#Class Three

Douglas Whyte believes a trip to Qatar for the H.H. The Amir Trophy (2400m) at Al Rayyan Racecourse on February 18 could "spark up" his two-time Group One winner Russian Emperor. Russian Emperor is joined by the Caspar Fownes-trained Senor Toba among the entries for the Qatar Group One contest, which boasts a purse of US$2.5 million (HK$19.5…

Form analyst Greg Polson is keen to get stuck into Sunday's meetings at Orange and Lismore. ORANGE Best Bet: Race 2 (3) Sizzle Minizzle Like the way the Brett Robb-trained Sizzle Minizzle is going about his business and there's only one reason that will stop the three-year-old son of Sizzling winning for the third time in seven starts at Orange on…

A tour of Coolmore Stud in Fethard, County Tipperary is a wonderfully enriching experience for any Flat racing fan, the site being home to so many champions from years gone by. To drive the point home, simply check out the stud's roster for 2021 which counted 16 stallions and the winners of 44 Group/Grade 1 races between them. Of course, winning…

Six months ago, I left behind everything I knew in the move from Sydney to Hong Kong, naive and unaware. I mean, how hard could it be? I've made the quantum leap from riding a bicycle with training wheels to riding a unicycle - and there have been plenty of stumbles along the way. I've only just got balanced but there's still a long way to go…

Racing is never short of a storyline and 2022 was certainly no different. Be it the good, the bad or the sometimes ugly, racing can at times resemble a soap opera as much as it does a billion dollar industry. With 2022 now in the rear view mirror we look back at the 30 biggest stories to shape the year with Part 2 today covering 15-1. 15) Melbourne…

Picking up from my last column to cover the remainder of the holiday program (December 28 to January 1) in what was the busiest post-Boxing Day period for some time, the narrative seemed to me more of the same - some horses enhanced their reputations, a bigger number diminished theirs, and a standout performance to breathe new life into some…

We've got almost nothing but conference play on the Tuesday card. Saint Mary's and North Carolina Central play lower-division opponents, but the 21 games with all Division I teams are all conference clashes. It's that time of year. Save for some showcase games, it will be nothing but conference play the rest of the way. Personnel changes and…

Theotherside, 8-1 at the time of the writing, is Newsboy's Nap for the racing fixtures on Wednesday, July 20. As temperatures cool, a full programme takes place Habanero Star (pictured second left) is tipped to win at Lingfield THEOTHERSIDE is fancied to find the winning groove in Southwell's Follow @attheraces On Handicap (4.05). This track is a…

It's Flat racing's Arc weekend - 12 horses, the smallest field in 12 years, are due to be chasing Europe's grandest prize at ParisLongchamp racetrack in the Bois de Boulogne on Sunday. Though two-time winner Enable is hogging the build-up headlines as she and Frankie Dettori seek an historic treble in the mile-and-a-half-long feature, the…

Godolphin pair Adayar and Hurricane Lane, the Aga Khan's superstar mare Tarnawa and dual Oaks winner Snowfall have been declared for Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as 15 runners stood their ground on Thursday. The Roger Varian-trained Teona, who beat Snowfall in the Prix Vermeille this month, misses the race as the ground will be…

Lingfield hosts a busy eight-race card on the All-Weather on Wednesday, while there is jumping from Hexham, all live on Sky Sports Racing from 11.20am. The class three feature, the BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Handicap (1.25), has attracted nine runners, with bottom-weight Flying Secret looking of interest despite having yet to get his head in…

Leopardstown is the sole fixture on Saturday. The rest of the programme was cancelled as a mark of respect following the death of the Queen, a lifelong supporter of racing Top class French-trained three-year-old Vadeni attempts to plunder yet another huge prize when he faces six rivals in Saturday's Group 1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at…

Alan Thomson picked out an 11/1 winner at Windsor earlier this week and returns with a look at Friday's best betting race, live on Sky Sports Racing. The Sky Sports Racing cameras are at Doncaster on Friday for an eight-race card and the Vertem Very Different Stockbrokers Handicap (4.38), a one-mile-and-two-furlongs Class Three contest featuring…

The BMW Hong Kong Derby looks as even as ever but the decision to pick Congratulation ahead of Flagship Glory has raised eyebrows. The three Classic Series contests are some of the only ones in Hong Kong where the fields are decided by a selection panel, which means horses can get in on merit, rather than rating or priority (the Hong Kong…

Gun English jockey Ryan Moore will ride Wellington in next month's Group One Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), with trainer Richard Gibson confirming his stable star is on track for the international races. Wellington pulled up lame after a disappointing sixth in the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) on November 20 but Gibson is pleased with how his…

Gary Nutting is backing Venetia Williams to end her dry spell in the race of the day at Lingfield as the rain comes. Lingfield Park is the only UK track to host three different disciplines (all-weather, turf Flat and jumps) and Sky Sports Racing cameras are back there on Tuesday. Highlight of the seven-race jumps card is the Thorley Taverns…

It wasn't quite a Group One victory but Richard Gibson was adamant the buzz was no different after he landed his first two-year-old winner in Hong Kong at Sha Tin on Sunday. Seven days after snaring the Group One Chairman's Sprint Prize with Wellington, Gibson was successful at the other end of the spectrum thanks to Cordyceps Six's upset win in…

Lucky Eight's raw ability was there for all to see at Sha Tin on Sunday and Ricky Yiu Poon-fai wasn't tempering his opinion of the three-year-old, comparing him to Group One winner Amber Sky. Lucky Eight cruised to victory on debut in the first section of the Class Four Spessartine Garnet Handicap (1200m), travelling just off the pace under Karis…

Rod Northam can send punters home on a winning note at Gunnedah Picture: Simon Bullard-News Corp It's Somerton Cup Day at Gunnedah and it's a meeting that offers plenty of value from a punting perspective. Gunnedah Summary Best Bet: Race 7 (18) Hiraishin Next Best: Race 1 (2) Just Strolling Value Bet: Race 3 (4) Playing For Keeps Race by Race…

The money came for Dragon's Luck in a big way and Lyle Hewitson left absolutely nothing to chance at Sha Tin on Saturday, ensuring the easiest of watches for punters who piled into the Douglas Whyte-trained debutant. Considered a $14 chance half an hour out from the race, Dragon's Luck was hammered from $10 into $4.35 in the final few minutes of…

Former bush jockey Josh King snares his first city win as a trainer with Enabler winning at Doomben on Saturday. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography. More than a year on from enjoying the magic carpet ride with Caulfield Cup winner Incentivise, former bush jockey Josh King nailed his first city winner as a trainer. King, who grew up in…

In South Africa, daughters of Querari (a son of Green Desert's champion sprinter son Oasis Dream) in the form of Maria Querol and Fleeting, ran first and second respectively in Saturday's Listed World Sports Betting Stormsvlei Stakes, while Green Desert sire sons and grandsons made their mark overseas on the same day. Oasis Dream made headlines in…

Bangor host an excellent card on Wednesday, all live on Sky Sports Racing, where the meeting's opener is previewed by Declan Rix. There are numerous competitive and quality contests on offer at the Welsh track, including a Listed Novice Chase for fillies and mares (1.25). It's the opening race, the Class Three Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Handicap…

Form analyst Greg Polson is keen to get stuck into Monday's meetings at Scone and Lismore. SCONE Best Bet: Race 4 (1) African Daisy This looks a nice race for the Annabel Neasham-trained African Daisy to return to racing. A four-year-old daughter of American Pharoah, African Daisy has had a couple of trials and she was a five-length winner at Wyong…

All eyes will be on Keeneland this Saturday, as the Kentucky racecourse hosts nine Breeders' Cup races, including the Breeders' Cup Classic. Day 2 of the Breeders' Cup is championship day, the richest day of racing in North America. Nine Breeders' Cup races, together worth $21 million, are staged on Saturday, and the results will go a large way to…

The Eclipse is one of Europe's major middle-distance prizes and the 2009 renewal is one which will be firmly imprinted on the memory of any racing fan lucky enough to witness it, the performance of the winner, Sea The Stars, up there with the very best in the race's long and illustrious history. It was always the way of Sea The Stars to save…

With the 2019-20 season now behind us, the Post's annual Hong Kong racing awards return. With the likes of Douglas Whyte, Masami Matsuoka and Clement Legend collecting gongs last year, contenders have come thick and fast in an action-packed season. Without further adieu, the award winners for 2019-20 are: It is only fitting the four-time champion…

An exciting field assembled for what is typically one of the most informative juvenile races in the Flat season and NOSTRUM handled the Dip like a potential Classic contender when winning over this course and distance last month. That Group Three win was a clear step forward from his successful Sandown debut and if there's even more to come from…

Juddmonte hold a strong hand in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes with Chaldean and Nostrum both striding out at Newmarket on Saturday. In a race that could decide the champion two-year-old and often acts as a guide to the following spring's 2000 Guineas, it is no surprise to see both youngsters feature high up on the ante-post lists for the opening…

Ricky Yiu Poon-fai became only the fifth trainer to land 900 Hong Kong winners at Sha Tin on Sunday but he certainly wasn't getting carried away, immediately shifting his focus to amassing the next 100. "I don't really feel anything, I'll just put my head down and do the best I can, keep the hard work going - 1000 winners would mean something," Yiu…

LAST Thursday, a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin was flogged at auction for a whopping £12 million. This Thursday, the four-legged Stradivarius could bag a fourth Gold Cup to become one of the greatest horses in the 300-year history of Ascot. You couldn't put a price tag on that. Who'd have thought the eight-year-old would even be returning for…

Updated on: Sep 28, 2022 11:47 pm IST PUR-W vs CAN-W Dream11: FIBA Women's World Cup is in the Playoffs mode and from here on, three victories in a row for a squad will mean they are the title winners. The Group Stage was largely predictable minus some surprises. And one of the surprises that made it to the Quarter-Finals is Puerto Rico. They will…

Zac Purton says his $1.20 hotpot Exultant fell victim to a severe lack of pace and a bad barrier in Sunday's Group One Hong Kong Gold Cup. The champion jockey was left with few options from barrier nine, jumping from the tricky 2000m Sha Tin start, and admits he knew he was in trouble 800m in when Joao Moreira was left to dictate proceedings on…

In a winter hibernation since the excitement of last month's Longines Hong Kong International Races? Never fear, we get it. There hasn't been much to get excited about since A Shin Hikari & Co lit up Sha Tin on December 14. Good news: this Sunday's meeting at Sha Tin marks the start of a succession of regular feature races that stretches right…