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Cody Mo Wai-kit has been granted a trainer’s licence in Hong Kong ahead of the 2023-24 season. Mo joins Australian trainer Mark Newnham, whom the Jockey Club unveiled three months ago, as a newcomer to the Hong Kong training ranks next term, following a lengthy apprenticeship assisting a quartet
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Michael Dee described his triumphant start at Happy Valley on Wednesday night as a dream as he joined a select band of jockeys to ride a winner at their first attempt in the city. In partnering the David Hayes-trained Starry Night to victory in the Class 5 Cornflower Handicap (1000m)
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Michael Dee will commence his short-term riding stint in Hong Kong with three mounts at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Starry Night, Lean Hero and Sight Hero are Dee’s first rides in the city – all for trainer David Hayes – and come fresh following his Group One success on Saturday
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Melbourne-based jockey Michael Dee has been rewarded for his exceptional season with a short-term contract to ride in Hong Kong. The Kiwi native has been granted a licence to ride in the Asian mecca from May 22 to July 9, both dates inclusive. Starting his career in New Zealand where
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Karaka graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) stands alone as Hong Kong’s most prolific Group 1 winner after his record-setting third Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m) triumph at Sha Tin on Sunday. Equal with Beauty Generation’s (NZ) (Road To Rock) mark of eight top-level wins before today,
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Established as the world’s highest-rated sprinter of 2023, Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) joined elite company with a runaway win in the HK$20 million Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The four-year-old continued his rise to stardom and edged closer to embarking on
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Andrew Forsman was hoping to snare a better barrier for his galloper Aegon in the HK$20 million Gr.1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, but the Kiwi is fatalistic ahead of Sunday’s feature at Sha Tin on 30 April. The Cambridge horseman believes there
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia D'Oro) will attempt to secure another remarkable milestone to his glittering record at Sha Tin on FWD Champions Day on Sunday when the seven-year-old chases an unmatched third straight HK$20 million Gr.1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m). No horse has ever won three editions
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Silvestre de Sousa believes Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) has the potential to scale horse racing’s pinnacle. Twice victorious at Group Three level in Hong Kong, Money Catcher finished third in the 2022 Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) and also in February’s Gr.1 Citi Hong Kong
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FWD Champions Day on Sunday (30 April) looms as an important milestone for talented New Zealand trainer Andrew Forsman who will saddle his first international runner outside Australasia when Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) tackles the best Hong Kong has to offer in the HK$20 million Gr.1 FWD Champions
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) is aiming to join elite company with victory in Sunday’s (30 April) HK$20 million Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on FWD Champions Day. Triumphant in the first two legs of Hong Kong’s three-race Speed Series, Lucky Sweynesse has
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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,