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Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) showed last time out that any ‘has-been’ talk was premature but when the champ takes on Waikuku (Harbour Watch) in Sunday’s (5 April) Gr.2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) he’ll be facing a rival who has had his measure the last four
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Daniel Meagher gave further proof of his reputation as a patient trainer after Lim’s Dashing (NZ) (Darci Brahma) scored first-up from a 10-month spell in Singapore on Friday night. Just last week, he saw his dint of hard work reap rewards with the injury-plagued and former top stayer Lim’
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It’s taken 52 race meetings but a Zac Purton double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (25 March) 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
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Mark Walker will use Inherit’s (Pierro) next race this Friday as a final guide to any chance of a Singapore Derby start in three weeks’ time. The four-year-old has found competition tougher when pushed up to Class 3 company at his last two starts, albeit a third place to
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) triumphed in an epic HK$20 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin 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 ‘homegrown’
When trainer Michael Clements made his choice from the only available three jockeys on standby for the replacement ride on Siam Blue Vanda (NZ) Echoes Of Heaven) in the S$400,000 Stewards’ Cup (1600m), little did he know he was about to give someone the opportunity of a rare
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Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) put a mishap in the gates behind him last month with an impressive win in Wednesday's Class 2 Begonia Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley, securing Hong Kong’s champion jockey Zac Purton a double and his sixth win from the last two race
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Jimmy Ting is hoping Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) can put a mishap in the gates behind him when he takes his place in the Class 2 Begonia Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. “The horses form is good, he’s still fit and he looked very good in
It’s only after Axel’s (NZ) (Darci Brahma) barnstorming win at his last start that trainer Mark Walker began to toy with the idea he could be a Derby horse. The Darci Brahma four-year-old’s previous runs would not really have warranted such lofty dreams, albeit luck was not
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It’s 10 years since Caspar Fownes beamed in the afterglow of Super Satin’s (NZ) (Danehill Dancer) moment of BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) glory and on Sunday the handler will look to another talented Kiwi to end his decade-long wait for a follow-up. Columbus County (NZ) (Redwood) will
Judges could not split War Pride (NZ) (Tavistock) and Kimitonara (Star Witness) after they came out tops in a stirring four-cornered fight in Friday's Class 4 race over 1700m in Singapore. The better-fancied ($8) War Pride took the first run after coming from a one-out one-back spot. Kimitonara
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Vincent Ho put BMW Hong Kong Derby standout Golden Sixty (Medaglia D'Oro) through a gallop at Sha Tin on Friday. Golden Sixty satisfied Ho and trainer Francis Lui with a routine gallop on the all-weather track this morning as he prepares for the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m)