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Frankie Lor concedes a significant rise in the handicap ratings leaves Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) with a difficult challenge when the gelding attempts to post consecutive wins in the HK$4.2 million Gr.3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (5 November). Money Catcher
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Per Incanto gelding Asif (NZ) (Per Incanto) got his second win in four starts in Singapore when overcoming the favourite Akhtar with ease in a Class 3 race (1200) on Saturday. It probably did not look that easy when the Steven Burridge-trained gelding was ridden hard over the final furlong
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Antipodean mares have again proved their worth in Japan, and the latest high-level success came at Kyoto on Sunday when Durezza (Duramente), a son of Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine More Than Sacred (More Than Ready), powered to a three and a half-length triumph in Sunday’s Gr.
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Zac Purton believes Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) is poised to improve significantly in the Gr.2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (22 October), but is wary of race tactics which might again favour Victor The Winner in the HK$5.35 million feature. Danny Shum’s
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Fresh from a Happy Valley double, Pierre Ng will bid to add further impetus to an impressive start to the season by throwing down the gauntlet to champion sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) with Duke Wai (NZ), a son of Per Incanto, in the Gr.2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m)
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Trainer Francis Lui declared Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) a ‘happy horse’ ahead of his highly anticipated return this season in either the Gr.2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) on 19 November or Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on 10 December. Initially slated to
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Trainer Manfred Man hopes star sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) can recapture his winning thread in Sunday’s (22 October) HK$5.35 million Gr.2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin. The reigning champion sprinter’s six-race unbeaten streak was halted first-up by the runaway Victor The Winner
Kungfu Hero (Press Statement), a son of Novara Park stallion Press Statement, made a bold statement on Saturday with a smashing five-and-a-quarter length debut win in Singapore. For good measure, the Jerome Tan-trained three-year-old also set a new Class record of 1 min 9.1secs over the six furlongs on
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Trainer Frankie Lor is buoyant Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) can take another step forward this season as he readies for Sunday’s HK$5.35 million Gr.2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin. The six-year-old returns first-up after steadily climbing the ranks last term, where he rose
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Trelawney Stud bred Singapore Horse of the Year Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) won his second consecutive Raffles Cup in Kranji on Saturday to take his record to 16 wins from 19 starts. Trainer Daniel Meagher also won his third Raffles Cup, which equalled his father’s – ex-Kranji trainer John Meagher
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The phenomenal rise of Pasir Pinji (NZ) (Nadeem), named after a new village in Ipoh, will forever earn a place in the annals of horse racing in Malaysia. The New Zealand bred gelding arrived from Singapore with just one win in an Open Maiden in 18 starts at Kranji. A
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Sidelined with serious injury during Hong Kong racing’s off-season, Vincent Ho hopes Dream Winner can provide the perfect return to competition when Frankie Lor’s unbeaten sprinter contests the Class 2 Causeway Bay Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (17 September). Four-time winner of the Tony Cruz Award