Zac Purton’s relentless pursuit of Douglas Whyte’s Hong Kong record of 1,813 wins annexed another important milestone at Happy Valley on Wednesday night when the rider slotted a treble to become only the second jockey to ride 1,700 winners or more in Hong Kong. Chasing a seventh Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Purton extended a gaping... Read More

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

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

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

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