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Hunting down his ninth premiership, expat Kiwi trainer Mark Walker bagged five wins on Sunday at Kranji Racecourse. Walker won the opening race of the card with Savabeel gelding What You Like and went on to win the next three races, with Amazing Choice securing the five timer later on
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Choosing Siam Blue Vanda (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) over Top Knight (Zoustar) might have been a tough decision to make for any jockey, but to Louis-Philippe Beuzelin, it was never really a toss-up. The two Michael Clements four-year-olds have charted fairly identical pathways to the top of their age group
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Showcasing colt Mohaather demonstrated a devastating turn of foot to win the Gr.1 Sussex Stakes (1600m), the feature event on day two at Goodwood. Trained by Marcus Tregoning and ridden by Jim Crowley, the four-year-old endured a luckless run in the Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) at Royal
Heartening Flyer (NZ) (Excelebration) lived up to his name when he got off to a flier on Sunday with trainer Michael Clements predicting bigger and better things for the colt post-race. After two barrier trial wins put the writing on the wall, the Excelebration three-year-old certainly franked that impression from
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Karaka graduate Sacred Capital (NZ) (O'Reilly) marked the anniversary of his Macau Derby (1800m) heroics with another stellar performance at the same meeting. Purchased out of Waikato Stud’s 2016 Ready To Run sale draft for $580,000, the quality gelding dominated Sunday’s M$800,000 Chairman
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Alysha Collett will not return to Singapore this year. Licensed until the end of the year Collett, as well as Michael Rodd and Patrick Moloney, recently informed the Singapore Turf Club they were relinquishing their visiting jockeys’ licences. The Club has subsequently cancelled their licences with immediate effect. Collett has
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Golden Sixty was crowned Four-Year-Old Champion at the Hong Kong Horse of the Year Awards on Thursday. The Francis Lui-trained galloper became only the second horse after Rapper Dragon to win all three legs of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, including the Hong Kong Derby (2000m). The Medaglia d’Oro gelding,
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New Zealand-bred gelding Lucky Missile (NZ) (Rock 'n' Pop) scored his first Hong Kong win when successful in the Class 4 Tsoi Tak Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Trainer David Hall credits a gear change with the win and is confident the son of Rock
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Chi Chai Sin Sang (NZ) (Per Incanto) brought up his second career win in Macau on Saturday. The son of Per Incanto gave first season trainer Wayne Smith his eighth winner for the season with an impressive win in a Class 4 over 1200m, and giving apprentice Eric Cheung two
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Joao Moreira rode a treble at Sha Tin on Sunday and he was buzzing after Sky Field (Deep Field) put four lengths on the field in the Class 4 Mr Award Handicap (1200m). The Caspar Fownes-trained three-year-old, who was purchased out of Trelawney Stud’s 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Book
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Singapore Champion Three-Year-old of his year Countofmontecristo (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) will be looking to add a Kranji Mile (1600m) victory to his illustrious career. The New Zealand-bred gelding has finished runner-up in the glamour mile previously and trainer Michael Clements has been targeting the race this year with the
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All 19 lots offered at the Hong Kong International Sale sold for an aggregate of HK$74.3 at the auction held at Sha Tin racecourse on Friday. The top lot was an I Am Invincible half-brother to Group One winner Volatile Mix and was knocked down for HK$7.