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Francis Lui is hoping high-class sprinter Lucky Patch can consign a nightmare outing in the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) to a distant memory when the son of El Roca returns to action at Sha Tin on Sunday. The multiple Group One-winning conditioner has been pleased with his charge
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Hong Kong racing will offer record total prize money and incentives of HK$1.62 billion across the 2022/23 season with the overall purse bolstered by a record single-season increase of 11.5% (HK$167.2 million) and featuring an exciting range of innovations, including stunning increases in prize
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Victory in Sunday’s HK$20 million Gr.1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) would elevate Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) to status as the highest prize money earner in Hong Kong racing history and, if his latest win wasn’t convincing enough, trainer Francis Lui has issued an ominous warning
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Accelerating a push for a fifth jockeys’ championship, Joao Moreira surged to a century of winners in a Hong Kong season for the seventh time with a double at Sha Tin on Sunday when exciting New Zealand bred Running Glory (NZ) (Kermadec) swept home in the Class 3 Sha Lo
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Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) will be out to score his first win in Hong Kong at Happy Valley on Wednesday when he contests the Class 2 Chater Handicap (1800m). The Kiwi-bred finished third in both the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) and BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) in his last
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Sakewin (NZ) (Burgundy) made the perfect start to his racing career when winning the Class 4 Peel Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Jumping from barrier 14, the New Zealand-bred swiftly found the rail to control the speed before surging away for a comfortable win, providing trainer Frankie Lor
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Little Avondale Stud stallion Per Incanto continued his good run in Hong Kong on Wednesday when he scored a double at Sha Tin. His son Flying Dragon recorded his second win when taking out the Class 4 Hap Mun Bay Handicap (1200m) for trainer Dennis Yip, while Duke Wai’s
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Impressive sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) lodged a third consecutive win to maintain his unbeaten record with success in the first section of the Class 3 Sheung Hei Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. “It was a good effort,” jockey Zac Purton said. “He travelled a bit strong through
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The big guns appeared at Sha Tin’s barrier trial session on Tuesday morning with Golden Sixty (Medgalia d'Oro) dazzling in an opening heat for Vincent Ho and Francis Lui as preparations launched for next month’s FWD Champions Day. Looking to banish memories of consecutive defeats and
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The remarkable run of form of the progeny of young Windsor Park Stud stallion Turn Me Loose extended to Sha Tin on Sunday, where his three-year-old son Eternal Bloom (NZ) landed the opening event. The youngster took out the Class 4 Ping Hai Star Handicap (1200m) for trainer Ricky Yiu,
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Bidding for a third BMW Hong Kong Derby, Caspar Fownes laid down a positive sighter for the HK$24 million Classic at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 March) as the reigning champion trainer edged closer to 1,000 Hong Kong wins with Kokushi Musou’s (NZ) (Bullbars) victory in the
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Caspar Fownes has never been one to shirk a challenge and this Sunday at Sha Tin the reigning champion trainer has armed himself with a powerful quartet from the stable, taking aim at both the Gr.1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) and Gr.1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee