Macau News

Versatile Crown Of Gold notches back-to-back wins

The Joe Lau-trained Crown Of Gold (Duporth) chalked up win number seven in Macau with another brilliant display of speed on the all-weather surface in Saturday’s Class 2 over 1050 metres, giving him back-to-back wins at the trip. Ridden by regular jockey Luis Corrales, Crown Of Gold began only fairly but quickly pushed through to... Read More

Corrales a certainty for sixth Macau Champion Jockeys’ title

A winning double at the weekend looks to have secured a sixth Macau Champion Jockeys’ title for Luis Corrales. Corrales, who has been on fire in the past two months, has ridden 22 winners since April 3 and after Saturday has an unassailable lead with 53 winners, 14 ahead of Eric Cheung on 39, with... Read More

Quinella for Moore as Hostwin Achilles lands Derby Trial

A perfectly executed ride by J B Hamel gave Nick Moore his second Group victory when Hostwin Achilles (Deep Field) took out Saturday’s Group 3 Derby Trial (1500m), defeating his much more fancied stablemate Circuit Miles (Fastnet Rock). Moore was bullish all week about the chances of Circuit Miles, the horse that he has set... Read More

Moore looking to go the extra mile with Derby hope

With the first of Macau’s 4YO Classic races, the local Group 3 Derby Trial (1500m), set for Saturday, Macau’s youngest trainer Nick Moore is eagerly awaiting this morning’s gallops, when his Derby hopeful Circuit Miles (Fastnet Rock) will have his final hit out in preparation for Saturday’s contest on the road towards the SJM Derby... Read More

Hong Kong reject stars in Macau

Allen Tam’s Arriba Arriba (Denman) continued on his upward curve with a dominant win in Friday nights’ Class 3 over 1050 metres (sand), to make it five wins from only six starts in Macau. Ridden for the first time by Eric Cheung, the good-looking son of Denman bounded away from his opposition to score untouched... Read More

Nakano in brilliant form with a treble

Japanese rider Shogo Nakano enjoyed his best day ever in Macau with a brilliant three-timer on Saturday’s turf race program. The Wayne Smith-trained Ocean Warrior (Ocean Park) got the ball rolling for Nakano, who gave the four-year-old a perfect ride to take out the Class 4 over 1500 metres. In a race where a few... Read More