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Ricky Yiu is enjoying his best season ever in terms of his numerical success and on Sunday (26 April) at Sha Tin he will attempt to cap it with a Group One win. Voyage Warrior (Declaration of War) stunned the big guns with a front-running victory in the Gr.2
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New Zealand Bloodstock graduate Team Power secured his maiden win in Hong Kong on Sunday when victorious in the Class 4 Norfolk Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin. The four-year-old was purchased out of Lyndhurst Stud’s 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale draft by Bruce and Maureen Harvey’
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Former New Zealand galloper Mighty Giant (NZ) (Power) took another step up the ladder with an impressive performance in the Class 3 Dorset Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Ricky Yiu-trained gelding had his work cut out in the early stages under jockey Zac Purton but had enough
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Jockey Zac Purton brought up his fifth Hong Kong century at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. “The target at the start of the season is always 100 and I think if you ride that amount of winners you’ve had a very good season,” Purton said. “It’s not easy
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia D'Oro) was the talk of Happy Valley on Wednesday night with trainer Francis Lui revealing that his sensational Hong Kong Derby (2000m) hero will not contest the Gr.1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on April 26. “He won’t run,” Lui said. “He’s achieved
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A final decision is yet to be made on Golden Sixty’s participation in the Gr.1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on 26 April but trainer Francis Lui is pleased with the Medaglia d’Oro gelding following his sparkling BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) win last month. “He seems good,
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Douglas Whyte bagged the 29th win of his rookie season as a trainer when Simply Fluke (NZ) (Keeper) broke his maiden in section two of the Class 4 Wan Tsui Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. It was the five-year-old’s first start for the handler following a stable
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Voyage Warrior (Declaration Of War) went a long way to fulfilling his prodigious potential with a make-all win in the Gr.2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The New Zealand Bloodstock sales graduate shot relished the rain-affected turf and dominated his seven rivals under an inspired Vincent
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Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) brushed aside the younger challenger and shrugged off old rivals to win the Gr.2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) at Sha Tin, setting up the prospect of an unprecedented third victory in the Gr.1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at the end of the
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Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) showed last time out that any ‘has-been’ talk was premature but when the champ takes on Waikuku (Harbour Watch) in Sunday’s (5 April) Gr.2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) he’ll be facing a rival who has had his measure the last four
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Righteous Mate had only one horse behind him with 300m to race in the Class 4 Pui O Handicap at Sha Tin on Wednesday but rolled past the rest to land a 92/1 shock under Brazilian hoop Vagner Borges. “He’s been running quite well and his last run
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Jockey Karis Teetan was in hot form at Sha Tin on Wednesday winning three on the card, two aboard New Zealand-bred gallopers. Goldie Flanker (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) flashed home to seal Teetan’s second win of the evening in section one of the Class 4 Kiu Tsui Handicap (1200m)