Demonstrating the benefits of an exhaustive three-month stint at the end of last season, Harry Bentley put hard-won lessons into immediate effect with victory on Turin Redstar (Kyllachy) in the Class 3 Community Chest Cup Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley yesterday. Snaring the first points in the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge, Turin Redstar gave... Read More

David Hayes has identified the Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) on December 12 as Naboo Attack’s (Warhead) primary target after the hulking import’s impressive triumph in the Class 1 Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin yesterday.  Fulfilling predictions that he was primed to have an immediate impact on the 2021/22 term, the... Read More

Vincent Ho has crowned a glorious season by claiming his third consecutive Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading local jockey, clinching overall honours with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Already the jurisdiction’s leading Group 1 rider in 2020/21 with five successes at elite level – four on Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro)... Read More

Caspar Fownes has claimed victory in the gripping battle with John Size for the 2020/21 Hong Kong trainers’ championship after a pulsating final Sha Tin meeting of the season yesterday saw Fownes emerge with an unassailable lead. With only nine races left at Happy Valley’s season finale on Wednesday night (July 14), Fownes leads 79-72... Read More

Accustomed to the stratospheric heights of Hong Kong racing as a 13-time champion jockey, Douglas Whyte savoured one of his sweetest moments as a trainer when Mister Snowdon (Lethal Force) delivered on meticulous planning to win the Class 2 Ip Jug Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday. Whyte identified Sunday’s feature as the objective for... Read More