Race 7 Jenkins [5] Riverplate [1] Van Roy [6] Fleurieu Flipper [9] Race 8 Star Sirius [2] Super Alana [3] Kinetic Jewel [6] Spirit Beast [1] Race 9 Bellinger [4] Sixteen Reasons [5] Jacks On Ice [3] Picargo [2] Race … Read more
Race 7 Katsu [4] Mrs Chrissie [9] Celsius Star [7] Vagrant [8] Race 8 Savoir Faire [7] Ruakaka Raider [17] Shaiyhar [3] Sure [18] Race 9 Berkeley Square [3] Poison Chalice [16] It’s A Wild Night [10] Air Assault [7] … Read more
Race 4 Harry’s Bar ]2] Raikkonen [5] Red Hot Lizzie [6] Manwe [3] Race 5 The Right Rein [7] Cheval Savant [2] Angel Of Light [6] Barazin [4] Race 6 Liberty State [7] Captain Maverick [3] All Machiavellian [9] Gold … Read more
Race 5 Keane Enuff [8] Octrain [2] Flying Ace [5] Krysanova [3] Race 6 Proved [6] Checkthemenu [5] Trevenson [2] Jenni The Jet [11] Race 7 Presser [3] The Englishman [6] The Negotiator [7] King’s Capital [1] Race 8 Son … Read more
Only Japanese horses have been able to stop the local talent in the LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in recent years and the Land of the Rising Sun will launch a three-pronged assault on Sunday’s (8 December) HK$26 million prize. … Read more
David Hayes’ outstanding sprinter Ka Ying Rising must overcome a challenging outside barrier in Sunday’s (8 December) HK$26 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin if he is to continue to push his claim as potentially the … Read more
Trainer Ricky Yiu is hoping to go one better with stable flagbearer Voyage Bubble in the HK$36 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on Sunday, 8 December at Sha Tin after the galloper finished second behind former champion Golden … Read more
2023 G1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) winner Without A Fight and Mark Zahra can look forward to going the shortest way round in Sunday’s HK$24 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 December) after joint-trainer … Read more
Romantic Warrior’s connections feel the local hero is ready to write himself into history as the first three-time winner of this Sunday’s (8 December) HK$40 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Owner Peter Lau noted Romantic … Read more
LONGINES Hong Kong Cup Calif – FR After breezing on the turf on Wednesday, Carlos and Yann Lerner’s representative was given an easy time around the sand ring of the Quarantine Stables. The Foxes – GB … Read more
It’s almost nine months since Tuz (pictured) blasted his rivals into submission in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen on Dubai World Cup night, but he’s back and ready do it all again. Dakki Stable’s star carries a 1.5kg penalty for his … Read more
Race 6: The Western Front (3) Cotton Tree (1) Treasury Place (10) Queen Beira (9) Race 7: Villa Seventynine (2) Gallant Prince (3) Delta Sky (15) Dreams Come True (14) Race 8: A Good Yarn (2) Mr Assertive (3) Sea … Read more
Mickael Barzalona bookended a dominant performance in the LONGINES International Jockeys Championship (IJC) with victories in the first and last legs of the four-race challenge to become the third French rider to lift the trophy following Christophe Lemaire (2009) and … Read more
Australian trainer Tony Gollan admits the path his star galloper Antino has taken to get to the HK$36 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 December) is one of racing’s bizarre stories. Antino … Read more
Japanese superstar Yuga Kawada and trainer Mitsumasa Nakauchida find themselves in the familiar role of attempting to spoil the party in Sunday’s HK$40 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m), with Liberty Island viewed by many observers as the main … Read more
LONGINES Hong Kong Cup Content and Wingspan – IRE Aidan O’Brien’s squad was out in formation again behind lead horse Hypnosis, trotting past the finishing line and heading out for another canter on the all-weather track, clocking times of 1.34.4 … Read more
Several returning heroes were among the galaxy of stars present at the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) press conference at Tai Kwun in Central, Hong Kong on Tuesday (3 December). Among them was Rachel King, who will be hoping … Read more
Race 1 Thurmond [5] Noble Steed [3] Broadhurst [12] Rose Diamond [14] Race 2 Lake Vostok [6] Eishaa [4] Friday At Five [3] Kind Gesture [1] Race 3 Inexorable [1] Chakado [2] Ersa [3] Ourania [9] Race 4 Samangu [4] … Read more
Ryan Moore was playing it typically cool over his chances in Wednesday’s (4 December) LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley. Moore was among the 12 superstar riders at the LONGINES IJC Press Conference in Tai Kwun, the culture … Read more
There are small stables the length and breadth of the racing world where the trainer would count themselves lucky to have one champion in a lifetime. For Jean-Pierre Gauvin, that horse looked to have been Saonois, the colt he … Read more
LONGINES Hong Kong Cup Calif – FR Calif was the first of the internationals to venture out onto the all-weather training on Tuesday and cantered under his regular work rider. Joint-trainer Yann Lerner said: “I am very happy with the … Read more
English trainer Andrew Balding is hoping to turn back the clock 20 years when he hands The Foxes the formidable task of taking on the globally acclaimed local champion Romantic Warrior in the HK$40 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup … Read more
Tastiera will attempt to become Japan’s seventh winner of the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) since 1999 at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 December) when the accomplished stayer tackles Romantic Warrior. One of nine of top Japanese contenders to … Read more
Karis Teetan is predicting fierce competition in the 2024 LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) when 12 of the world’s best jockeys converge on Wednesday night (4 December) at Happy Valley after the allocation of rides was completed this morning (Monday, … Read more
A bit of local knowledge goes a long way for Hugh Bowman, who appeared pleasantly surprised at the outcome of the rides allocation for Wednesday’s (4 December) LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC). Bowman was part of the delegation for a … Read more
LONGINES Hong Kong Cup Calif – FR Jogged for one circuit of the all-weather track before cantering solo under his regular work rider, coasting home in a leisurely 28.7 seconds for the last 400 metres. Travelling head groom Willy Royer … Read more
Ricky Yiu launches a three-pronged attack in the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 8 December and Yiu believed all his three runners will go close. Since Fairy King Prawn’s victory in the inaugural Hong … Read more
Two women, whose passion for riding and racing was nurtured in the English countryside, are determined to create history in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley on Wednesday (4 December). Hollie Doyle, 28, who rode her … Read more
Rounding out the four Grade 1 races that make up the JRA’s Japan Autumn International Series, the Champions Cup will be run at Chukyo Racecourse near Nagoya this Sunday. It’s run on dirt over 1,800 meters at the left-handed track, … Read more
The LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) has meant a lot to leading homegrown jockey Vincent Ho, who has just joined one of horse racing’s most elite clubs with his 600th Hong Kong winner last Wednesday (27 November). Victor of the … Read more