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Vincent Ho readies for the Hong Kong season off another ‘Covid summer’

The start of the Hong Kong season is a week and a half away and Vincent Ho is re-engaging with the daily routines around Sha Tin as he looks forward to what he hopes will be another big campaign in tandem with Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro). Ho has been “back at work” for the past... Read More

15 for Caravaggio

New first season sire winners Caravaggio Coolmore’s Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) sired his 15th individual winner when Clarence C (2 f ex Canterbury Lace by Danehill) got off the mark at the second time of asking when winning a maiden over seven furlongs at Moulins last Monday. Trained by Nick LIttmoden, Clarence C beat Sarwar (Pedro... Read More

Red Hawk (AUS)

Red Hawk (AUS)  3 c Deep Field – She Chose Me by Foxwedge O: Seymour Bloodstock, Mr C J Arthur, Mrs C M Arthur, Pipeliner Bloodstock Pty Ltd B: Seymour Bloodstock T: Tony and Calvin McEvoy S: 2020 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale V: Newhaven Park P: McEvoy–Mitchell Racing/Belmont Bloodstock, $260,000 W: Spirit of Valor @... Read More

Ingratiating

We love the bargain basement stories, like the Takeover Targets, or the one about the passed-in mare snapped up the next day for $1,000 while in foal with this year’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Stay Inside.  But sometimes we’re dazzled as well by the big hitters, the whales who swim in a league... Read More

York’s Ebor meeting, Deauville’s Le Marois and the seemingly doomed Arlington – racing’s most underrated fixtures?

Two years ago to the day was the last time I set foot on an English racecourse – for day one of York’s Ebor Festival. It seems a lifetime ago. And with a near capacity crowd expected for today’s Group 1 Juddmonte International, that’s a racing experience which seems very much a world away as... Read More

Hong Kong trainers welcome PP import ratings change

Champion trainer Caspar Fownes has welcomed the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s recent change which sees horses imported into Hong Kong on a Private Purchase (PP) permit given a five-point lower initial rating than was the case previously.  “I’ve been talking about this for years, so to finally see it come to fruition is outstanding,” Fownes... Read More