Sight Success

Sight Success causes Premier Bowl upset

Posted on October 23, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Overshadowed by Hong Kong's sprinting elite for the past two seasons, Sight Success was rewarded for admirable consistency with victory in the HK$5.35 million Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon as Brenton Avdulla and John Size combined in spectacular fashion. A Group 1 runner-up, Sight Success slotted his maiden[...]

Posted on January 10, 2023
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Unperturbed by a triple-figure run of outs, Vagner Borges sealed his return to the winners' list with a clinical display aboard Sight Success to land the HK$3.9 million Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) for John Size at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 January). Winless in 101 attempts since partnering Owners' Star to victory[...]

Posted on December 6, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Overshadowed by Hong Kong's glamour sprinters, Sight Success could emerge as the surprise packet in the HK$24 million Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (December 11) after justifying his claims in key preliminary races through this season and last. Having finished runner-up in last term's Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m)[...]

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

Bracing for a Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) showdown with Golden Sixty aboard California Spangle on Sunday, April 24, Zac Purton hopes to build momentum to the showpiece meeting aboard Sauvestre in the Class 3 Ma Kong Shan Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (April 16). Locked in a familiar battle for supremacy[...]

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

Unleashing a decisive move in quest of a record 12th Hong Kong trainers' title, John Size stamped familiar mid-season authority on the championship with a treble – highlighted by success in the two Class 1 features – at Sha Tin on Saturday (12 March). Size's three-timer with Sight Success, Champion's Way and Brilliant Way left[...]

Posted on November 11, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vagner Borges hopes victory on Sight Success in the Class 2 High West Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (10 November) can lay the foundations for even higher achievement with the John Size stable as the Brazilian looks forward to riding star sprinter Hot King Prawn later this month. Borges has been booked to[...]

Posted on November 10, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Pursuing a record-breaking 12th trainers' championship, John Size heads into Wednesday's (10 November) cracking Class 2 High West Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley double-handed with Sight Success and Drops Of God – a pair of last-start winners aiming to sustain their handler's solid run of recent form. Size has four wins from the last three[...]

Posted on November 1, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

In the latest measure of Jerry Chau's irresistible emergence, Douglas Whyte lavished praise on his protégé after the rising star of Hong Kong's jockey ranks produced a tactically perfect display on God Of Dragon to snare the Class 3 The Kwangtung Handicap Cup (2200m). With 13 Hong Kong jockeys' titles and a record 1,813 victories[...]

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

A strong undercard supports a trio of Group 1 contests on FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin (Sunday, 25 April), highlighted by a host of emerging talents across the programme, including the gifted Courier Wonder, who puts his unblemished record on the line in the Class 2 FWD Insurance My Legend Handicap (1200m). A winner[...]

Posted on February 12, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Douglas Whyte will unveil the first of American Pharoah's progeny to race in Hong Kong this Sunday (14 February) when he takes the wraps off former Aidan O'Brien trainee Congratulation (113lb) in the Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m). The four-year-old bay – sired by the 2015 American Triple Crown winner – was[...]

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

Excellent Proposal rose to the top of Hong Kong's four-year-old pecking order with an impressive win in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 24 January), a result that strengthened trainer John Size's hand for the remaining two legs of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) and BMW Hong[...]

Posted on December 27, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

As has become customary, Joao Moreira was the headline act with a Boxing Day quartet but, in Richard Gibson's eyes, mafoo (stable assistant) Josephine Kwok deserved acclaim as the unsung heroine at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 December) following Wellington's stunning win in the Class 3 Long Ke Handicap (1000m). Posting his fourth win from[...]

Sight Success causes Premier Bowl upset

Vagner Borges stars with drought-ending Bauhinia Sprint triumph

Sight Success chases limelight in Hong Kong Sprint

Zac Purton chasing more wins as focus on Champions Day sharpens

Karis Teetan stars with quartet as John Size dominates Sha Tin features

Borges and Size unite with Sight Success in Happy Valley feature

Size two-pronged in hot sprint at Happy Valley

Whyte, Chau claim Happy Valley feature with tactical brilliance

Courier Wonder headlines strong undercard for Champions Day

Whyte unveils son of American Pharoah for testing Hong Kong debut

Excellent Proposal leads Size one-two in Hong Kong Classic Mile

Richard Gibson praises mafoo as Wellington makes triumphant return

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