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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
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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
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Sacred Capital (NZ) (O'Reilly) will line up at the Gr.3 January Cup (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The Macau-based galloper returns to the city having placed fourth to Southern Legend(Not A Single Doubt) in the Ladies’ Purse. Regular partner Peter Ho was in the
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’oro) made a big statement with an impressive win in the Gr.3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha tin on Wednesday. The exciting rising star dominated the New Year’s Day feature to cement his status as a chief protagonist for this season’
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Caspar Fownes has BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) ambitions for The Hulk (Spirit of Boom) who will attempt to prove his Classic Series credentials with a muscle-flexing display in the Class 2 Chai Wan Kok Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Thursday. “He’s here to get into the Four-Year-Old
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Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) hit overdrive late in the play to land his third win on the bounce in the Class 3 Long Valley Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Saturday, sealing a double for trainer Paul O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan, who had taken out the opening event with
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Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) produced a stellar performance at Happy Valley on Wednesday, coasting to an eased-down four and a half-length victory in the Class 3 Venus Handicap (1200m). “He surprised me how easy he won. I thought he’d win but not by that far,” jockey Zac Purton
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Highly Proactive (NZ) (Coats Choice), who raced as The Last Won in New Zealand, brought up his first win on Wednesday night since arriving in Hong Kong earlier this year. The four-year-old son of Coats Choice shrugged off inexperience and a wide passage to take the Class 3 Venus Handicap
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Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) has had his fair share of hiccups along the way but his five-and-a-half length win last-start highlighted Zac Purton’s strong opinion of him and the champion jockey is looking for a follow-up in the Class 3 Venus Handicap (1200m) in Hong Kong on Wednesday
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Trainer John Size and jockey Joao Moreira spoke of vindication and feeling humbled in an unusually emotion-charged response to their win with Hong Kong’s most consistent sprinter Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook) in the LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on Sunday at Sha Tin. Moreira declared he would cherish the