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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
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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
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Hong Kong raider Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) finished a brave fourth placing in the Gr.3 Korea Sprint (1200m) at Seoul Racecourse in South Korea on Sunday. Squeezed for running room as he left barrier 11, Duke Wai was forced to settle at the rear before steadily making ground
Major King (NZ) (Per Incanto) stamped himself as a horse with a big future in feature sprints in Singapore after he lumped 58.5kgs to win the Class 3 race over 1200m on the Polytrack at Kranji on Saturday. At the start jockey Manoel Nunes was mindful of the big
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Zac Purton has sounded a note of caution ahead of Lucky Sweynesse’s (NZ) (Sweynesse) return in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) on Sunday after the champion sprinter breezed through a delayed trial at Sha Tin on Monday. Postponed from its original schedule of Friday
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Reigning Singapore Horse of the Year Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) made it back-to-back wins in the S$300,000 Lion City Cup (1200m) at Kranji on Sunday. The Kiwi import is the best horse in Singapore and again proved that status for trainer Daniel Meagher and jockey Wong Chin Chuen.
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The Donnacha O’Brien trained filly Asean stormed home in Sunday’s Listed Curragh Stakes (1000m) at Curragh giving sire Ten Sovereigns his first black type winner. A lovely progressive type, Asean settled off the pace early and when asked to sprint by jockey Gavin Ryan 200 meters from home