Tony Cruz has lauded James McDonald’s precision ride to snare the Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m) on The Golden Scenery with a ground-saving display which catapulted McDonald to a double at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 November).
Alexis Badel is confident Happy Together has the qualities to contend strongly in the HK$4.075 million Class 1 Chevalier Cup Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 November) when Frankie Lor’s talented gelding bids to extend impressive progress.
Already with three Group 1 victories this year, Sydney-based jockey Rachel King is keen to mix it with the best when she competes in the 2023 LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 6 December.
A stellar cast of world-class horses headed by Golden Sixty, Romantic Warrior, Highfield Princess, Luxembourg and Lucky Sweynesse feature among 49 gallopers from Hong Kong, Japan, France, Ireland, Great Britain, Singapore and the United States of America selected for the HK$118 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 10 December.
Pierre Ng continued an impressive start to the 2023/24 season and extended his lead in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 November) as 12-time champion trainer John Size moved to within one win of reaching the 1,500-win milestone in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s former champion sprinter Wellington appeared in good shape this morning (Tuesday, 7 November) ahead of his reappearance in the HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) on 19 November at Sha Tin.
Manfred Man will consider adding Encountered to his LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) arsenal after the under-rated stayer triumphed in the HK$4.2 million G3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (5 November).
Willie Mullins has gone tantalisingly close to winning one of the world’s greatest races and most gruelling staying tests – the G1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) – and is back for Tuesday’s (7 November) AU$ 7.75 million (approx. HK$39.49 million) race for what he says is unfinished business.
Angus Chung jubilated in the best haul of his fledgling Hong Kong career when the apprentice slotted a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (1 November) to vault into third place in the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship.
Frankie Lor concedes a significant rise in the handicap ratings leaves Money Catcher with a difficult challenge when the gelding attempts to post consecutive wins in the HK$4.2 million G3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (5 November).
