 5). Hong Kong racing's most successful home-grown product as a multiple champion jockey and trainer, Cruz, 65, was[...]

Posted on April 23, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Synonymous with some of Hong Kong's greatest horses, Zac Purton is excited by prospect of challenging Golden Sixty aboard California Spangle in a generational clash in the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 24). Hong Kong's highest-rated horse at 131, Golden Sixty bids for a 21st career victory, sixth[...]

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

A pair of confidence-boosting track gallops has left Douglas Whyte confident Russian Emperor has fully recovered after a valiant last-start second to Golden Sixty and is now poised to assert staying superiority in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 24). The imperiously-bred gelding was reported to have exhibited[...]

Posted on April 4, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

He came, he saw and he silenced doubters with an unanswerable burst of speed. Golden Sixty flattened rivals at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, April 3) with a familiar display of sheer dominance to recapture his winning groove in the HKD$4.75 million Group 2 Chairman's Trophy (1600m) for jockey Vincent Ho and trainer Francis Lui.[...]

Posted on April 3, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

In the midst of his best season, with a pair of Group 1 triumphs as pinnacles, Douglas Whyte is hopeful Stronger can continue the stable's glittering run with success in the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (3 April). Assessing the diminutive sprinter's chances against fellow Group 1 winners Wellington and[...]

Posted on March 29, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

An emerging wave of talent will square off with Hong Kong's elite at this year's FWD Champions Day on Sunday, 24 April at Sha Tin, all vying for a share of the HKD$65 million up for grabs across three stellar Group 1 contests. Headlining the entries is Golden Sixty who chases back-to-back HKD$20 million Group[...]

Posted on March 23, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The big guns appeared at Sha Tin's barrier trial session yesterday morning (Tuesday, 22 March) with Golden Sixty dazzling in an opening heat for Vincent Ho and Francis Lui as preparations launched for next month's FWD Champions Day on Sunday, 24 April. Looking to banish memories of consecutive defeats and recapture his winning thread, Golden[...]

Russian Emperor poised for Group 2 return

Golden Sixty crowned Hong Kong Horse of the Year

Russian Emperor claims successive Group 1 Champions & Chater Cups

Russian Emperor chases Group 1 history

Russian Emperor rules in Qatar’s H.H. The Amir Trophy

James McDonald upbeat over Romantic Warrior assignment

Russian Emperor building for Jockey Club Cup

Russian Emperor begins march towards HKIR feature

Emperor’s rule only just getting started as December preparations begin

Hewitson’s aspiring to new heights as DBS x Manulife Million Challenge kicks off

Tony Cruz eyes AJS 50th Anniversary Cup success with Super Fortune

California Spangle’s tilt at Golden Sixty excites Purton

Russian Emperor primed for Group 1 FWD QEII Cup tilt

Back in business, Golden Sixty steams to victory in Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy

Douglas Whyte out to enhance season with more black type success

Fresh talent out to upstage Hong Kong’s elite on FWD Champions Day

Golden Sixty and Russian Emperor trial ahead of FWD Champions Day

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