Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Saturday, and while the depth isn’t as strong as what have seen recently, the field sizes are once again deep in numbers. The feature race is the Lukfood Jewellery Cup, a Class 2 event down the straight over 1000m…. Read More »
Jockey Garrett Gomez, the winner of 13 races at the Breeders’ Cup, has died at the age of 44. The winner of 83 Grade One races, Gomez will perhaps be best remembered as the rider of Blame who beat Zenyatta in a dramatic conclusion to the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic…. Read More »
International Week might be done and dusted in Hong Kong, but the depth remains very strong at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, where the feature race is the Centenary Gold Cup, a Class 3 event over 1200m. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE… Read More »
Trainer Sir Michael Stoute has led tributes to Walter Swinburn, calling him “naturally gifted rider with a God-given talent” after the death of the former jockey and trainer at the age of 55. Forever associated with the Stoute-trained extraordinary 1981 Derby winner Shergar, Swinburn suffered with weight issues throughout a… Read More »
Lord Gyllene, winner of the rescheduled ‘bomb scare’ Grand National in 1997, has died at the age of 28. The New Zealand gelding made history by winning the world’s greatest steeplechase which was run on Monday, April 7 after it was called off on the previous Saturday due to bomb… Read More »
Walter Swinburn, one of the most renowned jockeys of his generation and rider of the brilliant Shergar, has died, aged 55. Swinburn partnered Shergar to glory in the 1981 Derby at the age of 19, one of three winners for him in the Epsom Classic alongside Shahrastani (1986) and Lammtarra… Read More »
Soul Stirring has become the first progeny of Frankel to win at Group One level, taking out the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in Japan. The filly, out of French Oaks winner Stacelita, is trained by Kazuo Fujisawa for the Shadai Race Horse Co Ltd and she cruised to the front 200m… Read More »
Australia’s two representatives have finished out of the placings in the Hong Kong Sprint won by eight-year-old Aerovelocity, winner of the race two years ago. Takedown finished sixth while Rebel Dane was 11th at Sha Tin on Sunday. There was still an Australasian flavour to the 1200m-race with the winner… Read More »
The International Meeting at Sha Tin this Sunday is regarded as the turf world championships of horse racing and that reputation is indeed the case for 2016 with world class fields assembled for the four major races, the Hong Kong Vase (2400m), Sprint (1200m), Mile (1600m) and Cup (2000m), with… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2016 Hong Kong Cup. The Hong Kong Vase will be run at Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday 11/12/2016. Time: 7:30PM Distance: 2000m Number Horse Weight Jockey Barrier Trainer 1 A SHIN HIKARI 126 Y Take 1 M Sakaguchi 2 MAURICE 126 R… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2016 Hong Kong Sprint. The Hong Kong Sprint will be run at Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday 11/12/2016. Time: 5:40PM Distance: 1200m Number Horse Weight Jockey Draw Trainer 1 AEROVELOCITY 126 Z Purton 2 P O’Sullivan 2 LUCKY BUBBLES 126 B Prebble… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2016 Hong Kong Vase. The Hong Kong Vase will be run at Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday 11/12/2016. Time: 5PM Distance: 2400m No. Horse Weight Trainer Barrier Jockey 1 HIGHLAND REEL 126 R Moore 10 A P O’Brien 2 SILVERWAVE 126 M… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2016 Hong Kong Mile. The Hong Kong Mile will be run at Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday 11/12/2016. Time: 6:50PM Distance: 1600m Number Horse Weight Jockey Barrier Trainer 1 ABLE FRIEND 126 J Moreira 14 J Moore 2 CONTENTMENT 126 B Prebble… Read More »
International Week in Hong Kong kicks off this Wednesday night at Happy Valley with International Jockey Challenge night, bringing together the best from across the world to decide who is indeed the worlds best. They’ll feature in four races across the nine race program. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET… Read More »
The British Horseracing Authority is under fire for mistakenly charging a jockey with not allowing a horse to run on its merits. Martin Harley was charged last week after the BHA said the potential breach had been detected by its internal post-race review processes. But the BHA admits it did… Read More »
With it being International Day next Sunday, the depth across the ten races at Sha Tin this Sunday probably isn’t as strong as normal, but big field sizes could well ensure some value to be found. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won under the lights if Singapore this Friday evening, with the last event on the program looking to be the highlight as we see a clash between a couple of handy types in Super Warrior and Shadow Of War. BONUS #1: $501 FREE… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won under the lights of Happy Valley this Wednesday night, where the feature race is the ATC Trophy, a Class 3 event over 1800m which appears to have really good depth. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE… Read More »
Gordon Elliott has continued his challenge to multiple Irish champion National Hunt trainer Willie Mullins with six winners at Navan. Elliott has saddled more than 400 runners since the season began with Paddy Power cutting him to 6-4 to win the title for the first time with Mullins at 1-3…. Read More »
Despite it being International Day next week, the depth is really strong across an eleven race card at Sha Tin this Sunday, where the feature race is the Chevalier Cup, a Class One event over 1600m. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET… Read More »
