Ending a drawn out cold spell, Caspar Fownes savoured sweet victory at Happy Valley on Wednesday
Progressive four-year-old C P Brave rewarded Tony Millard’s patience at Sha Tin on Sunday, surging home after a moment of uncertainty in the straight to take out the Class Two Woodpecker Handicap in convincing fashion
It is the eighth time Purton has registered five wins at a Hong Kong meeting and the first time he has accomplished the feat since 6 May, 2020
The talented chestnut was a four-time winner from five starts last season but his rapid ascent through the grades has seemingly stalled with only one top three finish from four runs this campaign
‘He’s going great guns, he’s big and strong he just seems to keep on progressing and on paper this looked a good race for him even though he’s carrying top-weight…’
John Size has enjoyed a strong start to the New Year with six wins through January and on Wednesday at Happy Valley he’ll saddle seven runners
Purton attributed his searing form streak – nine winners in three meetings – to recovery from a torn hamstring
Reinvigorated after a two-week break, Blake Shinn is optimistic Handsome Bo Bo can reprise a distant habit of building winning streaks with a strong performance in the Class 3 Cochrane Handicap at Happy Valley
Neil Callan attempts to seal his place from five rides in the eight races
Paul O’Sullivan hopes the return to Happy Valley today for Lobo’s Legend will be a winning move as the South African-bred shoots for a first Hong Kong win at his 21st try. The race is off at 16h15
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations