Valiant Elegance

Pierre Ng notches first Hong Kong victory

Posted on September 16, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Fulfilling a long-held ambition, Pierre Ng notched the first victory of his training career in spectacular fashion when outsider Super Commander narrowly upstaged his opposition to snare the Class 4 Big Wave Bay Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (September 14). Saddling only his ninth runner after almost breaking through at Sha Tin's[...]

Posted on September 14, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Lyle Hewitson heads into Wednesday's (September 14) eight-race card at Happy Valley primed for the mount aboard Valiant Elegance in the Class 3 Deep Water Bay Handicap (1000m). Happy Valley's first meeting of the season marks the start of the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge, which runs until February 8, 2023. The competition is for[...]

Posted on June 8, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Spurred on by Valiant Elegance's indomitable run of form, Lyle Hewitson is remaining buoyant the chestnut has got what it takes to join a select band of gallopers with victory in the first section of the HKD$1.57 million Class 3 Calla Lily Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley this evening (June 8). Only four other horses[...]

Posted on April 28, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Banishing memories of December's injuries, Lyle Hewitson exalted in the finest display of his Hong Kong career by posting a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (April 27), matching South African compatriot's Douglas Whyte's effort to snare a three-timer. Seriously injured in a fall in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on[...]

Posted on April 27, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Nervous Witness faces a weighty task in tonight's (Wednesday, April 27) Class 2 Cheong Ming Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley as he looks to maintain his sparkling rise after soaring to a triple-figure rating with four wins from his first seven starts. One of Hong Kong's most exciting talents, Nervous Witness will shoulder 133lb for[...]

Posted on March 3, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

On a night dominated by the milestone achievements of Zac Purton and John Size, the enduring resilience of Lyle Hewitson and Keith Yeung was deservedly rewarded when the pair ended frustrating absences from the winners' circle with overdue success at Happy Valley on Wednesday (2 March). Purton extended his lead over arch-rival Joao Moreira to[...]

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 July 6, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Nearing the end of a record-breaking first full-season in Hong Kong, apprentice jockey Jerry Chau's exploits in the saddle have encompassed a noteworthy win strike rate of nearly 12%, bettered only by Hong Kong's ‘big two' – Joao Moreira and Zac Purton – but the 21-year-old is heading into the season's third-to-last fixture at Happy[...]

Posted on June 3, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Overshadowed by Caspar Fownes and John Size's titanic battle for the Hong Kong trainers' championship, David Hall and Douglas Whyte struck important blows of their own with pivotal doubles at Happy Valley on Wednesday (2 June). Hall reached 30 winners for the season with his first brace since September when Red Brick Fighter pounced late[...]

Pierre Ng notches first Hong Kong victory

Hewitson’s aspiring to new heights as DBS x Manulife Million Challenge kicks off

Valiant Elegance out to master Happy Valley again

Lyle Hewitson, Douglas Whyte dominate Happy Valley with trebles

Nervous Witness Out To Continue Ascent At Happy Valley

Hewitson, Yeung share limelight with Purton, Size

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

Jerry Chau’s record-breaking season nears climax

Hall and Whyte upstage big guns with Happy Valley doubles

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