Riding in peak form, Karis Teetan slotted a four-timer at Sha Tin yesterday to continue a stunning recent run as Joao Moreira edged clear from Zac Purton in the pair’s gripping battle for the 2021/22 Hong Kong jockeys’ title. Teetan’s four winners and the treble which pushed Moreira to a 114-109 championship lead over Purton... Read More

Prowess (AUS) 2 f Proisir – Donna Marie by Don Eduardo O: D & J Skipper, C Skipper, A Skipper & M Schlooz T: Roger James and Robert Wellwood S: NZB Karaka Sale Book 1, 2021, $230,000 V: Hallmark Stud Buyer P: Roger James and Robert Wellwood W: Racehorse Owners Association 2YO, 1200m, Wanganui, April... Read More

Elated after the latest twist in a rollercoaster debut Hong Kong season, Luke Currie enjoyed a remarkable Sha Tin double for John Size yesterday to seal an inspiring return from injury. Likening victory aboard standby starter Touch Faith (Outreach) in the Class 5 Lau Fau Shan Handicap (1200m) to the emotion of major race success,... Read More

Too Darn Hot, Toronado and Blue Point colts also find favour at Inglis Australian Weanling Sale Mike O’Donnell was sporting a million dollar smile after day one of the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale, having raked in more than $1.7 million at the Sydney foal sale where his Fairhill Farm operation set a new stud record... Read More

It’s well known how success in breeding hinges on family connections. And now some such linkages – of the human kind – have led over several decades to a new stakes winner, in Adelaide last weekend. Around 1980, then-emerging breeder David Hains looked north, way north, and imported the Danish Oaks winner Love Song (Warpath),... Read More

Swettenham Stud stallion Toronado (High Chaparral) broke through for a milestone first stakes success in Hong Kong on Sunday when the Caspar Fownes-trained Senor Toba further franked the form of this year’s four-year-old Classic generation with victory in the Queen Mother Memorial Cup (Gr 3, 2400m) at Sha Tin. A fast-finishing fourth in the Hong... Read More