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Joao Moreira completed a double when he delivered Cinquante Cinq (NZ) (Tavistock) through a sweet, cutting run to take the night’s silverware, the Class 3 Volunteers’ Challenge Cup Handicap (1650m) in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Benno Yung’s charge went off the 2.1 favourite but Moreira was last-but-one
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Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) put in a dazzling performance to take the Class 2 Stubbs Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday and continue the fine form of trainer Jimmy Ting. The improving five-year-old destroyed his rivals; a fast break to lead, followed by a strong middle section, had
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Golden Sixty (Golden Sixty) burst into clear ground at the head of Hong Kong’s four-year-old pack with an impressive win in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) on Monday, a result that bolstered trainer Francis Lui’s hand for the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). Lui saddled two of
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New Zealand Bloodstock graduates went close to taking out the two feature races in Hong Kong on Sunday night. Former Hong Kong Horse of the Year Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock), a graduate of Highden Park’s 2014 yearling draft, went close to winning the Gr.1 Steward’s
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Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook) displayed the class that has made him a champion to complete back-to-back wins in the HK$10 million Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The ever-reliable bay’s narrow victory over Thanks Forever (Duporth) sealed a Group One double on the day for
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Beat The Clock(Hinchinbrook) will face select yet stiff competition when he attempts a second consecutive win in Sunday’s Gr.1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) but jockey Joao Moreira believes the John Size-trained speedster’s biggest threat could be a rival he knows all too well, stablemate Full Of
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Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) faces a pivotal test in Sunday’s Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin with not only the direction of future assignments but also his status as Hong Kong’s best miler in the balance. Trainer John Moore has his heart set on
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Highly Proactive (NZ) (Coats Choice) put up a rallying fightback to outpoint Shining Ace (Testa Rossa) in a thrilling finish to the Class 3 Chater Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Shining Ace had the 1.9 favourite on the ropes half-way down the home straight, but with
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Furore (NZ) (Pierro) returns to a mile in the Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday with trainer Frankie Lor hoping a short bout of sickness over the Christmas period will not have dulled the gelding’s big-race capability. “He had a temperature for a few days
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Richard Gibson is unperturbed by the outsider labels tagged to his stable stalwarts Rattan (NZ) (Savabeel) and Wishful Thinker (I Am Invincible) as they stride into Sunday’s two Group 1 features at Sha Tin Racecourse with eyes fixed on snagging a share of the lucrative prize fund. “They’re
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Wednesday’s (15 January) nine-race card at Happy Valley rounds out with a cracking finale as emerging talents Highly Proactive (NZ) (Coats Choice) and Snap Fit (NZ) (Nadeem) lock horns in the Class 3 Chater Handicap (1200m). Snap Fit won his first three starts, all at Happy Valley, before his
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Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) has a score to settle in Sunday’s (19 January) G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin and trainer Frankie Lor believes his top-class charge is in the right shape to prevail. The seven-year-old was denied a hat-trick of wins in the G1 LONGINES