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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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Chill Chibi (NZ) (Wrote) took another significant step towards the HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) in March after Danny Shum’s talented young stayer overpowered older rivals to win the Class 3 Dunnottar Castle Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. With four wins and a
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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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Selangor Turf Club in Malaysia, a regular purchaser of New Zealand bred and sourced horses, have announced a prizemoney increase across all race classes in 2024. The ’life blood’ of horse racing is the prize money offered to its winning owners. It is simply the reward for investing in a
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Trelawney Stud graduate Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) stamped himself as one of the all-time greats in Singapore racing after he narrowly defeated Dream Alliance by a short head in the S$1 million Singapore Gold Cup (2000m) on Saturday. To his credit, Lim’s Kosciuszko, who carried the top weight
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Though unwanted in the betting on exposed trial form, the New Zealand bred Sacred Buddy (NZ) (Sacred Falls) still blitzed his rivals on debut by four and a half lengths in the Open Maiden race (1200m) at Kranji on Saturday. Purchased as an unraced galloper from New Zealand on the
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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
Per Incanto gelding Asif (NZ) (Per Incanto) got his second win in four starts in Singapore when overcoming the favourite Akhtar with ease in a Class 3 race (1200) on Saturday. It probably did not look that easy when the Steven Burridge-trained gelding was ridden hard over the final furlong
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Antipodean mares have again proved their worth in Japan, and the latest high-level success came at Kyoto on Sunday when Durezza (Duramente), a son of Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine More Than Sacred (More Than Ready), powered to a three and a half-length triumph in Sunday’s Gr.