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Saturday’s season finale to decide jockeys’ championship
The battle for the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship is set for a dramatic conclusion at the season finale at Sha Tin on Saturday, with the smallest possible margin separating arch-rivals and four-time champions Zac Purton and Joao Moreira. After 87 meetings and 825 races, Purton and Moreira have both ridden 132 winners, but Moreira’s tally... Read More
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Leung takes Sha Tin honours with treble
Faced with a monumental challenge to overtake Matthew Chadwick and Vincent Ho in the race for the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s most successful home-grown jockey for the 2021/22 season, Derek Leung refused to concede the battle was lost after a treble at Sha Tin yesterday. Trailing Chadwick (54) and Vincent Ho (49) with... Read More
Lor moves closer to trainers’ title with Happy Valley double
Frankie Lor took another significant step towards securing the Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a Happy Valley double last night, while also bearing down on the Hong Kong record for the number of wins in a season by a trainer. Lor leads 11-time champion John Size 90-84 and, with 30 races left across the remaining... Read More
Duke Wai strikes for O’Sullivan and Chau
Marking his imminent departure from Hong Kong with a timely reminder of enduring skill, Paul O’Sullivan struck with Duke Wai (Per Incanto) and Jerry Chau to land the Class 1 25th Anniversary Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1200m) at a rain-drenched Sha Tin yesterday. O’Sullivan, 62, will leave Hong Kong at the end of the... Read More
Lor moves closer to championship
Clasping an imposing lead over John Size in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship, Frankie Lor refuses to believe the battle with his former mentor is over despite edging to a seven-win buffer after My Ecstatic’s (All Too Hard) authoritative victory at Happy Valley last night. Attempting to land the championship for the first time, Lor... Read More
The Golden Scenery shines for Cruz
Tony Cruz believes The Golden Scenery (Deep Field) is destined for Group level after the Australian import’s win in the Pok Fu Lam Country Park Handicap (Class 2, 1400m) under Luke Ferraris at Sha Tin yesterday. Notching his third victory in Hong Kong after winning twice in Australia, when known as Dominant King, for Steven... Read More