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Fresh from a Happy Valley double, Pierre Ng will bid to add further impetus to an impressive start to the season by throwing down the gauntlet to champion sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) with Duke Wai (NZ), a son of Per Incanto, in the Gr.2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m)
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Trainer Francis Lui declared Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) a ‘happy horse’ ahead of his highly anticipated return this season in either the Gr.2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) on 19 November or Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on 10 December. Initially slated to
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Trainer Manfred Man hopes star sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) can recapture his winning thread in Sunday’s (22 October) HK$5.35 million Gr.2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin. The reigning champion sprinter’s six-race unbeaten streak was halted first-up by the runaway Victor The Winner
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Trainer Frankie Lor is buoyant Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) can take another step forward this season as he readies for Sunday’s HK$5.35 million Gr.2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin. The six-year-old returns first-up after steadily climbing the ranks last term, where he rose
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Sidelined with serious injury during Hong Kong racing’s off-season, Vincent Ho hopes Dream Winner can provide the perfect return to competition when Frankie Lor’s unbeaten sprinter contests the Class 2 Causeway Bay Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (17 September). Four-time winner of the Tony Cruz Award
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Zac Purton has sounded a note of caution ahead of Lucky Sweynesse’s (NZ) (Sweynesse) return in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) on Sunday after the champion sprinter breezed through a delayed trial at Sha Tin on Monday. Postponed from its original schedule of Friday
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club has confirmed the retirement of trainer Tony Millard. The club’s licensing committee approved Millard’s application to relinquish his trainer’s licence, as the 61-year-old brings down the curtain on a training career that had entered its fourth decade and yielded more than 700
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The 26-year training career of Hong Kong conditioner Peter Ho came to an end on Sunday when his five runners in the season’s final meeting failed to deliver the two wins required for him to avoid receiving his third and final strike. The trainer of 634 winners since the
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An extraordinary 2022/23 Hong Kong horse racing season ended in remarkable fashion on Sunday, 16 July at Sha Tin Racecourse and reinforced Hong Kong’s world-class racing with history-making performances of outstanding horses, trainers and jockeys. With only 1,250 horses in training – or around 0.7 percent of
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A stellar campaign in Hong Kong for Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) has increased the focus on his New Zealand-based sire. The Manfred Man-trained son of Novara Park’s Sweynesse was named this season’s Champion Sprinter and Champion Four-Year-Old in the Asian racing jurisdiction. He advanced from his 98 rating
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As Hong Kong’s racing season comes to a close at Sha Tin on Sunday night, expat Kiwi trainer Jamie Richards reflects positively on his first season training in the Asian racing jurisdiction. The former Te Akau Racing head trainer has enjoyed his first foray into training in Hong Kong
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Golden Sixty’s (Medaglia d'Oro) record-breaking performance during the 2022/23 racing season saw Hong Kong’s champion earn the Horse of the Year title for a third consecutive year at a special presentation in Hong Kong on Friday night. As such, the Karaka graduate becomes the first