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Rise High poised to return in Group 1 battle at Sha Tin

Posted on January 20, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Bracing for a tilt at leading miler Golden Sixty, Caspar Fownes has complete faith in Rise High as the injury-ravaged galloper resumes in the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (24 January). Rise High is among a select band of eight entrants for the HK$12 million contest as Golden Sixty bids[...]

Posted on January 13, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

After his devastating win in last month’s Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile, hometown hero Golden Sixty pleased his connections at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 12 January) with a trial in typical fashion ahead of the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) on Sunday, 24 January. “I’m happy with his trial, in the trial you[...]

Posted on December 12, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) preparation – both flawed and challenging – is complete, but Caspar Fownes won’t know the success of the operation until Classique Legend shapes to unleash his scorching late sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 December). Classique Legend arrived in Hong Kong on 11 November, presenting Fownes with a[...]

Posted on December 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend will have to defy LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) history after the joint world’s top-rated sprinter drew barrier one in the HK$22 million Group 1 feature at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 December). In 14 previous editions of the race, the inside alley on Sha Tin’s “A” course is yet to produce a[...]

Posted on November 20, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty (123lb) worked through his final gallop on Thursday (19 November) morning at Sha Tin and trainer Francis Lui today (Friday, 20 November) confirmed his star galloper is ready to shine in Sunday’s (22 November) HK$4.5 million Group 2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m). “He’s good, he’s in-form and he has a good draw –[...]

Posted on November 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The world’s joint-highest rated sprinter Classique Legend completed his first piece of fast work on the Sha Tin dirt Tuesday morning (17 November) in preparation for the HK$22 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on 13 December. Classique Legend stands equal-fourth in the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Ranking with a rating of 125[...]

Posted on October 31, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hong Kong’s star stayer Exultant will shoulder 133lb in a hot edition of Sunday’s (1 November) Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin, as he sets out to claim a second Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) title on 13 December. Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year returns this season[...]

Posted on October 14, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Championship leading trainer Caspar Fownes will launch a two-pronged assault on Sunday’s (18 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin when Southern Legend and Dances With Dragon take their places en route to December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. While Golden Sixty and Beauty Generation are set to renew[...]

Posted on September 26, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Golden Sixty returns to action at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 September) with jockey Vincent Ho buoyed by his star mount’s preparations and intent on thwarting Beauty Generation’s tilt at a fourth straight win in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m). The BMW Hong Kong Derby winner has not raced since he completed a[...]

Posted on June 20, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho bagged his first Group 1 victory aboard Southern Legend in the FWD Champions Mile and on Sunday (21 June) at Sha Tin they pair up again in search of more Pattern-race success when they tackle the HK$3.25 million Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m). Ho has a soft spot for the tough galloper[...]

Posted on May 30, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Southern Legend dug deep into his gritty reserves when fending off Beauty Generation to earn a first Group 1 win in last month’s FWD Champions Mile and trainer Caspar Fownes anticipates another tough effort will be needed in Sunday’s (31 May) Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin. There is no Beauty[...]

Posted on May 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A wide draw in a sprint race at Sandown usually sounds a warning for connections. But trainer Nick Harnett is not put off by gate 17 with Final Man in the Salute Frontline Workers Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. “It may turn out to be the best spot come that stage of the day,” Harnett said.[...]

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

Southern Legend was supposed to be preparing for a third straight win in the Kranji Mile but Plan B worked out far better for the admirable stalwart at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 26 April). With the Singapore target off the radar due to the global pandemic, the Caspar Fownes-trained galloper instead snatched the biggest[...]

Posted on March 31, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Southern Legend will take on an unscheduled assignment in the Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (5 April) with plans for the rest of his campaign being a muddle of novel coronavirus-induced uncertainty. All roads were supposed to lead to the SIN Group 3 Kranji Mile (1600m) in Singapore on 23[...]

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

Southern Legend heads to Happy Valley on Wednesday (8 January) night for the Group 3 January Cup Handicap (1800m), aiming to prove his last run to be nothing more than a blip in an otherwise admirable campaign. The high-class seven-year-old caused an upset when defeating Group 1 winners Exultant and Time Warp in the Group[...]

Posted on December 5, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Three champion trainer titles; a raft of major race winners at home and in Singapore and a surname synonymous with Hong Kong racing only scratches the surface of the story of Caspar Fownes. “Born in Calcutta, India; 1967; August 12th,” Fownes replied when I asked his place of birth – seemingly emphasising the country and[...]

Posted on November 15, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Rise High and Southern Legend will lock horns in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin to determine bragging rights as the Caspar Fownes stable’s top contender for next month’s HK$93 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The trainer’s stalwart Southern Legend holds entries in three of the four Group[...]

Rise High poised to return in Group 1 battle at Sha Tin

Golden Sixty tunes up ahead of Group 1 Stewards’ Cup tilt

Fownes poised to unleash a potent Hong Kong International Races squad

Mixed fortune for Caspar Fownes

Golden Sixty primed for Group 2 Jockey Club Mile test

Top sprinter Classique Legend steps out, Columbus on Cup mission

Exultant ready to roll, Chefano and Dark Dream please Hayes

Fownes sets Legend and Dragon against Golden Sixty in Sha Tin Trophy

Golden Sixty ready for Beauty Generation in Sunday’s Group 3 Celebration Cup

Ho hungry for more as Southern Legend eyes Premier Plate

Southern Legend ready to roar in the Lion Rock Trophy

Final Man In Line For Hat-Trick At Sandown

First Group 1 for Ho as Southern Legend edges Beauty Generation

Plan B enacted as Southern Legend heads to Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy

Purton’s back aboard Southern Legend for Group 3 January Cup

It’s a family affair as Caspar Fownes readies for the HKIR

Two for Fownes against Exultant in Group 2 Jockey Club Cup

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