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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
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“Let the show begin!” John Moore said after Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) worked through his final fast gallop before Sunday’s (8 December) G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m). The bay heads into the weekend with a chance to match Good Ba Ba’s record of three wins
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Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) has never held the official title of Hong Kong’s champion sprinter, yet when December rolls around he is a champion in every sense of the word. If successful in Sunday’s Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), he will have scaled a peak
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Expat New Zealand jockey James McDonald will represent Australia at the International Jockeys’ Challenge (IJC) in Hong Kong next month The in-form hoop has been based in Sydney for several years and has won the premiership on three occasions. The IJC is scheduled to be held at Happy Valley racecourse
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John Moore declared Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) “ready to win again” after watching the Hong Kong champion gallop along the Sha Tin back straight on Thursday morning. The world’s top-rated miler impressed his handler ahead of Sunday’s Gr.2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m), in which the
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Frankie Lor will launch his star sophomore Furore (NZ) (Pierro) at the Gr.3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Furore was Hong Kong's standout four-year-old last term thanks to wins in the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and Hong Kong Classic Mile
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Zac Purton will partner Not Usual Talent (NZ) (Zacinto) at Happy Valley on Wednesday in the Green Luck Handicap (1650m). Purton hasn’t ridden the Zacinto gelding on race day but has liked what he has seen and got a handle on the three-time winner in a recent gallop. “He
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Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) trialled at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning and appeared to be in fine order as he heads towards December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races as defending champion. Mr Stunning is yet to step into the race-day fray yet this term and is likely to