Russian Emperor

James McDonald upbeat over Romantic Warrior assignment

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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[...]

Posted on February 26, 2022
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Chasing successive wins in Sunday’s (27 February) HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin, Alexis Badel has armed himself with the ride on Turin Redsun – a progressive son of super stallion Dubawi – who seemingly floated below the radar until his eye-catching fourth in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) last[...]

Posted on February 21, 2022
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The inexorable rise of Douglas Whyte among Hong Kong’s training ranks encompassed yet another milestone at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 20 February) as jockey Blake Shinn and Russian Emperor led home a one-two finish for the handler in the HKD$12 million Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m). Just weeks after savouring Group[...]

Posted on February 20, 2022
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Vincent Ho has downplayed Golden Sixty’s outside draw as Blake Shinn plots the champion’s downfall aboard Russian Emperor in the HKD$12 million Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 February). Stung by Golden Sixty’s first defeat in 17 starts when second to Waikuku in last month’s Group 1[...]

Posted on January 24, 2022
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Waikuku delivered a stunning blow at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 23 January) to deny Golden Sixty a record-equalling win in the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m). Aiming to extend his unbeaten sequence to 17 – the champion’s win streak ended after a second-place finish in the afternoon’s feature – his first defeat in nearly[...]

Posted on January 20, 2022
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Graduates of the 2020 Four-Year-Old Classic Series, Golden Sixty and More Than This have had vastly contrasting careers since – like most in comparison to Hong Kong’s reigning Horse of the Year. Pitted then as Hong Kong’s Generation Next, Golden Sixty has soared to inexorable heights – where he currently remains – while More Than[...]

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

Badel seeks Hong Kong Classic Cup repeat

Emperor leads one-two for Whyte in Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup

Wide gate no issue for Golden Sixty and Vincent Ho

Waikuku lifts Stewards’ Cup as Golden Sixty is beaten

More Than This on giant-slaying mission in Sunday’s Stewards’ Cup