Ironside (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) provided Brazilian jockey Ruan Maia with his first win in Singapore as a long-term licensed jockey on Friday night. Two years ago, the then relative unknown, who had just begun plying his trade in Macau, came to Kranji for only one mission aboard the Lee Freedman-trained
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Prominent New Zealand horse owner Brian Court saw his colours shine for the first time at Kranji after Cavalla Court (NZ) (Sepoy) won the Open Maiden race over 1200m on Friday night. The owner-breeder behind the successful Westfield Farm and Courtco Racing had long toyed with the idea of racing
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Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) faces a pivotal test in Sunday’s Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin with not only the direction of future assignments but also his status as Hong Kong’s best miler in the balance. Trainer John Moore has his heart set on
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Highly Proactive (NZ) (Coats Choice) put up a rallying fightback to outpoint Shining Ace (Testa Rossa) in a thrilling finish to the Class 3 Chater Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Shining Ace had the 1.9 favourite on the ropes half-way down the home straight, but with
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Furore (NZ) (Pierro) returns to a mile in the Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday with trainer Frankie Lor hoping a short bout of sickness over the Christmas period will not have dulled the gelding’s big-race capability. “He had a temperature for a few days
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Richard Gibson is unperturbed by the outsider labels tagged to his stable stalwarts Rattan (NZ) (Savabeel) and Wishful Thinker (I Am Invincible) as they stride into Sunday’s two Group 1 features at Sha Tin Racecourse with eyes fixed on snagging a share of the lucrative prize fund. “They’re
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Wednesday’s (15 January) nine-race card at Happy Valley rounds out with a cracking finale as emerging talents Highly Proactive (NZ) (Coats Choice) and Snap Fit (NZ) (Nadeem) lock horns in the Class 3 Chater Handicap (1200m). Snap Fit won his first three starts, all at Happy Valley, before his
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Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) has a score to settle in Sunday’s (19 January) G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin and trainer Frankie Lor believes his top-class charge is in the right shape to prevail. The seven-year-old was denied a hat-trick of wins in the G1 LONGINES
Superlative (NZ) (Ferlax) was not quite how one could describe the Gold Stable’s relative newcomer in either his work on the training tracks or inconspicuous debut in August last year, but the output at his second race certainly was closer to it. The three-year-old son of 2013 Australian Guineas
A stable transfer is always a bit of a stab in the dark, but The Iceman’s (NZ) (Darci Brahma) maiden breakthrough at his very first start for trainer Donna Logan could not have come as a better stamp of approval the Kiwi handler was doing the right thing. Gracious
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Class filly Travelling Light displayed a brilliant turn of foot to down her male rivals as she left no excuses for the beaten brigade in the Gr.1 Woodridge Homes Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The El Roca three-year-old had gone close to Group One glory when finishing third in
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Many have been quick to label Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) a has-been after his disappointing finish to 2019 but Zac Purton is confident the reigning Horse of the Year can still have a big say at the top level after a promising trial at Sha Tin on Friday