Zebrowski

Golden Sixty on the cusp of history ahead of Champions Mile

Posted on April 20, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Victory in Sunday's (April 24) HKD$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) would elevate Golden Sixty to status as the highest prize money earner in Hong Kong racing history and, if his latest win wasn't convincing enough, trainer Francis Lui has issued an ominous warning to rivals that Hong Kong's champion is back in[...]

Posted on April 15, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

On the cusp of becoming only the fourth Hong Kong trainer to reach 1,000 wins, Caspar Fownes is optimistic Sky Field can spearhead the stable's FWD Champions Day onslaught by capping a string of consistent performances at elite level. Fownes took his career tally of Hong Kong wins to 998 with Nearly Fine's triumph at[...]

Posted on February 17, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes has never been one to shirk a challenge and this Sunday (20 February) at Sha Tin the reigning Hong Kong champion trainer has armed himself with a powerful quartet from the stable, taking aim at both the Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) and Group 1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m).[...]

Posted on January 31, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Caspar Fownes is contemplating a Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) tilt with Zebrowski next month after the five-year-old toughed it out to claim Sunday afternoon's (30 January) Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin. “He's stepping up to every task and sometimes you have to throw them in the deep[...]

Posted on November 5, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Ending a drawn out cold spell, Caspar Fownes savoured sweet victory at Happy Valley on Wednesday (3 November) as Zebrowski showed fortitude and quality to snaffle the Class 2 The American Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1800m) under jockey Vincent Ho. Champion trainer last season with 79 wins, Fownes celebrated his fifth win this term when[...]

Posted on September 19, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira is confident Drops Of God, leading contender in the Class 3 Chinese Recreation Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (19 September), is among several quality mounts who can accelerate the Brazilian's push for a fifth jockeys' championship. Moreira will reunite with John Size's charge for the first time this[...]

Posted on August 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nature Strip has ticked the first box in his march towards The Everest with a comfortable barrier trial win at Rosehill. Partnered by regular rider James McDonald, the star sprinter raced on the speed and was not let off the bridle to win Tuesday's 900m heat by three lengths. He is scheduled to resume in[...]

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

A stirring performance from promising three-year-old Zebrowski in Saturday's Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m), at just his sixth career start, has lifted the spirits of the team currently in lockdown at Windsor Park Stud in Cambridge. Bred and co-owned by the Stud, the Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained Savabeel gelding fought for all he was[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have done it again. Their names are synonymous with Derby success and the Kiwi conditioners applied their deft touch to Quick Thinker, who became Baker's fifth Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) winner when proving too strong for his rivals in an energy-sapping contest at Randwick on Saturday. A[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Just as it was in the Tulloch Stakes a week earlier, Quick Thinker has beaten Zebrowski to give champion New Zealand trainer Murray Baker his fifth Group One Australian Derby at Randwick. Despite being in lockdown at home in New Zealand, Baker and also his co-trainer Andrew Forsman are still making an impact during this[...]

Posted on October 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Hawkes training team has a long and successful history with the family of Zebrowski and they are confident the inexperienced colt will not be out of place in the $1 million Bondi Stakes at Randwick. The three-year-old is a three-quarter brother to multiple Group winner Leebaz and a half-brother to 2012 Australian Derby runner-up[...]

Golden Sixty on the cusp of history ahead of Champions Mile

Caspar Fownes poised to strike 1000 Hong Kong wins

Fownes strong handed for Sunday’s Group 1 double-header at Sha Tin

Gold Cup an option for Zebrowski after Group 3 Centenary Vase triumph

Fownes snaps cold spell as Zebrowski takes feature

Drops Of God return fuels Moreira optimism

Nature Strip Stars With Impressive Trial

Zebrowski brightens Windsor Park bubble

Quick Thinker provides Baker with fifth Derby

Quick Thinker Wins Group 1 Australian Derby

Hawkes Says Colt Worthy Of Bondi Test

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