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Lucky Sweynesse bounces back with Sprint Cup victory
Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse) sealed consecutive Sprint Cup (Gr 2, 1200m) wins on Sunday at Sha Tin for jockey Hugh Bowman and trainer Manfred Man. Banishing the memories of back-to-back defeats across his last two outings, Lucky Sweynesse returned in emphatic style on rain-dampened ground to round up the field in 1m 09.17s as favourite, while... Read More
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Tony Cruz notches 1,500th Hong Kong win as Beauty Joy lands Chairman’s Trophy
Tony Cruz further cemented his place in Hong Kong racing’s firmament of stars by reaching the 1,500-win milestone as a trainer with Beauty Joy’s (Sebring) victory in the Chairman’s Trophy (Gr 2, 1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Cruz, 67, became only the third trainer to reach the towering 1,500-win landmark in Hong Kong behind... Read More
Tony Cruz on brink of 1,500 Hong Kong wins after Sha Tin success
Fresh from Al Quoz Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) success in Dubai last Saturday with California Spangle (Starspangledbanner), Tony Cruz stands on the brink of another remarkable Hong Kong milestone after Monta Frutta’s (Capitalist) breakthrough success at Sha Tin’s all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night. Monta Frutta’s victory in the in the first section of the Class... Read More
Flaming Rabbit bounces back with front-running demolition
Lyle Hewitson has always been a superb judge of pace and he produced a brilliant front-running ride aboard Flaming Rabbit (Time Test) to win the Class 2 United Alumni Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Outwitting his six rivals aboard the five-year-old in a time of 1m 35.15s (25.61, 23.88, 22.78, 22.88), Hewitson netted... Read More
Bentley dominates at Happy Valley with treble
Harry Bentley posted his first treble of the season to dominate at Happy Valley on Wednesday night as Tony Cruz laid down a promising marker ahead of California Spangle’s (Starspangledbanner) tilt at the Al Quoz Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) in Dubai on Saturday night. Bentley, 31, continued a solid March campaign with wins for Cruz... Read More
Massive Sovereign wins Hong Kong Derby
Dennis Yip will consider a tilt at the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Gr 1, 2000m) next month after former Irish stayer Massive Sovereign (No Nay Never) completed an extraordinary rise to glory with a spectacular win in the HK$26 million (approx. AU$5.1 million) Hong Kong Derby (Listed, 2000m) under Zac Purton at Sha Tin on... Read More