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Teetan bags three at Sha Tin as ‘closers’ dominate
It was a night for late-closers at Sha Tin on Wednesday and Mongolian King (Sufficient) maintained that trend to the last with a powerful late charge in the final race that sealed a worthy treble for jockey Karis Teetan. With Joao Moreira and Zac Purton perennially locked into the top two spots in the Hong... Read More
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Fabulous five for Moreira makes it a ‘Magic’ 900
Joao Moreira became only the fourth jockey in Hong Kong history to reach 900 wins and he did so in style with a five-timer at Sha Tin yesterday. “I wasn’t counting!” the Brazilian ace said after his fourth on the board, Picken (Duporth), had sealed the milestone win at the end of a tough duel... Read More
Purton tops the charts with a Happy Valley double
It’s taken 52 race meetings but a Zac Purton double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night meant the champion jockey poked his nose into the lead in the title race for the first time since late September. The Australian ace arrived at the city-side venue one win behind his great rival Joao Moreira. At Sha... Read More
Golden glory for Ho and Lui in Hong Kong Derby
Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) triumphed in an epic HK$20 million Hong Kong Derby (Listed, 2000m) at Sha Tin yesterday to complete a brilliant whitewash of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series. The victory was a first in the race for jockey Vincent Ho, who ended a run of outs for local riders in the blue riband going... Read More
Sweet first as Borges gets his Hong Kong win
Vagner Borges realised a dream when he bagged his first Hong Kong win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night with an all-the-way success aboard Very Sweet Orange (Exceed And Excel) in the Class 3 Cassia Handicap (1000m). “My dream was always to come to Hong Kong and to have a winner here, I’m very happy,”... Read More
Simply Brilliant as Leung seals a Sha Tin treble
Derek Leung capped a steely treble at Sha Tin yesterday when Simply Brilliant (Frankel) earned just reward in the afternoon’s feature, the Class 1 Lung Cheung Handicap (1600m). Leung left little to chance on the Frankie Lor-trained chestnut, a lesson learned from a luckless defeat the time before at Happy Valley. On that occasion, the... Read More