Werther whisked through the mist at Sha Tin this morning with a business-like final gallop ahead of Sunday’s HK$20 million Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m) that reinforced John Moore’s opinion that last year’s winner is in the right zone to repeat the feat.

Aerovelocity remained on-course for his career swansong in the G1 Chairman's Sprint Prize (1200m) a week on Sunday after satisfying connections in a 1200m all-weather barrier trial at Sha Tin this morning.

Japanese raider Neorealism was turning heads at trackwork at Sha Tin in preparation for Sunday's HK$20 million Gr.1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m).

Trainer Tony Millard said the racing game was “full of swings and roundabouts” after scoring a double with Atomic Blast and Golden Sleep at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

Hugh Bowman, Australia’s leading Group 1 jockey, is ever the ‘feet on the ground’ realist and measured in his assessment of his major race prospects despite his remarkable success in recent seasons and an especially stellar 2016.

Japan's Neorealism, with the scalp of the all-conquering Maurice on his belt, brings the international 'X' factor plus an element of the nation's renowned technological expertise to Sunday's HK$20 million G1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m).

If horses wore sleeves, Blazing Speed’s would be rolled up, just like his regular partner in arms Neil Callan whose battling successes in Hong Kong have earned him the “Iron Man” tag among local racing fans.

Jockey Matthew Chadwick is as well-acquainted with Pakistan Star as any rider, so his belief that the Shamardal gelding is reaching his peak ahead of the G1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on 30 April carries plenty of weight.

Matthew Poon rode his first Hong Kong double today. The 10lb claimer was back in action for the first time since sustaining an injury at his local debut three weeks ago.

Moore secured a three-timer and was on the mark early doors in the season’s first Griffin race, the Cheung Lin Shan Plate. The 1000m contest opened the afternoon’s action and it was Amusing City (120lb), the only two-year-old in the six-runner field, who edged the verdict.

Magic Legend is hurtling towards an international test in next month’s HK$14 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) after maintaining a perfect Hong Kong record with a battling victory in this afternoon’s (17 April) Class 2 Nam Long Shan Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin.

Almost a year after Strathmore proved his mettle against some of the top sprinters around, trainer Tony Millard is hoping his five-year-old can bounce back to form in the Class 2 Nam Long Shan Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin’s holiday race meeting on Easter Monday

The night’s other trophy race, the Class 4 Indian Recreation Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1200m), went to the Francis Lui-trained Fine With Me, a 28/1 chance.

That front-running exhibition from Purton in the last came after the jockey had delivered a master-class of patient jockeyship in the Class 3 Singapore Turf Club Trophy

Winner’s Way capped tonight’s (Wednesday, 12 April) action at Happy Valley with an impressive all-the-way win in the Class 2 Lion City Handicap (1650m), a performance that gave a conspicuous nod to Rapper Dragon’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series form.

Beauty Generation and Eagle Way fought out a thrilling finish to the Class 2 Jinbao Street Handicap (2200m), with the former edging out his stablemate by a short-head. And, with Helene Charisma – another highly-touted Moore-trained galloper – in fifth, the handler has three candidates for staying honours this spring.

Rapper Dragon continued his march towards Group 1 honours with a victory in this afternoon’s G2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m), a performance that had Joao Moreira proclaiming the four-year-old Hong Kong’s standout.

Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel), a $250,000 purchase at the 2014 Premier Sale, stepped up to the big time in Hong Kong with a stylish win in Sunday's HK$4 million Listed Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin.

A couple of top drawer Group 2 contests dominate Sunday's (9 April) action at Sha Tin but away from the Chairman's Trophy and Sprint Cup there is some attention grabbing action.

D B Pin scotched any doubts about his ability to last 1200 metres and proved the all-weather track to be no barrier to his continuing progress, with an easy victory in the Class 2 Chun Shek Handicap at Sha Tin on Wednesday, 5 April.

Helene Paragon has emerged from lowly beginnings at San Sebastian in Spain to become one of John Moore’s stable stars in Hong Kong’s racing hotbed, and in Sunday’s (9 April) G2 Chairman’s Trophy, the entire will attempt to enhance his claim to be the best miler in town.

Chad Schofield is locked in to ride two talented contenders on Sunday (9 April), one in each of the day’s Group 2 features, the Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) and the Sprint Cup (1200m); Limitless and Thewizardofoz both are on retrieval missions of varying degrees, and similar might be said of their adept young rider.

D B Pin tops the bill at Sha Tin’s all-weather card on Wednesday (5 April) night, and jockey Zac Purton is hopeful that the smart four-year-old will give affirmative answers to a couple of questions when he takes on 11 rivals in the Class 2 Chun Shek Handicap (1200m).

Hong Kong apprentice jockey Kei Chiong was named Best Lady Apprentice Jockey at the 2017 HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards, based on performances from the 2016 racing season.