Purton Edges Ahead
Jolly Banner showed plenty of vim for a veteran as he battled past younger rivals to win the Gr3 Premier Cup Handicap at Sha Tin on Sunday
21st June 2020
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Jolly Banner showed plenty of vim for a veteran as he battled past younger rivals to win the Gr3 Premier Cup Handicap at Sha Tin on Sunday
Zac Purton will start Sunday’s 11-race Sha Tin card with a precious three-win lead in the title race after snaring a treble on Wednesday at the same venue
Zac Purton is hoping to make hay under the Sha Tin floodlights on Wednesday with Joao Moreira sitting out the all-weather track fixture due to a riding suspension
The big two carved up the races with merciless intent, each attempting to beat the other to a fourth Hong Kong champion jockey title
No-one aged over 70 will be allowed at Irish tracks in the initial stages – ruling out the attendance of successful veteran trainers such as Jim Bolger, Jessica Harrington and Dermot Weld.
Joao Moreira and Zac Purton continued their enthralling back-and-forth contest for the jockeys’ championship with a double each at Happy Valley on Wednesday.
Joao Moreira outscored jockeys’ championship rival Zac Purton three to one at Sha Tin on Sunday, a haul that left the three-time Hong Kong champions locked on 117 wins apiece
Zac Purton and Joao Moreira continued their back-and-forth battle for the Hong Kong champion jockey title at Happy Valley on Wednesday
Joao Moreira outpointed Zac Purton three wins to zero at Sha Tin on Saturday
The Hong Kong jockey championship has been a nice sideshow attraction for SA punters starved of local racing
The Hong Kong Jockey Club may charter a jet to get their two jockeys back from the Dubai World Cup meeting in time for Sunday’s meeting
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
