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Hong Kong’s domestic racing prize money will rise by eight percent for the 2023/24 season, featuring increases across every class of competition - from Griffins to Class 1 and the Four-Year-Old Classic Series - with an additional HK$94 million (NZ$19.5 million) on offer. Including bonuses,
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Ahead of his bid to capture a record third successive G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday week, Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) left both trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho satisfied following his effort in a barrier trial on Tuesday morning. Successful in the
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) consolidated his status as Hong Kong’s premier sprinter with a comfortable triumph in the Gr.2 Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. The authority contained in Lucky Sweynesse’s one-length win over reigning Hong Kong Champion Sprinter Wellington and Master Eight prompted trainer Manfred
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Expat New Zealand trainer Donna Logan filled 3 of the first 4 placings in the S$110,000 Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint at Kranji on Saturday. January (NZ) (Swiss Ace) prevailed in a thriller by a head over the game Bestseller, but it was a great result for Logan’s stable
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) has continued to raise the bar this season for trainer Manfred Man and on Sunday at Sha Tin the star four-year-old can add further gloss to an already impressive campaign if he is successful in the HK$5 million Gr.2 Sprint Cup (1200m). Lucky Sweynesse
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Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr Jnr have called on blinkers in a bid to rejuvenate Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) as he chases a second straight win in the Victoria Handicap. Ayrton was successful first-up in the Group 3 1400m contest last year but will have had the benefit of a
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Trainer Mike Moroney will use The Country Discovery (1100m) to kick-start the latest campaign of Bermadez (NZ) (Tavistock). The A$500,000 race at Geelong on Friday will the shortest race that Bermadez has contested in his 18-start career that has netted the gelding six wins. Bermadez start his career
The Taplins have a piece of paper at home that could prove invaluable after day one of The Championships. He was bred to be a miler before showing early promise as a sprinter, but Tapildoodledo (NZ) (Proisir) might just turn out to be a classic winner. The unheralded Queenslander confirmed
The time-honoured Warrnambool May Carnival is only five weeks away and those with jumpers are gearing up for the big three-day event. But getting the right program for their horse can be a problem as trainer Brett Scott found on the weekend. Scott, who needs no introduction to the jump&
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New Zealand bred Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) was only about a length from the winner when finishing a brave fifth in the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200) in Dubai on Sunday. Scoring the upset victory in the straight 1200 was Danyah for jockey Dane O’Neill and local
Newly crowned Singapore Horse Of The Year Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) showed his dominance in the S$300,000 Raffles Cup (1600m) with a comfortable win at Kranji on Saturday. Already an effortless winner in the Merlion Trophy over 1200m on February 4 this year, Lim’s Kosciuszko went to
Time has been the best friend to Simeon (Pierro) who has broken through for his maiden win at Sandown. An expensive purchase at the 2021 New Zealand Ready To Run Sale, Simeon was having only his second start when he took out the Ladbrokes Punter Assist Plate (1500m) on Wednesday.