Jolly Banner might be in the twilight of his career as a nine-year-old but that didn’t stop him from snaring second in last month’s G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) against an international field and his recent form has trainer Ricky Yiu brimming with optimism ahead of Sunday’s (24 January) G1 Centenary Sprint Cup…
Winning Dreamer rules himself out of the HK$12 million Classic Mile and ky Darci confirms he will be one of the leading contenders The Classic Mile is less than three weeks away and the New Year’s Day races helped answer some key questions ahead of the start of the four-year-old series – but it’s more…
RACE-1 THE LYON RATING 45-0 (CLASS 4&5) 1200 METRES (101) RACING INCIDENT & INQUIRY: The Stewards inquired into an incident near the 350 metres where 7 On Purpose, 11 Deep Brother and 6 At Ease had be checked. Evidence was taken from the riders of 4 Express Pony (D Barros), 5 Mulan Go (H Lam),…
Michael Clements celebrated his first trainer’s championship in Singapore in style at Kranji here today, the final of the 2020 racing season, with three winners. Already assured of the premiership before the day’s proceedings, Clements nevertheless wrapped up the year with wins from STARLIGHT, IMPERIUM and KNIGHT LOVE. STARLIGHT was a runaway winner in his…
Freshly-minted Singapore champion trainer Michael Clements picked up where he left off with already a first 2021 winner on the board in newcomer Mortal Engine at the inaugural season on Sunday. A treble winner (Starlight, Imperium and Knight Love) at the last 2020 meeting to wrap a wonderful season on 61 winners, the Zimbabwean-born handler…
Caspar Fownes’ chance with the lowly rated Explosive Witness (113lb) paid off at Sha Tin today (Friday, 1 January) as the Australian-bred exceeded expectations to snare the HK$3.5 million G3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m). “It’s magic when you get a winning result like that, you go in there hoping he’ll pick up some prize…
John Size’s decision to bypass Hong Kong’s lucrative LONGINES Hong Kong International Races was vindicated handsomely when Champion’s Way ended an 18-month drought by snaring the G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin this afternoon (Friday, 1 January). Beaten by Hong Kong banner horse Golden Sixty at his three previous starts,…
