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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) is aiming to join elite company with victory in Sunday’s (30 April) HK$20 million Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on FWD Champions Day. Triumphant in the first two legs of Hong Kong’s three-race Speed Series, Lucky Sweynesse has
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Hong Kong’s domestic racing prize money will rise by eight percent for the 2023/24 season, featuring increases across every class of competition - from Griffins to Class 1 and the Four-Year-Old Classic Series - with an additional HK$94 million (NZ$19.5 million) on offer. Including bonuses,
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Ahead of his bid to capture a record third successive G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday week, Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) left both trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho satisfied following his effort in a barrier trial on Tuesday morning. Successful in the
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) consolidated his status as Hong Kong’s premier sprinter with a comfortable triumph in the Gr.2 Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. The authority contained in Lucky Sweynesse’s one-length win over reigning Hong Kong Champion Sprinter Wellington and Master Eight prompted trainer Manfred
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) has continued to raise the bar this season for trainer Manfred Man and on Sunday at Sha Tin the star four-year-old can add further gloss to an already impressive campaign if he is successful in the HK$5 million Gr.2 Sprint Cup (1200m). Lucky Sweynesse
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New Zealand bred Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) was only about a length from the winner when finishing a brave fifth in the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200) in Dubai on Sunday. Scoring the upset victory in the straight 1200 was Danyah for jockey Dane O’Neill and local
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Star New Zealand-bred sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) collected his second Group One crown in as many starts at Sha Tin on Sunday as he reeled in a brave California Spangle to lift the HK$12 million Gr.1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m). Ridden by fly-in rider James
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A victory for Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) in Hong Kong on Sunday has trainer Pierre Ng hoping a invitation to the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint on 25 March in Dubai could be a possibility. “If we get an invitation from Dubai, we'll go to Dubai. I
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Champion galloper Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) overhauled Romantic Warrior in a gripping duel in the HK$12 million Gr.1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Jockey Vincent Ho stalked the pace aboard Golden Sixty before stoking Hong Kong’s champion up at the
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Luke Currie is expecting an improved effort from Sweet Encounter (NZ) when the Toronado gelding lines up in Sunday’s HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m). Slow away at the start before fading to a dead-heat eighth in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at the end of
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A tilt at Hong Kong’s most coveted prize is on the agenda for Atullibigeal after his victory in the Class 3 TVB Midlife, Sing & Shine Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Stepping up to a mile for the second time in his career, Atullibigeal raised the bar
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Crowning a perfect week for veteran trainer Manfred Man, rising star Lucky Sweynesse’s (NZ) (Sweynesse) redemptive victory in the HK$12 million Gr.1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday also provided Novara Park stallion Sweynesse with his first Group 1 winner. Devastated for Man after