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

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

Imported gelding Touristic relished the heavy conditions at Rosehill on Saturday to record his first victory in almost a year in the Lord Mayors Cup.  Bringing up a winning double of the program for rider Andrew Adkins, the Peter Snowden-trained son of Frankel jumped as a $9 chance in the 2000-metre feature on a Heavy... Read More

Classy stayer New Endeavour (New Bay) chalked up his first victory on Australian soil at the 16th attempt on Saturday when taking out the Lord Mayor’s Cup (Gr 3, 1800m) at a rain-soaked Eagle Farm. Having hit the frame in Group races on five previous occasions, including a runner-up finish in the 2024 Doomben Cup... Read More

Another horse that looks to be J.J. Atkins-bound is the progressive colt Zebra Finch (Exceed and Excel) after he scored a narrow win in Saturday’s Schweppes Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill. Having run fourth on debut at Warwick Farm, the son of Exceed And Excel (Danehill) built on that effort with a third-placed finish in the... Read More

Cool Archie (Cool Aza Beel) shot to the head of the market for the J.J. Atkins Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) following his barnstorming victory in Saturday’s BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) at a gloomy and wet Eagle Farm. The Chris and Corey Munce-trained colt has proven to be a revelation this campaign, going... Read More