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Saturday, September 29 2018

Lucky Bubbles faces a tough assignment in Sunday’s G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama, but the gelding’s connections are holding fast to sporting hope amidst a cluster of known and possible complications.

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Friday, September 28 2018

Classic heroes Ping Hai Star and Nothingilikemore return as five-year-olds in Monday’s G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) with big aims and high hopes, with trainer John Size hopeful that both can prove quickly that they belong amongst the best horses in Hong Kong.

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Friday, September 28 2018

Trainer John Size’s dominance of the feature sprints appears set to continue this term with the Australian handler holding the ace hand in Monday’s (1 October) G3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m), saddling up G1 winner Ivictory and rising star Hot King Prawn. 

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Thursday, September 27 2018

A South African connection will link close rivals Seasons Bloom and Fifty Fifty in the G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin Racecourse on Monday.

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Thursday, September 27 2018

Beauty Generation will step out for his first run of this campaign in the Gr.3 Celebration Cup Handicap on Monday, 1 October, with trainer John Moore pointing his stable star along the same route that led to last season’s Horse of the Year title.

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Thursday, September 27 2018

Fifty Fifty (NZ) (Thorn Park) has not been seen in action since finishing eighth in the Gr.2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) in April.

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Monday, September 24 2018

Hong Kong racing is five fixtures into the post-Joao Moreira era and any notion that the circuit’s jockeys might be having an easier time of things is proving to be a fallacy. The dynamics have changed but the competition is still intense. 

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Sunday, September 23 2018

Adaptability was the watchword after trainer Tony Millard saddled a three-timer at Sha Tin on Saturday.

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Friday, September 21 2018

Morethanlucky was a prominent player in the Frankie Lor success story last season and the trainer is looking to Saturday’s Class 2 Washington D.C. Handicap (1400m) for a signal that the five-year-old can play a leading part this term, too. 

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Sunday, September 16 2018

The Hong Kong Jockey Club advised on Saturday afternoon that due to approach of Super Typhoon Magnkhut, the race meeting at Sha Tin Racecourse scheduled on Sunday is cancelled. 

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Friday, September 14 2018

Jockey Karis Teetan believes that Wishful Thinker has what it takes to get to stakes company this preparation, with the Richard Gibson-trained gelding set to tackle Sunday’s Class 2 Woodpecker Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin.

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Thursday, September 13 2018

Trainer Tony Cruz says that Wednesday's Happy Valley Class 2 Wah Fu Handicap (1650m) winner Circuit Glory (119lb) is capable of finding the form that saw him win the G2 Championship Stakes (2100m) in New Zealand pre-import,

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Thursday, September 13 2018

Trainer Richard Gibson paid tribute to Hong Kong Jockey Club consultant Nick Columb after Right Honourable anchored a double for both his handler and jockey Zac Purton with victory in the Class 4 Sheung Tak Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening.

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Tuesday, September 11 2018

The Hong Kong career of Limitless has been defined by his many quirks and tricks as much as his talent, but jockey Douglas Whyte believes that a late-season victory last term has the Caspar Fownes-trained galloper ready to return an improved horse in the Class 2 Wah Fu Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

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Monday, September 10 2018

Romantic Touch (121lb) carried off the Class 1 Kwangtung Handicap Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday and sparked a three-win spree for a new alliance.

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Sunday, September 09 2018

A jubilant Me Tsui could easily have been mistaken as the winning trainer in the moments after the Korea Sprint in Seoul on Sunday, leading celebrations after Fight Hero came within a head of pulling off a remarkable victory for Hong Kong in the Korean Group 1 feature.

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Saturday, September 08 2018

Trainer Me Tsui has created something of a reputation as a force on the Sha Tin all-weather, but he admits that Seoul’s sandy, almost beach-like track is a new frontier entirely as he aims to bring home Korea Sprint glory with Fight Hero on Sunday.

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Friday, September 07 2018

Jolly Banner (124lb) and Chad Schofield paired to win the Class 1 Kwangtung Handicap Cup (1400m) last season and that combination will attempt to go back-to-back in Sunday’s Sha Tin feature.

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Thursday, September 06 2018

A thriller wrapped up proceedings at Happy Valley’s season opener on Wednesday night as Super Hoppy (117lb) rattled to a flashing short-head victory in the Class 2 Big Wave Bay Handicap (1200m) under Chad Schofield. 

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Tuesday, September 04 2018

Trainer Danny Shum is no stranger to success in the Hong Kong Airlines Million Challenge, having won the Happy Valley series in two of the last three seasons. The handler begins his assault on this year’s contest with Super Hoppy and Lucky Girl at the city track on Wednesday night. 

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Monday, September 03 2018

Hong Kong’s season-opening fixture drew a crowd of more than 74,000 on Sunday and the eager mass at Sha Tin Racecourse raised a ripping roar for Zac Purton when the champion jockey moved his title defence off the mark with victory in the day’s Class 1 feature.

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Monday, September 03 2018

Jimmy Ting got the coveted call-up to the Hong Kong trainers’ rank as recently as June and the rookie handler hit the ground running thanks to a double on opening day at Sha Tin on Sunday.

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