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Already armed with an imposing BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) arsenal, John Size could add to an impressive fleet of Classic contenders when Savaquin (NZ) (Savabeel) contests the first section of Class 3 Canal Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. With a handicap rating of 80, the proven
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Jockey Karis Teetan hopes to continue another positive season aboard Ultra Express (NZ) (Power) in the Class 4 Yuen Chau Tsai Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday night. Successful over 1400m at Sha Tin on 31 January aboard Tony Millard’s charge, Teetan is confident there are more wins
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Sky Field (Deep Field) was back in winning form on Wednesday winning at Happy Valley in Hong Kong. The four-year-old gelding’s win delighted trainer Caspar Fownes as the son of Deep Field collected a HK$1,500,000 High Achievement Bonus for winning a Class 1 contest before reaching
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New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) extended his unbeaten run to 13 straight wins with victory in the Gr.1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. However, Hong Kong’s highest rated horse was forced to spare no
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Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) is primed to reproduce his best as he bids for a 13th consecutive victory and third Group One win on Sunday. He will return to 2000m for the first time since the 2020 Hong Kong Derby in the Gr.1 Citi Hong Kong Gold
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Jockey Zac Purton is hopeful that the David Hall-trained Maldives (NZ) (Burgundy) can atone for his wayward misfortune last start in Wednesday’s Class 4 Tsun Yip Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley. “It was disappointing - he threw the race away and hopefully he can atone for that,” Purton said.
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A leisurely 1200m barrier trial has filled jockey Vincent Ho with confidence that Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) remains on target to extend an imposing winning sequence to 13 with a third Group One triumph in the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on 21 February.
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Revitalised by a brief spell, emerging talent Columbus County (NZ) (Redwood) will throw down the gauntlet to Hong Kong’s premier stayers in the G3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday as Caspar Fownes plots an ambitious path. Freshened since a brave third to Ireland’s Mogul
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Not even a slipped saddle and muddling tempo were enough to halt Golden Sixty’s (Medaglia D’Oro) burgeoning winning streak as the Hong Kong superstar posted a dramatic 12th successive victory after scrambling to narrow triumph in the Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) in Hong Kong on Sunday night.
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Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock), one of the greatest champions in the history of Hong Kong racing, will be farewelled in a special ceremony on Sunday, 24 January. Twice Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year, Beauty Generation will return to Sha Tin Racecourse – the scene of all of
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New Zealand Bloodstock graduate Golden Sixty pleased his connections with his trial on Tuesday ahead of his tilt at the Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on January 24. “I’m happy with his trial, in the trial you can relax him – he doesn’t show much, he
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Reprising a latent winning habit, Not Usual Talent’s (NZ) (Zacinto) gate-crashing victory in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday ended an 11-race losing streak while delivering a reality check to the claims of a string of Four-Year-Old Classic Series aspirants. Winless since July