Race 7: Bellman (2) Strawberry Moon (13) Untouchable Ed (6) Knight Batchelor (4) Race 8: Duhlata (5) Maatsuyker (2) Barclay’s Bank (3) One Out (10) Race 9: Soul Choice (13) Best Life (2) Superior Sam (9) Ready Set Tap (5) … Read more
James Doyle partnered My Frankel to a comfortable success in the Crown Prince Cup (Domestic Group 1) at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh yesterday. The Godolphin-retained rider was having his first rides in Saudi Arabia since The Saudi Cup … Read more
Zac Purton’s remarkable 2022/23 season continued with a familiar flourish at Sha Tin on Sunday (18 December) with a quartet, including victory aboard Ping Hai Galaxy in the Class 2 Lukfook Jewellery Cup Handicap (1000m), as the Australian maintained a … Read more
Race 5 Fighting Arrow [2] Catskill Mountain [1] Aquila Volare [4] Adonis Kick [3] Race 6 Trodaire [5] Emperor Of France [1] Artrese [8] Unfair Dismissal [6] Race 7 Rain Lord [6] Harbin [4] Finance Choice [3] Everylittle Breeze [14] … Read more
Riding in peak form with a mid-week treble at Happy Valley, Silvestre de Sousa hopes to maintain impressive momentum at Sha Tin on Sunday (18 December) when the Brazilian takes a full book of 10 mounts. Sitting third in … Read more
Race 1 River Ribble [3] River Noire [12] The Guava [5] She Dances [4] Race 2 Ojosan [1] Cotel [7] All About Eve [4] Starlea [11] Race 3 Beltoro [6] Pounding [7] Arran Bay [4] Unanimous [3] Race 4 Freedom … Read more
Race 1 Half A Dram [10] Melanie’s Joy [11] More Sugar [12] Succour [13] Race 2 Imbibe [7] Movader [5] Lord George [2] Fiorada Lad [1] Race 3 Morty [1] Crypto Currency [5] Rebel Lee [7] Hypercane [2] Race 4 … Read more
Race 1: Abstracted (2) Croatian Belle (4) Angelique (1) Beauty Rising (3) Race 2: Mugen (2) Award Me (6) Miss Russia (10) Fire Power (3) Race 3: Platinum Spirit (1) Mr French (3) Look Sharpish (8) Guns Ablazing (6) Race … Read more
Karl Burke is planning a two-pronged raid on the glittering Saudi Cup meeting. The UK trainer, who is based in Yorkshire, is preparing both Holloway Boy and Al Qareem for the world’s most valuable race meeting on Saturday 25 … Read more
Henk Grewe’s 2021 German Derby winner Sisfahan is set to embark on a trip to Saudi Arabia in the New Year, with the four-year-old being targeted at the Saudi Cup day Group 3 Red Sea Turf Cup Handicap on February … Read more
Race 1 Rackermann [6] Field The Moment [11] Cortes [1] Thornycroft [9] Race 2 Bel Air [7] Black Zous [1] Diesel [8] Chockablock [13] Race 3 Tavistorm [2] Hardly Sweet [3] Donatrice [5] Alessandro [4] Race 4 Liberated Girl [5] … Read more
The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has hailed the 2022 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) as a celebration of world-class racing and Hong Kong’s incredible “Can Do” spirit. On a day when Hong Kong racing … Read more
They came to bow down to the old king and left saluting a powerful new prince of Hong Kong racing as Romantic Warrior left a high-class global field trailing in his wake at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 11 December) … Read more
It was a case of third time lucky for California Spangle at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 11 December) as he sensationally denied Golden Sixty’s record-equalling G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) hat-trick bid in front a raucous 42,624 crowd. … Read more
Wellington now looks to have the racing world at his feet after the home-trained champion delivered a performance of real authority in the HK$24 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on Sunday (11 December). Richard Gibson’s six-year-old has had … Read more
While the red, black and white silks of Win Company have fared well in Hong Kong thanks to dual Sha Tin winner Win Bright, it was a case of firsts all round for Damian Lane and Takahisa Tezuka as Win … Read more
The Japanese have undoubtedly had some of the best success of any international contingent participating each year in Hong Kong. Still, the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) is the most substantial connection by far. This year, they are primed … Read more
René Piechulek is aspiring to another ‘incredible’ Sunday to match that of events of 3 October, 2021 when he partners German-trained colt Mendocino in Sunday’s (11 December) HK$22 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m). On YouTube the other day … Read more
Vincent Ho is one of Hong Kong’s biggest stars. On Sunday, he will partner one of the best horses his hometown has ever seen in a HK$30 million race and his image is emblazoned on most of the skyscrapers on … Read more
Race 1 Splish Spash [4] Te Pani [5] Angelique [2] Kalasec [1] Race 2 Call Me Shamus [2] Hopon Harry [3] Morty [1] Wild Imagination [7] Race 3 Busker’s Ballad [4] Darlamax [3] Sous Les Nuages [2] Robe Raider [6] … Read more
Race 1 No Selections Race 2 No Selections Race 3 Russian Roni [1] Midtown Boss [2] No Drama [3] Charming Di [6] Race 4 Barretta [4] Arktika [10] He’s The Real Deel [1] Tasman Park [8] Race 5 Detonator Jack … Read more
Over the past 25 years, horses based in Japan have increasingly expressed their strength on the international stage, winning top races in Hong Kong, the Middle East, Europe, America, and Australia. Especially in this past decade, Japanese horses have won … Read more
Every generation of racing fans has at least one memory of the brave but ultimately doomed front-runner; the horse that, on the biggest stage, opens up a seemingly unassailable lead, only to suffer agonising defeat at the last. Think Stay … Read more
Silvestre de Sousa’s return to riding in Hong Kong has had a few hitches but he has a few reasons to feel optimistic over the coming week. A visit from his English-based family has raised the spirits, as has the … Read more
LONGINES Hong Kong Cup Danon The Kid – JPN Warmed up in the trotting ring and cantered a circuit of the all-weather track. Assistant Keiichiro Yasuda said: “He felt really good and had a nice canter.” Geoglyph – JPN Cantered … Read more
Race 1 La Spezia [1] Delta Tango [2] Riverina Cyclone [6] Wahine Toa [7] Race 2 Fire Glo Too [5] Blushing Tycoon [3] Deel Blaster [2] Cuffe’s Grange [4] Race 3 Private Jumbo [5] Li’l Wonder [11] Russian Summer [6] … Read more
Zac Purton will be ideally placed to attack Golden Sixty on Sunday (11 December) as his mount California Spangle has drawn gate two in the HK$30 million LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m).While the rider refers to the challenge as “the … Read more
Over the past few years, despite a raging pandemic, the Japanese have made their mark on the global racing scene. However, regardless of where they go, and as far back as the early 1990s, they always flock to the LONGINES … Read more
Champion New Zealand-born but Australia-based jockey James McDonald’s stellar 2022 will be capped, but not necessarily end, when he is presented with the LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award at the Hong Kong International Races Gala Dinner on Friday night (9 … Read more
With so many opportunities throughout a racing calendar which stretches across the world, it has been only the very hardiest of Aidan O’Brien’s string which have been able to make an impact at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR). … Read more