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Zac Purton has sounded a note of caution ahead of Lucky Sweynesse’s (NZ) (Sweynesse) return in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) on Sunday after the champion sprinter breezed through a delayed trial at Sha Tin on Monday. Postponed from its original schedule of Friday
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Reigning Singapore Horse of the Year Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) made it back-to-back wins in the S$300,000 Lion City Cup (1200m) at Kranji on Sunday. The Kiwi import is the best horse in Singapore and again proved that status for trainer Daniel Meagher and jockey Wong Chin Chuen.
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The Donnacha O’Brien trained filly Asean stormed home in Sunday’s Listed Curragh Stakes (1000m) at Curragh giving sire Ten Sovereigns his first black type winner. A lovely progressive type, Asean settled off the pace early and when asked to sprint by jockey Gavin Ryan 200 meters from home
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Expat kiwi trainer Donna Logan got a quick double with the help of New Zealand bred three-year-old debutant May (NZ) (Sweynesse) at Kranji on Sunday. It was a hard-fought first win in Singapore for Malaysian apprentice jockey Clyde Leck but no one could wipe the smile off his face after
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Major King (NZ) (Per Incanto) could back up in the Rocket Man Sprint next week after his impressive win in the S$70,000 Class 3 race over 1000m at Kranji on Sunday. Eased down late, Major King won by an impressive three-and-a-quarters length over Gold Ten Sixty-One (NZ) (Dalghar)
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club has confirmed the retirement of trainer Tony Millard. The club’s licensing committee approved Millard’s application to relinquish his trainer’s licence, as the 61-year-old brings down the curtain on a training career that had entered its fourth decade and yielded more than 700
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The 26-year training career of Hong Kong conditioner Peter Ho came to an end on Sunday when his five runners in the season’s final meeting failed to deliver the two wins required for him to avoid receiving his third and final strike. The trainer of 634 winners since the
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An extraordinary 2022/23 Hong Kong horse racing season ended in remarkable fashion on Sunday, 16 July at Sha Tin Racecourse and reinforced Hong Kong’s world-class racing with history-making performances of outstanding horses, trainers and jockeys. With only 1,250 horses in training – or around 0.7 percent of
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A stellar campaign in Hong Kong for Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) has increased the focus on his New Zealand-based sire. The Manfred Man-trained son of Novara Park’s Sweynesse was named this season’s Champion Sprinter and Champion Four-Year-Old in the Asian racing jurisdiction. He advanced from his 98 rating
The wide barrier did not stop two-year-old Strike Gold (NZ) (Iffraaj) winning comfortably on debut over Ace Of Diamonds (NZ) (Swiss Ace) in the S$75,000 Restricted Maiden race over 1200m at Kranji on Saturday. Trainer Ricardo Le Grange who trains both horses could not have been happier with
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As Hong Kong’s racing season comes to a close at Sha Tin on Sunday night, expat Kiwi trainer Jamie Richards reflects positively on his first season training in the Asian racing jurisdiction. The former Te Akau Racing head trainer has enjoyed his first foray into training in Hong Kong
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Golden Sixty’s (Medaglia d'Oro) record-breaking performance during the 2022/23 racing season saw Hong Kong’s champion earn the Horse of the Year title for a third consecutive year at a special presentation in Hong Kong on Friday night. As such, the Karaka graduate becomes the first