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Silvestre de Sousa believes Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) has the potential to scale horse racing’s pinnacle. Twice victorious at Group Three level in Hong Kong, Money Catcher finished third in the 2022 Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) and also in February’s Gr.1 Citi Hong Kong
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FWD Champions Day on Sunday (30 April) looms as an important milestone for talented New Zealand trainer Andrew Forsman who will saddle his first international runner outside Australasia when Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) tackles the best Hong Kong has to offer in the HK$20 million Gr.1 FWD Champions
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) is aiming to join elite company with victory in Sunday’s (30 April) HK$20 million Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on FWD Champions Day. Triumphant in the first two legs of Hong Kong’s three-race Speed Series, Lucky Sweynesse
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Hong Kong’s domestic racing prize money will rise by eight percent for the 2023/24 season, featuring increases across every class of competition - from Griffins to Class 1 and the Four-Year-Old Classic Series - with an additional HK$94 million (NZ$19.5 million) on offer. Including bonuses,
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Ahead of his bid to capture a record third successive G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday week, Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) left both trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho satisfied following his effort in a barrier trial on Tuesday morning. Successful in the
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) consolidated his status as Hong Kong’s premier sprinter with a comfortable triumph in the Gr.2 Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. The authority contained in Lucky Sweynesse’s one-length win over reigning Hong Kong Champion Sprinter Wellington and Master Eight prompted trainer
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Expat New Zealand trainer Donna Logan filled 3 of the first 4 placings in the S$110,000 Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint at Kranji on Saturday. January (NZ) (Swiss Ace) prevailed in a thriller by a head over the game Bestseller, but it was a great result for Logan’
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) has continued to raise the bar this season for trainer Manfred Man and on Sunday at Sha Tin the star four-year-old can add further gloss to an already impressive campaign if he is successful in the HK$5 million Gr.2 Sprint Cup (1200m)
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New Zealand bred Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) was only about a length from the winner when finishing a brave fifth in the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200) in Dubai on Sunday. Scoring the upset victory in the straight 1200 was Danyah for jockey Dane O’Neill and local
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Newly crowned Singapore Horse Of The Year Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) showed his dominance in the S$300,000 Raffles Cup (1600m) with a comfortable win at Kranji on Saturday. Already an effortless winner in the Merlion Trophy over 1200m on February 4 this year, Lim’s Kosciuszko went to
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Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) reigned supreme at the Singapore Racing awards this week, crowned Champion Sprinter, Champion Four-Year-Old, and Horse of the Year. Unbeaten at his first four runs in 2021, the Trelawney Stud-bred gelding picked up where he left off with another four consecutive wins in
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Star New Zealand-bred sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) collected his second Group One crown in as many starts at Sha Tin on Sunday as he reeled in a brave California Spangle to lift the HK$12 million Gr.1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m). Ridden by fly-in