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Trainer Shane Baertschiger is plotting a path towards the Singapore Derby (1800m) for Red Ocean (NZ) (Ocean Park) following the bold frontrunner’s quick return to winning ways in the $70,000 Kranji Stakes C race over 1600m on Saturday. The Singapore feature over 1800m, to be staged this year
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New Zealand-bred gelding Beluga (NZ) (Tavistock) upstaged several Four-Year-Old Classic Series contenders with his victory in the Class 2 Chek Keng Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, prompting trainer David Hall to consider loftier targets with the son of Tavistock Beluga’s record of five wins and eight minor
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New Zealand-bred five-year-old Zebrowski (NZ) (Savabeel) ran out a strong winner of the Gr.3 January Cup (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night for trainer Caspar Fownes. The son of Savabeel relished the strong tempo to come from mid field under Joao Moreira to score in the city circuit’
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) stepped out for a routine barrier trial at Sha Tin this morning as he builds towards the HK$12 million Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) later this month. Stepping out under familiar ally Vincent Ho, Golden Sixty broke cleanly before extending to cross the
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Trainer Stephen Crutchley, who has spent the last seven years in Singapore after leaving New Zealand back in 2014, can’t wait to get the new season underway in the nation after recently being granted an “A” license by the Singapore Turf Club. Crutchley, who trained on his own accord
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Odds-on favourite Attila (NZ) (Showcasing) quickly put behind the disappointment of a delayed racing debut from the tail-end of last year with a flying start at the Singapore season opener six weeks later. Trainer Shane Baertschiger had the Showcasing four-year-old primed and ready for his baptism of fire in a
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Packing Victory’s (NZ) (Reliable Man) emergence as a leading contender for the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) on January 30 continued with a triumph in the Class 2 Cherry Handicap (1400m) for jockey Alexis Badel and trainer Danny Shum at Sha Tin on Saturday. Posting his fourth win from
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Paul O’Sullivan is buoyant of a positive result with stable star Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) in Saturday’s HK$3.7 million Gr.3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin, hopeful his charge can reap the benefits from his remarkable reliability on the track. “He
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A changing of the guard at the powerful Te Akau operation will result in Donna Logan’s Singapore training career going to a new level in 2022 with a dramatic boost to her stable’s firepower. Logan will take charge of the majority of Mark Walker’s stable, including Te
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If Matamata trainer Graham Richardson is sent a horse by Hong Kong agent Willie Leung he knows there’s a better chance than usual that it will be good – as current Hong Kong champion Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) has proven. Golden Sixty, who won his second Gr.1 Hong
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A stellar weekend for Trelawney Stud was crowned on foreign shores when farm graduate Sky Field (Deep Field) triumphed in the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday evening. It was a race with tragic outcomes with an horrific fall at the top of the straight,
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New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) stands alone as Hong Kong’s most prolific winner in history after he successfully defended his Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) crown at Sha Tin. Nailing yet another heart-stopping win under jockey Vincent Ho, Hong