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Chris So believes maturity was the key to Classic Unicorn’s (NZ) (Per Incanto) first-up success and he is hopeful that his talented speedster can repeat the dose in Wednesday’s Hong Kong feature, the Class 2 Chai Wan Kok Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley. “The horse is more mature
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New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro), Hong Kong’s latest racing sensation, continued his seemingly inexorable march to December and Group One glory with his tenth consecutive win in Sunday’s HK$4.5 million Gr.2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m). It was
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A classy win by Furore (NZ) (Pierro) today proved his second-up success over Exultant (Teofilo) was no fluke as he did it again to lead home a one-two for trainer Tony Cruz in the HK$4.5 million Gr.2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Furore ended a
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Trainer Caspar Fownes is focusing on Sunday’s Group Two Hong Kong Jockey Club races in which he has three horses entered for two of the trio of Group Two contests, including Columbus County (NZ) (Redwood), who is entered for the HK$4.5 million Jockey Club Cup off the
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Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) laid out his credentials for a tilt at the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile with a win over 1200m at Happy Valley on Wednesday. “We’ll go to 1400 metres in December then go for the Four-Year-Old Classic Series,” trainer Caspar Fownes said.
War Affair (NZ) (O'Reilly) has waged his last battle on the tracks. The 2014 Singapore Horse Of The Year has been retired to Malaysia at the ripe old age of 10. Despite his well-documented health issues, mainly of respiratory nature, the son of the late stallion O’Reilly
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Championship leading jockey Joao Moreira is eager to bounce back onto the winner’s list with a full book of eight rides on Wednesday night at Happy Valley, following a two-meeting suspension. One of those mounts is Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma), who proved a fine ally with a smart
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Joao Moreira capped a four-timer at Happy Valley on Wednesday with a smart victory aboard Columbus County (NZ) (Redwood) in the Class 2 Time Warp Handicap (1800m) for trainer Caspar Fownes. “We know how hard it is to win one race in Hong Kong, when you go home with four
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Caspar Fownes is putting his faith in Columbus County (NZ) (Redwood) to put down a Group One marker in the Class 2 Time Warp Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. “We’ll make an entry for the Hong Kong International Races with him,” the handler said. “He’s rated
Westbury Stud graduate Inferno put on what looked to be an exhibition gallop when running away with the S$400,000 Lion City Cup (1200m) on at Kranji Sunday. In his typically economical debriefing style after the country’s premier sprint, trainer Cliff Brown said the Holy Roman Emperor four-year-old
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Heavenly Dancer (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) will be out to keep his unbeaten record intact when he steps out at Kranji in a Class 4 event on Sunday. The four-year-old son of Echoes of Heaven won on debut in March and returned in September to make it two wins from
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New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) took another important step toward December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races riches with victory in the Gr.2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin, a result that all but confirmed a changing