A smart go-forward ride from Krisna Thangamani on longshot Nowyousee (NZ) (O’Reilly) rewarded the Malaysian apprentice jockey with his first Singapore Group win in the Sing Gr.3 New Year Cup (1200m) on Wednesday. Trainer Ricardo Le Grange’s protégé stole the race when the O’Reilly five-year-old responded
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Caspar Fownes has BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) ambitions for The Hulk (Spirit of Boom) who will attempt to prove his Classic Series credentials with a muscle-flexing display in the Class 2 Chai Wan Kok Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Thursday. “He’s here to get into the Four-Year-Old
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Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) produced a stellar performance at Happy Valley on Wednesday, coasting to an eased-down four and a half-length victory in the Class 3 Venus Handicap (1200m). “He surprised me how easy he won. I thought he’d win but not by that far,” jockey Zac Purton
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Highly Proactive (NZ) (Coats Choice), who raced as The Last Won in New Zealand, brought up his first win on Wednesday night since arriving in Hong Kong earlier this year. The four-year-old son of Coats Choice shrugged off inexperience and a wide passage to take the Class 3 Venus Handicap
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Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) has had his fair share of hiccups along the way but his five-and-a-half length win last-start highlighted Zac Purton’s strong opinion of him and the champion jockey is looking for a follow-up in the Class 3 Venus Handicap (1200m) in Hong Kong on Wednesday
Te Akau Singapore trainer Mark Walker claimed his third title as Champion Singapore Trainer following the completion of the racing season at Kranji racecourse on Sunday. Walker had previously attained the crown in 2015 and 2017 and he was delighted to add to that tally on the weekend. “It was
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“Let the show begin!” John Moore said after Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) worked through his final fast gallop before Sunday’s (8 December) G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m). The bay heads into the weekend with a chance to match Good Ba Ba’s record of three wins
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Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) has never held the official title of Hong Kong’s champion sprinter, yet when December rolls around he is a champion in every sense of the word. If successful in Sunday’s Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), he will have scaled a peak
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This week the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, in collaboration with the Counties Racing Club, will host several events celebrating the Counties Carnival. Proceedings get underway on Tuesday with an open evening at Haunui Farm where those in attendance can view the stallions, a selection of
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Howl (NZ) (Showcasing) showed on Sunday that the best way to ride him was still at the head of affairs. The six-year-old has been switched to waiting tactics a few times in his 25 previous runs, but the results had not been conclusive. Back to his favourite positive tactics in
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Trainer Mok Zhan Lun made a big call after he branded River Radiance (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) as one of the best horses he has ever trained following the Polytrack specialist’s sixth win on the alternative track at Kranji on Sunday. Mok, who has been plying his trade at