Sha Tin Vase Handicap

Alexis Badel hopeful Tourbillon Diamond can figure in Champions & Chater Cup

Posted on May 22, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Alexis Badel is optimistic Tourbillon Diamond can trade on proven stamina reserves to contend strongly in the HKD$12 million Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (May 22) after an excellent last-start effort. Third in the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick Racecourse in April, 2020 when[...]

Posted on March 31, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Duke Wai’s stunning consistency has earned Paul O’Sullivan’s flagbearer a tilt at the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) in May after victory in the Class 1 Silvermine Bay Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin’s all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night (30 March). Upstaging Kurpany and Majestic Star, who are both being aimed at the Group[...]

Posted on September 22, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The unbeaten Courier Wonder is poised to make an eagerly awaited return to racing in next month’s Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) on Sunday, 17 October after pleasing trainer John Size at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 21 September). Tuning up for his seasonal return with a barrier trial on the dirt under jockey[...]

Posted on May 25, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Blake Shinn is hopeful Harmony N Blessed (124lb) can rediscover his winning groove when he contests the Class 3 Java Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley tomorrow evening (Wednesday, 26 May) as the Melbourne Cup-winning jockey chases more Hong Kong success. After bursting onto the scene with a pair of rousing wins at his first two[...]

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

Hong Kong sprinting sensation Courier Wonder (118lb) extended his unbeaten record to five at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 23 May) with an age and experience defying win in the HK$3.5 million Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m). Stepping up in grade as the least experienced runner in the race, the three-year-old juvenile capped[...]

Posted on May 22, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Courier Wonder (118lb) is quickly evolving into one of Hong Kong’s sharpest sprinters and this Sunday (23 May) at Sha Tin the three-year-old will look to overcome the biggest hurdle of his burgeoning career when he faces a host of seasoned and better credentialed rivals in the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m). Lining[...]

Posted on May 15, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Nursing a 15-win lead over Zac Purton in the 2020/21 Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Joao Moreira was given two more reasons to feel confident about landing a fourth title after excellent trial performances by Sky Darci and Courier Wonder at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Friday, 14 May). BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Sky Darci[...]

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

Gun sprinter Aethero pleased trainer Caspar Fownes at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 23 February) as he ramped up his preparation toward a return to the races. The hulking chestnut – who holds Sha Tin’s 1000m course record – appeared to move freely and with relative ease under championship leading jockey Joao Moreira this morning[...]

Posted on May 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian jockey Zac Purton remains locked in a enthralling tussle with arch-rival Joao Moreira as he tries to defend his Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership crown. Purton rode four winners at Sha Tin on Sunday, including Exultant in the Champions & Chater Cup, the final Group One race of the Hong Kong season. But his quartet[...]

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

Thanks Forever fought his way to a deserved victory in the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 24 May to initiate a big-race brace on an afternoon of plenty and pain for Zac Purton. The champion jockey had his head banged against the starting gate before race seven and[...]

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

Little Giant (133lb) sealed victory in the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) under a cool, collected ride from Zac Purton who claimed a six-timer at Sha Tin today (Sunday 26 May). The win was trainer David Hall’s second Group-race win this term, having waited through a four-year blank in Pattern class before Ho[...]

Posted on May 25, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Full Of Beauty hit the ground running in Hong Kong and John Size is hoping his gelding can cap off a near perfect debut campaign with a stakes success in Sunday’s Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m). “I think his form’s been very good, he’s improved every time he’s gone to the races and[...]

Alexis Badel hopeful Tourbillon Diamond can figure in Champions & Chater Cup

Duke Wai rules on Sha Tin dirt for O’Sullivan and Chadwick

Sprint sensation Courier Wonder tunes up

Shinn hopes to build on Sha Tin double with further success at the Valley

Courier Wonder impresses in the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase

Courier Wonder signals exciting future for Hong Kong’s sprint ranks

Joao Moreira upbeat about jockeys’ title after Sky Darci, Courier Wonder trials

Aethero pleases Fownes, Classique Legend continues to progress

Purton, Moreira HK Stoush Down To The Wire

Thanks Forever takes the Sha Tin Vase on a dramatic day for Purton

Little Giant comes up big for Hall in Sha Tin Vase

Size’s Beauty hopes to cap off stellar season with Group 3

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