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Size and Purton prove the Premier combination
Hong Kong Derby (Listed, 2000m) runner-up Tuchel (Redwood) confirmed the promise of that performance and five wins from his previous 14 starts to capture the Premier Plate Handicap (Gr 3, 1800m) at Sha Tin yesterday. Trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton combined to win the feature over nine furlongs and final Group race of... Read More
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Beauty Eternal completes back-to-back Group 3 wins with Premier Cup victory
Beauty Eternal (Starspangledbanner) crowned an incredible debut season with victory in the Premier Cup Handicap (Gr 3, 1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday, pushing John Size and Zac Purton closer to respective trainer and jockey championships. The win also completed successive Group 3 victories for Beauty Eternal to enhance his outstanding overall record to seven wins... Read More
Frankie Lor boosts championship hopes; Zac Purton rides quartet
Frankie Lor breathed new life into the trainers’ championship with a double at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon as Sauvestre (Hinchinbrook) overhauled red-hot favourite Flaming Rabbit (Time Test) to capture the HK$2.64 million (approx. AU$490,790) Class 2 Lek Yuen Handicap (1400m). Trimming John Size’s lead from eight to six (68-62), Lor – reigning Hong Kong Champion... Read More
Nordic Dragon posts fifth win of the season as emerging talents surface at Happy Valley
Nordic Dragon (Starspangledbanner) crowned an excellent debut season – and took his prize money earnings beyond his purchase price of HK$7 million (approx. AU$1.3 million) – to headline a string of impressive performances at Happy Valley on yesterday evening with victory in the Class 2 Cricket Club Valley Stakes Handicap (1200m). Notching his fifth win... Read More
California Spangle holds Golden Sixty at bay in Hong Kong Mile
It was a case of third time lucky for California Spangle (Starspangledbanner) at Sha Tin yesterday, as he sensationally denied Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) a record-equalling Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) hat-trick in front a raucous 42,624 crowd. Beaten by Golden Sixty in the 2022 Champions Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) and last month’s Jockey... Read More
Warrior enters world’s elite with stunning Cup success
They came to bow down to the old king and left saluting a powerful new prince of Hong Kong racing after Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) left a high-class global field trailing in his wake at Sha Tin yesterday, with a thunderous performance in the HK$34 million (approx. AU$6.4 million) Hong Kong Cup (Gr 1, 2000m). Hong... Read More