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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)
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New Zealand-bred galloper Juneau Park (NZ) (Ocean Park) made it back-to-back wins when victorious in the Class 4 So Uk Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. It was the John Size-trained four-year-old’s fifth start in Hong Kong and jockey Joao Moreira was suitably pleased with the effort under
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Joao Moreira has become the fourth jockey to rack up 900 winners in Hong Kong. Moreira rode five winners at Sha Tin on Sunday with racing continuing in the Asian centre throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The meeting went ahead after the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) received a late exemption
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It’s taken 52 race meetings but a Zac Purton double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (25 March) meant the champion jockey poked his nose into the lead in the title race for the first time since late September. The Australian ace arrived at the city-side venue one win
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Leading racing commentator Mark McNamara has handled the transition to one of the world’s most watched racing jurisdictions with aplomb. The Australian racecaller, who until August of last year spent more than a decade plying his trade in New Zealand, recently made the move to Hong Kong, where racing
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Matamata trainer Graham Richardson can take great heart from knowing he played a key role in the success of Hong Kong superstar Golden Sixty, who turned in a remarkable performance to win Sunday’s HK$20 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m), his tenth win in 11 starts. The Medaglia D’
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) triumphed in an epic HK$20 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin to complete a brilliant whitewash of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series. The victory was a first in the race for jockey Vincent Ho, who ended a run of outs for ‘homegrown’
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Ex-pat New Zealand trainer Paul O’Sullivan said there is no place he feels safer than Hong Kong right now and he has been impressed with the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s handling of Covid-19 protocols. “The Hong Kong Jockey Club really has taken measures which are stronger than the