Winning Dreamer

Lor hopes Winning Dreamer can demonstrate Group 1 potential

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

Winning Dreamer (113lb) will attempt to upstage the upper echelon of Hong Kong’s sprint division when he contests a hot Class 1 Lantau Island Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin this Saturday (13 March) as trainer Frankie Lor plots a path toward next month’s Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) on FWD Champions Day (25 April)[...]

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

The Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) – the second of two New Year’s Day features – sits as a symbolic 2020 launching pad for Hong Kong phenomenon Golden Sixty, whose progress to Group 1 glory was both inevitable and compelling. The 2021 running of the HK$3.5 million contest on Friday (1 January)[...]

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

Danon Smash followed in the footsteps of his sire Lord Kanaloa with a thrilling victory for Japan in the 2020 Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), their third in the HK$22 million contest’s 21-year history. “It is a very pleasing moment that Lord Kanaloa and Danon Smash, sire and son could achieve their Hong[...]

Posted on November 23, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Hot King Prawn will carry high hopes into the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in three weeks’ time after shrugging off a wide passage and nine rivals to win the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin yesterday (Sunday, 22 November). The eye-catching grey was three quarters of a length too[...]

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

Hot King Prawn’s grey coat is another shade closer to white, one more year is on his withers, but trainer John Size is not yet letting go his belief that yesteryear’s precocious star-in-waiting might yet snare that Group 1 win that has so far eluded. The Denman six-year-old is now into his fifth season and[...]

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

Golden Sixty took another important step toward December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races riches with victory in yesterday’s (Sunday, 18 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin, a result that all but confirmed a changing of the guard at the very top of Hong Kong’s pecking order. The Francis[...]

Posted on September 21, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira’s brilliant best was on show yesterday (20 September) at Sha Tin as he collected a superb six-timer which he capped with victory aboard the impressive Excellent Proposal. “I just hope that I can keep it up – it’s not going to be an easy season,” Moreira said. Fresh off a Wednesday treble, Moreira[...]

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

Lakeshore Eagle soared to a hat-trick of wins at the end of last season and this Sunday (20 September) at Sha Tin the smart galloper will shoot for his fourth in succession when he lines up in a smoking hot Class 2 Cheung Shan Handicap (1600m). The six-year-old was a sensation for trainer Chris So[...]

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

Vincent Ho is hopeful that improving youngster Eternal Harvest can put a barrier mishap behind him and continue his ascent up the handicap when he tackles a competitive field in the Class 3 Cha Kwo Ling Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (16 September). The Ricky Yiu-trained four-year-old reared in the gates at his[...]

Posted on June 5, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

As racing is set to ramp back up after the COVID-19 enforced break, trainer Alex Oliveira is reflecting on a standout season from his Cambridge team. The Brazilian native has recorded five wins from just 11 starts this term and has had a lucrative time trading horses to Hong Kong. Oliveira’s charge was led by[...]

Posted on June 1, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ka Ying Star maintained Tony Cruz’s advance towards the top of the trainers’ premiership with an overdue success in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 31 May. “I’m going to put the pedal to the metal!” Cruz said after the Cityscape gelding had pushed the stable’s tally to[...]

Lor hopes Winning Dreamer can demonstrate Group 1 potential

Caspar Fownes heads to Sha Tin New Year’s Day with conservative hopes

Danon Smash follows Lord Kanaloa’s footsteps with Hong Kong glory

Masterly Hot King Prawn seals a second Jockey Club Sprint

Hot King Prawn shoots for a second Jockey Club Sprint

Golden Sixty makes it nine in a row with Group 2 Sha Tin Trophy victory

Moreira strikes ‘Magic’ six-timer at Sha Tin

Lakeshore Eagle shoots for four in hot Sha Tin feature

Eternal Harvest resumes in hot Happy Valley sprint

Oliveira rapt with solid season

Cruz goes full throttle for the championship as Ka Ying Star shines

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