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Singapore Sling returns to Happy Valley for Group 3 January Cup challenge

Posted on January 6, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Singapore Sling (123lb) returns to Happy Valley tonight (6 January) for the first time since December 2017 with jockey Chad Schofield hoping the gelding can maintain his unblemished record at the city circuit in the Group 3 January Cup Handicap (1800m). “I think it looks a lovely race for him – he's been competing at[...]

Posted on November 19, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Frankie Lor already has two victories at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races among close to 200 Hong Kong winners across only four seasons as a trainer, and on Sunday (22 November) at Sha Tin the handler will saddle a trio of chances looking to lay out their credentials for December's HK$95 million showcase event.[...]

Posted on March 15, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Derek Leung capped a steely treble at Sha Tin on Saturday, 14 March when Simply Brilliant earned just reward in the afternoon's feature, the Class 1 Lung Cheung Handicap (1600m). Leung left little to chance on the Frankie Lor-trained chestnut, a lesson learned from a luckless defeat the time before at Happy Valley. On that[...]

Posted on January 8, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Alexis Badel will never forget his victory aboard the Frankie Lor-trained Simply Brilliant in last year's January Cup. The Frenchman hit the floor hard just a few strides after sealing a first Group race win in Hong Kong and limped through the post-race formalities while nursing his fractured wrist. “The stewards even called me in[...]

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

Simply Brilliant (133lb) heads the handicap following his third to Beauty Generation in the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile last time out. Champion jockey Zac Purton takes the reins on Frankie Lor's charge in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (2 June), having been booked for the ride[...]

Posted on May 30, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

John Moore's record in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) stands at two wins from three editions and on Sunday he will attempt to bag a third victory when Good Standing (123lb) rolls into the fourth running of the Sha Tin feature, seemingly in the form of his Hong Kong life. The trainer[...]

Singapore Sling returns to Happy Valley for Group 3 January Cup challenge

Lor readies three for Sunday’s Group 2 Jockey Club Races

Simply Brilliant as Leung seals a Sha Tin treble

Brilliant for Badel

Purton has Simply Brilliant

Moore’s Good Standing in Lion Rock Trophy

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