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

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

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

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

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