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Wary and respectful of world-class opposition, Francis Lui carries a characteristically understated sense of confidence into the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) with Golden Sixty at Sha Tin on Sunday. The New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale graduate, who did his early education in Matamata under
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Ricky Yiu heads to Sunday’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races with a three-pronged assault across the four-race HK$95 million showcase spearheaded by Voyage Warrior (Declaration of War), who will look to secure his trainer a fourth Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) success. Yiu is
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New Zealand-bred gelding Sure Will Do (NZ) (Per Incanto) will put his unbeaten record on the line when he lines up in a 1200m event in Singapore on Saturday. The Stephen Gray-trained son of Per Incanto posted a winning debut over 1200m in October, backing it up with
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Inferno (Holy Roman Emperor) has been ruled out of Sunday’s Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m). The son of Holy Roman Emperor, who was one of three overseas runners in the Group One feature, failed the vet check on Tuesday when he was found to be lame in
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Chad Schofield has the chance of producing a significant piece of history this Sunday (13 December) at Sha Tin when he partners Rattan (NZ) (Savabeel) with the hope of joining his father Glyn on the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) honour roll, which would be a Hong Kong
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The Barree Stable colours flew high for the second year running in the Singapore Golden Horseshoe (1200m) when Boomba (NZ) (Showcasing) came with a grinding run to claim top prize right on the line. Last year, the Australian outfit headed by Glenn Whittenbury were successful with their stable superstar Inferno
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The well-backed Whistle Grand (NZ) (Coats Choice) recorded a hard-fought win in the Lim’s Racer 2016 Stakes (1400m) in Singapore on Saturday. Vastly-improved since donning blinkers three runs back when victorious (for his second career win) in Class 5 company, the Coats Choice five-year-old
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Getting to know a horse better as a team was the key ingredient towards Zygarde (NZ) (Atlante) finally showing his true colours on Saturday. Since his encouraging debut third almost a year ago, the son of Atlante named after a Pokemon dragon had not quite fulfilled that early promise with
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Karis Teetan is optimistic that an improved Will Power (NZ) (Power) can continue his ascent up the ratings with a third consecutive win in Sunday’s red-hot Class 2 Ashley Handicap (dirt, 1200m). The talented dirt specialist has five wins from nine starts, all on the dirt, and now
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Jockey Joao Moreira stole the show at Happy Valley on Wednesday with his fourth treble in a row, capping his hat-trick with a smart victory aboard Kinda Cool (NZ) (Per Incanto) in the first section of the Class 4 Gloucester Handicap (1200m). “It’s not too difficult when you
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New Zealand-bred four-year-old Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) has proven he’s worthy to mix it with the best in the Hong Kong Four-Year-Old Classic Series with a strong win in the Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m), the day’s feature, at Sha Tin
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Chris So believes maturity was the key to Classic Unicorn’s (NZ) (Per Incanto) first-up success and he is hopeful that his talented speedster can repeat the dose in Wednesday’s Hong Kong feature, the Class 2 Chai Wan Kok Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley. “The horse is more