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Matamata trainer Graham Richardson can take great heart from knowing he played a key role in the success of Hong Kong superstar Golden Sixty, who turned in a remarkable performance to win Sunday’s HK$20 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m), his tenth win in 11 starts. The Medaglia D’
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) triumphed in an epic HK$20 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin to complete a brilliant whitewash of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series. The victory was a first in the race for jockey Vincent Ho, who ended a run of outs for ‘homegrown’
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When trainer Michael Clements made his choice from the only available three jockeys on standby for the replacement ride on Siam Blue Vanda (NZ) Echoes Of Heaven) in the S$400,000 Stewards’ Cup (1600m), little did he know he was about to give someone the opportunity of a rare
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Ex-pat New Zealand trainer Paul O’Sullivan said there is no place he feels safer than Hong Kong right now and he has been impressed with the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s handling of Covid-19 protocols. “The Hong Kong Jockey Club really has taken measures which are stronger than the
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The world may be in the grips of the Covid-19 epidemic, but it is business as usual for Te Akau’s Singapore trainer Mark Walker. The premiership-leading trainer has been impressed with Singapore’s handling of the virus, which has meant racing has been able to continue on the island
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Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) put a mishap in the gates behind him last month with an impressive win in Wednesday's Class 2 Begonia Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley, securing Hong Kong’s champion jockey Zac Purton a double and his sixth win from the last two race
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Jimmy Ting is hoping Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) can put a mishap in the gates behind him when he takes his place in the Class 2 Begonia Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. “The horses form is good, he’s still fit and he looked very good in
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British racing authorities have moved to assure participants efforts will be made to financially support them during the sport's suspension. The British Horseracing Authority has called racing off until the end of April because of the coronavirus pandemic. BHA chief executive Nick Rust says the governing body will
It’s only after Axel’s (NZ) (Darci Brahma) barnstorming win at his last start that trainer Mark Walker began to toy with the idea he could be a Derby horse. The Darci Brahma four-year-old’s previous runs would not really have warranted such lofty dreams, albeit luck was not
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The Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in North American horse racing's Triple Crown, has been postponed to September 5 from May due to the coronavirus outbreak, Churchill Downs says. It marks only the second time in the race's 146-year history that the 'Run for the
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It’s 10 years since Caspar Fownes beamed in the afterglow of Super Satin’s (NZ) (Danehill Dancer) moment of BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) glory and on Sunday the handler will look to another talented Kiwi to end his decade-long wait for a follow-up. Columbus County (NZ) (Redwood) will
Judges could not split War Pride (NZ) (Tavistock) and Kimitonara (Star Witness) after they came out tops in a stirring four-cornered fight in Friday's Class 4 race over 1700m in Singapore. The better-fancied ($8) War Pride took the first run after coming from a one-out one-back spot. Kimitonara