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Any questions about Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) loosening his grip on the world’s best sprinter mantle were swept aside when Manfred Man’s speedster surged to victory in the HK$26 million Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. It was a redemptive triumph for
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Superstar Hong Kong galloper Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) will start from the outside stall in Sunday’s Gr.1 Hong Kong Mile. The now eight-year-old, who was purchased as a two-year-old at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale, holds the record for the most Group One
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Faced with the honour of training potentially Singapore’s last champion and international runner, Dan Meagher isn’t under-estimating the challenge for Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) in the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. With racing to officially end on the island after 180 years
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Breaking records seems to come quite easily for Golden Sixty (Medaglia D'Oro) – Hong Kong’s superstar racehorse who has already gone where no other has been before. The Pride of Hong Kong – Golden Sixty – is the city’s all-time leading earner (HK$147.93 million), only three-straight Hong
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After two successive defeats this campaign, champion sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) produced a fighting finish to narrowly down Victor The Winner to claim successive victories in the Gr.2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Lucky Sweynesse will now aim to land his
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Zac Purton believes a combination of improved fitness and more favourable weight conditions will allow Hong Kong Champion Sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) to contend strongly for successive victories in the HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Beaten at
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Vincent Ho was beaming after partnering Hong Kong’s champion Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) at Tuesday morning’s barrier trial session at Sha Tin. Preparing for a return in next month’s HK$32 million Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m), Golden Sixty – an eight-year-old sold through
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Frankie Lor concedes a significant rise in the handicap ratings leaves Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) with a difficult challenge when the gelding attempts to post consecutive wins in the HK$4.2 million Gr.3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (5 November). Money Catcher
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Zac Purton believes Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) is poised to improve significantly in the Gr.2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (22 October), but is wary of race tactics which might again favour Victor The Winner in the HK$5.35 million feature. Danny Shum’s
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Fresh from a Happy Valley double, Pierre Ng will bid to add further impetus to an impressive start to the season by throwing down the gauntlet to champion sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) with Duke Wai (NZ), a son of Per Incanto, in the Gr.2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m)
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Trainer Francis Lui declared Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) a ‘happy horse’ ahead of his highly anticipated return this season in either the Gr.2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) on 19 November or Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on 10 December. Initially slated to
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Trainer Manfred Man hopes star sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) can recapture his winning thread in Sunday’s (22 October) HK$5.35 million Gr.2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin. The reigning champion sprinter’s six-race unbeaten streak was halted first-up by the runaway Victor The Winner