Trainer John Moore believes that, after years of trying to figure out enigmatic gelding People’s Knight, he has finally discovered the key to the Exceed And Excel five-year-old.

Tony Millard has made the Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) his own in recent years, and the South African handler has high hopes of making it three wins in a row in the Group 3 feature on Sunday.

Caspar Fownes had earmarked Southern Legend (129lb) pre-race as a horse for the higher grades and the gelding lived up to his handler’s assertion with an impressive win in the Class 2 Yip Fat Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Sunday.

Freshman handler Frankie Lor continued the dream start to his training career, saddling up a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night to extend his lead at the top of the trainers’ championship.

One of Wednesday night’s more impressive performances came from Ricky Yiu’s debutant Speedy King, who won the Class 4 Our Pegasus Handicap (1000m) under jockey Neil Callan at Happy Valley in Hong Kong.

Elite Group 1 stars are prominent among the 293 first stage nominations for the HK$84.5 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, which will take place at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 10 December.

With the close of the free entry period for December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on Monday, the year-end global racing showcase is now one step closer.

Zac Purton hopes he can take advantage of rival Joao Moreira’s absence and make a move towards the top of the jockeys’ championship with a strong book of rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday night,

When the idea of a Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) training centre at Conghua was first mooted, one obvious challenge to be addressed was the transportation of horses several hours by road, back and forth across an international border.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club bought three colts at the recent Arqana October Yearling Sale in Deauville, France for a total of €340,000 (approximately HK$3.128 million).

Beauty Generation continued his rise towards the top grades in Hong Kong with his second feature race win in three weeks, leading home a John Moore quinella and giving jockey Derek Leung his most..........

Mr Stunning lived up to jockey Nash Rawiller’s expectations in Sunday's G2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin, with an exciting victory that puts him squarely at the head of Hong Kong’s speed cohort.

Nothingilikemore demolished a smart field of Class 2 rivals on his return to action at Sha Tin on Sunday leaving trainer John Size satisfied that his much-lauded charge is on track for January’s Hong Kong Classic Mile.

The Four-Year-Old Classic Series may still be three months away, but it is already the focus for trainer John Size as his unbeaten galloper Nothingilikemore prepares for his seasonal debut in the Class 2 Parmigiani Excellent Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Dashing Fellow (120lb) scored a shock win in the G3 National Day Cup Handicap earlier this month and in Sunday’s G2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin Racecourse the durable gelding will attempt to replicate that result.

Jockey Derek Leung believes shock first-up winner Beauty Generation is capable of adding the G2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) to his record on Sunday as the galloper continues his march towards December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races.

Karis Teetan’s early season hot streak continued at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The Mauritian ace logged a treble to take his tally for the term to 15, with only Joao Moreira (22) and Zac Purton (17) ahead of him in the jockeys’ premiership.

John Moore said on Tuesday that Hong Kong’s former Horse of the Year Werther (132lb) is “jumping out of his skin” ahead of Sunday’s G2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m).

Trainer Chris So believes a good gate will make all the difference for Master Albert at his Happy Valley debut, with the chestnut seeking his first Hong Kong win at start four in the second section of the Class 3 Queen’s Road Central Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday night.

It was a day of milestones as trainer David Hall brought up his 400th Hong Kong win with Little Giant in the Class 2 Hakka Culture Handicap (1200m) and jockey Nash Rawiller made it 100 local winners with a double.

Former French galloper Citron Spirit landed the biggest success of his Hong Kong career with a victory in the Class 2 Hakka Cup Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Saturday and trainer Ricky Yiu now has his sights set on stakes company with the five-year-old.

One of two Class 2 contests at Sha Tin on Saturday is the Hakka Culture Handicap (1200m) on the all-weather track. The well-regarded Little Giant (119lb), unbeaten in two outings as Blackcrown in New Zealand

Rocketeer will step out on the long road towards the BMW Hong Kong Derby in Saturday’s Sha Tin feature, the Class 2 Hakka Cup Handicap (1600m).

Premiere (124lb) dashed to an exhilarating victory in the Class 2 Kwoon Chung Bus Cup Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

Zac Purton was the man of the moment at Sha Tin’s barrier trial session on Tuesday morning, partnering G1-winning sprinter Lucky Bubbles and unbeaten three-year-old Hot King Prawn in separate heats on dirt.

Fresh off a weekend double at Sha Tin, Karis Teetan will be hoping to continue his strong start to the season aboard last season’s Champion Griffin Premiere in the Class 2 Kwoon Chung Bus Cup Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

It had been a long time between drinks for Divine Boy, but trainer Me Tsui hopes that he may have more wins in store now after his three and a quarter length victory in the Class 3 Tsuen Lok Handicap (1650m) on the all-weather track under Joao Moreira at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Karis Teetan has made a fine start to the season and in Sunday’s Class 2 standout at Sha Tin, the Yeung Uk Handicap, the man who sits third in the jockeys’ premiership will aim to add to his tally with the exciting prospect Fifty Fifty (114lb).

With just over two months until December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin, connections in Hong Kong and around the world are beginning to plot a path towards the global year-end showpiece.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has launched a website designed to provide regularly updated information and imagery of the Conghua Training Centre (CTC), opening in Q3 2018.

Ricky Yiu – fresh from his Japan expedition with Blizzard – saddled up Manful Star to win the second section of the Class 4 Quarry Bay Handicap (1200m) and Keep Moving to take the Class 3 Causeway Bay Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley on Thursday night.

Good Companion held on for victory at Happy Valley last start and Derek Cruz’s honest gelding will attempt to back-up in the Fortress Hill Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Thursday night - his first foray into Class 3.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club stewards' advised that on Wednesday they interviewed Mr A S Cruz, the trainer of PAKISTAN STAR which, in a 1600 Metre barrier trial conducted at Sha Tin Racecourse yesterday, refused to gallop with the field after travelling approximately 100 Metres.

An eventful 11-batch barrier trial session at Sha Tin on Tuesday saw Werther sparkle in a 1000-metre hit out, but Pakistan Star picked up another black mark for a heel-digging refusal in the 1600m heat.

It was a watershed day for Derek Leung at Sha Tin on Sunday as the homegrown jockey scored his first treble since 2011,

Beauty Generation (113lb) was drawn widest of 13 in Sunday’s G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m), but was acceded the lead after 200m and was not for catching under jockey Derek Leung, leading every step after that to secure a first success at pattern level.

The somewhat unpredictable nature of handicap racing came to the fore in the G3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday as John Moore-trained Dashing Fellow held off a raft of challengers to take the sprint feature, leading home a 1-2-4 for his handler.

Blizzard ran a game fifth in the G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama Racecourse on Sunday as Red Falx stormed hard and late to become the fifth two-time winner of Japan’s autumn sprint championship.