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Hugh Bowman notches treble to set Hong Kong personal best
Preparing to join Karis Teetan in the Shergar Cup at Ascot next month, Hugh Bowman slotted a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night to soar past 70 winners for the season and reach a Hong Kong personal-best. Bowman, 44, netted a race-to-race double to open the card with Notthesillyone (Super One) for Mark Newnham... Read More
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Eustace’s fast-rising Light Years Charm strikes, Manfred Man snares treble
Zac Purton hailed David Eustace’s horsemanship after Light Years Charm (Rubick) continued his impressive progress with victory in the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Tuesday. The Rubick (Encosta De Lago) gelding took his Hong Kong earnings to HK$9.2 million (approx. AU$1.78 million) from only nine starts in the... Read More
Zac Purton seals eighth jockeys’ championship, Ellis Wong rides first Hong Kong treble
With only 50 races remaining in the 2024/25 season, Zac Purton has secured an eighth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship with a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (28 June) to hold an unassailable 59-win lead over nearest rival Hugh Bowman. Purton, 42, struck aboard Gentlemen Legacy (Showtime), Copartner Fleet (Nicconi) and Fashion Legend (Deep Field)... Read More
Chadwick edges closer in Tony Cruz Award standings
The battle for the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading homegrown jockey intensified at Happy Valley on Wednesday night when Matthew Chadwick’s double pushed him to within two wins of Matthew Poon with only six meetings remaining in the 2024/25 season. Chadwick boosted his season’s tally to 34 – compared to Poon’s 36 –... Read More
Wunderbar extends John Size’s lead in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship
Famed as the only horse to have beaten champion sprinter Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress), Wunderbar (Rich Enuff) catapulted John Size closer to a record-extending 13th Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a devastating return to form at Sha Tin on Saturday. Twice victorious over Ka Ying Rising in the pair’s three-year-old season, Wunderbar had bone fragments... Read More
Pray For Mir lifts Cody Mo to new high with Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy score
Cody Mo celebrated a breakthrough at Sha Tin on Saturday as lightweight chance Pray For Mir (4 g Justify – Formality by Fastnet Rock) gave the trainer his first Group race win with success in the Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (Gr 3, 1600m) under Matthew Chadwick. Mo, 47, is a rising star among the training... Read More