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Ka Ying Rising emerges as new Hong Kong sprinting star
Hong Kong has discovered a new sprinting star following Ka Ying Rising’s (Shamexpress) victory in Sunday’s Sha Tin Vase Handicap (Gr 3, 1200m). The David Hayes-trained gelding faced his biggest test and most daunting opposition after winning his past three starts, all at Sha Tin, but again showed his class in the eight-runner field. Now... Read More
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Tony Cruz prepares for Champions & Chater Cup tilt with Happy Valley success
Bidding for a remarkable eighth win in the Champions & Chater Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, Tony Cruz laid down a timely marker for this weekend’s feature with Superb Capitalist’s (Capitalist) victory at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Ridden confidently by Matthew Chadwick, Superb Capitalist slotted his fourth course and distance... Read More
Ng hits 100 Hong Kong wins as Taj Dragon strikes for Ellis Wong
Pierre Ng swept to his 100th Hong Kong winner and Ellis Wong notched his most important success when Taj Dragon (Mehmas) forged to victory in the Class 1 Racing Heritage Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. In only his second season as a trainer, Ng took 1,033 runners across 159 meetings to reach a... Read More
Copartner Prance makes it four in a row as Lui closes to within three of Ng in trainers’ championship
Francis Lui’s relentless push for the 2023/24 Hong Kong trainers’ championship continued at Happy Valley on Wednesday when Copartner Prance (Epaulette) extended his winning streak to four with victory in the Class 3 Seine Handicap (1200m). Ridden patiently by Zac Purton after an early speed battle, Copartner Partner nabbed pacemaker California Touch (Deep Field) in... Read More
Yiu joins Hong Kong racing’s 1,000-win club with treble
Ricky Yiu has joined Hong Kong racing’s elite by reaching the 1,000-win milestone to match the feats of the city’s most decorated trainers with Hayday’s (Deep Field) breakthrough success at Sha Tin on Saturday. Among the first intake of apprentices in 1972 into The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Apprentice Jockeys’ School, Yiu took out his... Read More
Tony Cruz notches Happy Valley treble to continue hot streak
Tony Cruz’s accelerating advance in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship continued in blistering fashion with a Happy Valley treble on Wednesday when the veteran horseman vaulted into the top four of the 2023/24 standings. With six wins from three meetings this month, Cruz has built impressive momentum in a season highlighted by California Spangle’s (Starspangledbanner)... Read More