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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
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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
Helios Express triumphs as John Size extends lead in trainers’ championship
Thriving in the absence of Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress), Helios Express (5 g Toronado – Paris Texas by Hinchinbrook) was rewarded for a season of remarkable consistency with deserved victory in the Sha Tin Vase Handicap (Gr 3, 1200m) as John Size edged closer to a 13th Hong Kong trainers’ championship at Sha Tin on... Read More
Derek Leung shines with Happy Valley treble ahead of Lucky Sweynesse feature ride
Preparing to partner Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse) in the Sha Tin Vase Handicap (Gr 3, 1200m) at Sha Tin on Saturday, Derek Leung struck top form with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Excited to be taking his first ride on four-time Group 1 winner Lucky Sweynesse, Leung warmed up for the task with... Read More
Tony Cruz prepares for Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup with Happy Valley triumph
Preparing to bid for an extraordinary 11th Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) triumph at Sha Tin on Sunday, Tony Cruz laid down a positive marker for this weekend’s staying test with California Moxie’s (Mehmas) success at Happy Valley on Wednesday. A perennial force in the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup,... Read More