After a short breather in the JRA Grade 1 schedule last week, top-level racing in Japan returns this Sunday, and will continue for every weekend right up until the end of 2025. Kyoto Racecourse stages the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth … Read more
Patch Of Stars lived up to expectations in the feature Class 2 Lukfook Jewellery Cup Handicap (1200m) and boosted his Four-Year-Old Classic Series prospects with a smart win for Manfred Man and Zac Purton on an eventful day at Sha … Read more
Ka Ying Rising took another confident step towards the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) as he dashed well clear of a batch of top-class operators in a barrier trial at Sha Tin on Friday (14 November). The world’s top-rated … Read more
Having made history by becoming the first female jockey to ride a Group 1 winner in Japan, Rachel King hopes for another notable achievement in 2025 when she represents Australia in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley … Read more
Domestic Group 2 action headlines this week’s racing at King Abdulaziz Racecourse with a highly-competitive field of 18 declared for Friday’s valuable SAR500,000 HRH Prince Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Cup. The White Stable of King Abdullah Bin … Read more
The battle for a place in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship sparked to life at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (12 November) when a host of riders landed blows in the fight for a coveted spot in the annual showcase. … Read more
British rider Hollie Doyle has quickly settled back into life in Hong Kong and is eyeing a LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) victory on 10 December to repay the faith shown in her by the organisers of the annual … Read more
Everything about Romantic Warrior indicates the champion is in excellent order, and Danny Shum’s star will need to be when he seeks a fourth straight HK$40 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) win at Sha Tin on 14 December. … Read more
Poised for another strike on Hong Kong, China’s rich races, champion jockey James McDonald arrives from Australia this week in career-equalling top form for the start of a seven-week riding stint in the Asian racing hub. He arrives after … Read more
Brett Crawford celebrated the most significant triumph of a burgeoning Hong Kong, China career when the South African combined with familiar ally Karis Teetan to land the HK$4.2 million G3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) with Encountered (115lb) at … Read more
Driving rain, mist, mud and wind – conditions which, according to custom, are supposed to produce upsets, deliver 50-1 winners and leave punters and experts alike scratching their heads at the results. On a day when Flemington delivered only the … Read more
Champion jockey Zac Purton believes the best is yet to come from Cap Ferrat (127lb) as he prepares to ride the Francis Lui-trained galloper for the first time in Sunday’s HK$4.2 million G3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at … Read more
G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen winner Dark Saffron (pictured) wasted no time in getting his campaign off to the best possible start with a facile success in the very first race of the 2025-26 Dubai Racing Carnival. Ahmad bin Harmash’s three-year-old … Read more
It was a warm sunny day at Flemington, but it might as well have been an afternoon at The Curragh or Leopardstown, given the Irish connections that bred, owned, trained and rode the VRC Oaks winner Strictly Business, the heroine … Read more
Dark Saffron was one of the headline acts on Dubai World Cup day in April and the colt aims to pick up where he left off on Friday’s opening card of the Dubai Racing Carnival. Trained by Ahmad bin Harmash, the … Read more
Perceptions are hard to break: when the public – or more often the media – decide that a sportsman or woman excels in one discipline or facet of their game, it is hard to convince anyone that they have more … Read more
One of world racing’s leading female riders, Hollie Doyle, will begin her short-term contract in Hong Kong on Wednesday night (5 November) at Happy Valley, where she takes seven rides across the nine-race fixture. Doyle, 29, has five Hong Kong … Read more
Race favorite Masquerade Ball, in his first start in five months, claimed his first G1 title in this year’s Tenno Sho (Autumn) to mark 3-1-0 out of four starts at Tokyo Racecourse. The Duramente colt won his two-year-old debut followed by another … Read more
Capitalising on Storm Rider’s promotion into the HK$2.84 million Class 2 Guangzhou Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Sunday (2 November), Karis Teetan slotted his 300th win at the city circuit to join Zac Purton as the only active jockeys … Read more
Valuable prizemoney is on offer for a pair of two-year-contests at King Abdulaziz Racecourse this Friday and the White Stable of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz & Sons have excellent chances in both divisions of the HRH Prince Saud Bin Salman … Read more
Willy Twiston-Davies hopes Potters Charm can advertise his staying hurdle credentials in the G2 bet365 Hurdle at Wetherby on day two of the bet365 Charlie Hall Meeting, Saturday, November 1. Potters Charm started last season with four straight victories, … Read more
The 2025 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races has received a world-class entry list, comprising 185 horses and crowned by 70 individual Group 1 winners, all chasing end-of-year glory at the ‘Turf World Championships’ on 14 December at Sha Tin. … Read more
Mark Newnham is sailing through the 2025/26 Hong Kong racing season with flying colours and the Australian trainer, who has 12 wins in October, takes a five-strong team to Thursday night’s (30 October) eight-race all-dirt programme at Sha Tin. … Read more
The Duramente colt won his only start in October as a two-year-old and marked another win in his three-year-old debut, the Saintpaulia Sho (1 Win Class, 1,800m) in February, then extended his winning streak to three in the Aoba Sho … Read more
Tomodachi Kokoroe (115lb) sensationally catapulted himself into LONGINES Hong Kong International Races reckoning after running the second-fastest 1200m time in Hong Kong racing history to scoop the HK$5.35 million G2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 … Read more
Japan’s Triple Crown wraps up this Sunday, with the 86th running of the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger). The Kikuka Sho is the longest of the three races in the country’s Triple Crown, which also includes the Satsuki Sho (Japanese … Read more
The absence of outstanding colts Museum Mile and Croix du Nord – respective winners of the first two legs of Japan’s three-year-old Triple Crown – has opened the door for a host of hopefuls in Sunday’s (26 October) G1 Kikuka … Read more
After a testing start to his 2025/26 campaign, Pierre Ng is looking to Mugen (115lb) for a change of fortune in the HK$5.35 million G2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 October). A combination of factors … Read more
Alexis Badel believes the improving Fast Network has the credentials to compete in elevated Group 2 company on Sunday (26 October) when he steps out in HK$5.35 million G2 Premier Bowl (1200m) at Sha Tin, with the handicapper lending a … Read more
Zac Purton’s storied career surpassed yet another milestone on Wednesday (22 October) at Happy Valley, as Hong Kong’s all-time leading jockey captured his 1,900th win in the city aboard Talents Supremo (126lb) in the Class 5 Success Handicap (1200m). Just … Read more