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Tomodachi Kokoroe to be aimed at top sprints after latest victories
David Hayes is hopeful Tomodachi Kokoroe (Written Tycoon) can complete a remarkable journey by gaining a start in the Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) in December after the evergreen galloper clinched the Class 2 Shing Mun Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Imported to Hong Kong as a 64-rater as the winner of... Read More
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Derek Leung notches 500th Hong Kong win as Tony Cruz slots Happy Valley treble
Derek Leung soared into elite company during a meeting of milestones at Happy Valley on Wednesday night by becoming only the fourth homegrown Hong Kong, China jockey to reach the 500-win landmark. Leung, 37, joined Tony Cruz (946), Vincent Ho (612) and Matthew Chadwick (569) as the city’s only homegrown riders to post 500 or... Read More
Manfred Man hits 700 winners as Luke Ferraris stars with treble
Manfred Man soared into select company at Sha Tin on Saturday when the veteran horseman snared his 700th win as a trainer to join an illustrious band of contemporaries with Ruby Sailing’s (Starspangledbanner) victory. A former champion apprentice jockey whose most significant success in the saddle came aboard Go-Getter in the 1979 QEII Cup, Man... Read More
Fast Network snares National Day Cup for Yip and Badel
Trainer Dennis Yip claimed a timely first win of the 2025/26 season, taking out the feature National Day Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1000m) at Sha Tin’s National Day fixture on Wednesday when his stable star Fast Network (Wrote) blitzed an impressive field under Alexis Badel, who won the contest for a third time. Badel won... Read More
Bowman at the double as Fownes-Wong partnership flourishes
An abridged Sha Tin race meeting on Sunday was cut short due to the deterioration of the track in torrential rain, but not before Hugh Bowman secured an imposing double that took him to five wins for the season. The Australian got off to the best possible start after landing the opener in yielding conditions,... Read More
Caspar Fownes shines with Happy Valley four-timer
Reprising his role as ‘King of the Valley,’ Caspar Fownes vaulted to the top of the 2025/26 Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a quartet at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Hong Kong’s most successful trainer at the track, Fownes boosted his career tally of wins at Happy Valley to 633 after combining with Ellis Wong... Read More