The Hong Kong Jockey Club bought four eye-catching colts out of the recent 2023 Goffs Orby Sale in Ireland for a total outlay of €1.191 million (approx. HK$10.205 million).
Chasing successive wins in the early-season feature, six-time champion jockey Zac Purton believes Stoltz has the quality to successfully contend in the G3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
The G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2400m) is the focus of Sunday’s (1 October) fabulous simulcast programme from ParisLongchamp in Paris, France which features a mouthwatering six Group 1 races and two top-quality handicaps.
Keen to build on a strong debut season, Pierre Ng notched his first double of the 2023/24 campaign at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (27 September) as the young trainer outlined ambitions to hit fresh targets.
Healthy Happy claimed Hong Kong’s first black type victory of the 2023/24 season with success in the G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (24 September) when a belated reunion with Alexis Badel delivered drought-breaking triumph.
Caspar Fownes hopes Straight Arron can lay the foundations for a bountiful campaign when the emerging staying star contests the HK$4.2 million G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (24 September).
Zac Purton believes Circuit Stellar’s barrier manners will be crucial to the outcome of the HK$4.2 million G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (24 September) when Tony Cruz searches for a third successive victory in the season’s first Group contest.
Helene Feeling has swiftly garnered a strong set of BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) credentials and trainer Danny Shum is hopeful the exciting three-year-old can advance his claim when he resumes in Wednesday night’s (20 September) Class 2 Victoria Harbour Handicap (1650m).
Sidelined with serious injury during Hong Kong racing’s off-season, Vincent Ho hopes Dream Winner can provide the perfect return to competition when Frankie Lor’s unbeaten sprinter contests the Class 2 Causeway Bay Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (17 September).
Permission has been granted for Club Jockey Hugh Bowman to be absent from Hong Kong in order to partner LINDERMANN in the Underwood Stakes (Group 1) to be run at Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne on Saturday, 23 September 2023.
In a meeting of firsts, Keagan De Melo and Andrea Atzeni celebrated significant breakthrough victories with momentum-building triumphs at Happy Valley’s season-opening fixture on Wednesday night (13 September).
Danny Shum will plot a path towards the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on 10 December with Victor The Winner after the lightly-raced gelding toppled Lucky Sweynesse, the world’s highest-rated sprinter, in the Class 1 the HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (10 September).
An eager Mark Newnham is expecting to saddle his first Hong Kong runner on Wednesday, 13 September at Happy Valley as he prepares himself for the cauldron-like pressures of Hong Kong’s fiercely competitive 88-fixture racing season.
Thursday 7 September, 2023 – The Hong Kong SAR Government has approved the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s (HKJC) application to introduce three further racedays to the 2023 World Pool calendar.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club bought one striking youngster out of the recent BBAG Yearling Auction 2023 at Baden-Baden, Germany for a total outlay of €85,000 (approx. HK$729,000).
Recently arrived jockeys Andrea Atzeni and Keagan De Melo were officially unveiled by The Hong Kong Jockey Club at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 5 September) ahead of the impending 2023/24 racing season which commences this Sunday (10 September).
Zac Purton has sounded a note of caution ahead of Lucky Sweynesse’s return in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) on Sunday (10 September) after the champion sprinter breezed through a delayed trial at Sha Tin this morning (Monday, 4 September).
Trainer Pierre Ng is remaining upbeat about Hong Kong’s chances at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon (10 September) in South Korea when he saddles Duke Wai and Apache Pass for the G3 Korea Sprint (1200m, sand) and G3 Korea Cup (1800m, sand), respectively.
