Vagner Borges

Zac Purton breaks Douglas Whyte’s prizemoney record ahead of IJC defence

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

Zac Purton has overtaken Douglas Whyte’s all-time Hong Kong prizemoney record by posting a double as the perfect prelude to his title defence of the International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (8 December). Trailing 13-time champion jockey Whyte’s record haul of HKD$1,587,210,086 – accumulated from 1,813 wins – Purton started the meeting[...]

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

John Size remains optimistic over Hot King Prawn and Courier Wonder’s Group 2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) prospects at Sha Tin on Sunday (21 November) after the pair’s impressive trial performances Friday morning (12 November). Ridden by Vagner Borges, Hot King Prawn idled to the line in third place behind Douglas Whyte-trained[...]

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

Blake Shinn is holding faith in Sky Field’s ability to bounce back after the chestnut produced a rousing first-past-the-post trial effort at Sha Tin Tuesday morning (9 November). Failing to fire a shot last start when 10th in the Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m), the 120-rater couldn’t match his first-up heroics which saw him[...]

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 23, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Amazing Star caused one of the biggest feature-race shocks in Hong Kong racing history when he landed the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) earlier this month, and this Sunday (25 April) at Sha Tin the six-year-old bay is out to prove that his effort was no fluke when he contests the HK$18 million Group 1[...]

Posted on April 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand-bred horses took out the two feature races at Sha Tin on Monday. Mighty Giant scored an all-the-way victory in the Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) to land the HK$4.5 million contest under a daring front-running ride by jockey Neil Callan. The Power gelding rolled to the front at the 1100m mark and from[...]

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

Stunned by an Easter Monday miracle, Jimmy Ting is unlikely to tempt fate twice by aiming blowout Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) winner Amazing Star at the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on FWD Champions Day on 25 April. Struggling to comprehend the fact Amazing Star – a bolter – had[...]

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

Brazilian jockey success in Hong Kong is overwhelmingly Joao Moreira’s domain but at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (24 March), Ruan Maia posted one of the most significant – and relief-laden – victories of his career with a memorable breakthrough triumph. Eight meetings and 44 rides into his Hong Kong stint, Maia logged his first[...]

Posted on February 26, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Brazilian jockeys have made waves in Hong Kong in recent years and Ruan Maia is looking forward to rising to the challenge when his licence to ride in races commences this Sunday, 28 February at Sha Tin. A two-time champion jockey in his first two seasons in Macau (2017/18 and 2018/19), Maia, who finished second[...]

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

Championship-leading trainer John Size is placing his faith in Scores Of Fun’s exceptional resilience as the sprinter shapes to bid for ultimate glory in the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge at Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday, 24 February). The four-year-old will line up for his 12th start of the season when he contests the Class 3[...]

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

Joao Moreira has extended his lead in the Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership with another display of dominance, notching a Happy Valley treble to lead reigning champion Zac Purton by 30 winners – 89 to 59. Marching relentlessly to a fourth Hong Kong jockeys’ crown, Moreira again snared riding honours with victory on Daily Beauty and[...]

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

Injury halted the Caspar Fownes-trained Snap Fit’s burgeoning career last season, but this Wednesday (20 January) the handler’s talented six-year-old returns from a 10-month break to contest the first section of the Class 3 Sheung Hei Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley. “He had a suspensory problem which flared up again and we just had to[...]

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

Neil Callan’s fine run of form has fired him into contention for the coveted final spot in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship and at Happy Valley on Wednesday (25 November) night he will attempt to seal his place from five rides in the eight races left to play out. The Irishman has bagged three doubles[...]

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

Vagner Borges edged closer to a berth in next month’s LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) with his 11th win this term thanks to a sweeping success aboard Sunshine Warrior in the Class 2 Cheung Hong Handicap (1650m) to seal a Tony Cruz treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 18 November. With the LONGINES IJC featuring[...]

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

Matthew Chadwick’s renewed association with Tony Cruz blossomed at Sha Tin yesterday (11 October) as the 30-year-old fired home his second double this season, capped with victory aboard the tenacious California Rad in the Class 2 Chak On Handicap (1200m). “He had a lovely run and he fought on nicely, very gamely and he got[...]

Zac Purton breaks Douglas Whyte’s prizemoney record ahead of IJC defence

Size trio thrives at Sha Tin trials

Borges and Size unite with Sight Success in Happy Valley feature

Shinn has faith in Sky Field

Size two-pronged in hot sprint at Happy Valley

Whyte, Chau claim Happy Valley feature with tactical brilliance

Amazing Star aims to prove he’s no fluke in Chairman’s Sprint Prize

Kiwi-breds dominate Hong Kong features

Amazing Star emerges as an improbable ruler in the Group 2 Sprint Cup

Ruan Maia celebrates breakthrough success at Happy Valley

Hong Kong dream for Ruan Maia who joins Moreira and Borges

Grateful Heart, Scores Of Fun bid for Million Challenge glory

Moreira boosts lead in jockeys’ championship with another treble

Snap Fit returns for Fownes, In-form Size saddles seven

Callan wants IJC berth, maturity the key as Unicorn keeps on rising

Borges edges closer to IJC berth, Callan keeps on rolling

Tenacious California Rad seals a Chadwick double, Healthy Happy dazzles on debut

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