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Spectacular Sixty, Shinn star on Hong Kong’s biggest stage
It was touted as his biggest test yet, but Queensland-bred Golden Sixty (6 g Medaglia d’Oro – Gaudeamus by Distorted Humor) turned the Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) into another procession as he took his record to 19 wins from 20 starts – the equal of the great American mare Zenyatta (Street Cry) –... Read More
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Purton wins record-equalling third International Jockeys’ Championship, Hayes snares trainer’s prize
Zac Purton has joined Douglas Whyte and Frankie Dettori as a triple winner of the International Jockeys’ Championship, claiming the title without a victory in the four-race series at Happy Valley yesterday evening, to add further lustre to a phenomenal resume. Four days after overtaking Whyte as the winner of the most prize-money as a... Read More
Zac Purton breaks Douglas Whyte’s prize-money record ahead of IJC defence
Zac Purton has overtaken Douglas Whyte’s all-time Hong Kong prize-money record by posting a double at Sha Tin yesterday shaping as the perfect prelude to his title defence of the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Trailing 13-time champion jockey Whyte’s record haul of HK$1,587,210,086 – accumulated from 1,813 wins – Purton... Read More
Joao Moreira builds impressive momentum with Happy Valley treble
Joao Moreira’s stunning recent form has continued after the Brazilian notched a second treble in four days, further reducing Zac Purton’s lead in the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship at Happy Valley yesterday. Trailing by nine winners heading into the 24th meeting of the season, Moreira’s treble aboard Super Hong Kong (Kermadec), A Smile Like Yours... Read More
Size and Moreira post trebles as Borges strikes with Silver Express in Chevalier Cup
An inspired Vagner Borges ride aboard Silver Express (Canford Cliffs) provided John Size with his fourth Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m) triumph at Sha Tin yesterday, while the Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) on December 12 remains firmly on the agenda for Size’s luckless runner-up Excellent Proposal (Exceed And Excel). Given a seamless... Read More
Danny Shum passes 700 Hong Kong-win milestone
Danny Shum celebrated his 700th Hong Kong winner in typically understated fashion when exciting talent Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) won the second section of the Class 4 Murrayfield Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. A protégé of Ivan Allan and famed by Little Bridge’s (Faltaat) win in the 2012 running of the King’s Stand... Read More