#Hong Kong Jockey Club

Kempton pay tribute to two former equine stars with the Grade 2 Silviniaco Conti Chase and the Lanzarote Hurdle featuring on their Saturday racecard, whilst Warwick is the venue for two further Grade 2 jumps races on the same afternoon. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of the weekend action with Wally Pyrah discussing Sunday's…

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…

The LONGINES Hong Kong International 2022 racing came to a dramatic close at Sha Tin on Sunday with two hot favorites being defeated in the Group 1 races, but the events of the day did little to diminish the world class racing we got to enjoy over the entirety of the past week. The first upset came in the LONGINES Hong Kong Vase when the heavily…

Hong Kong racing is back Saturday. night, running at 11:30 p.m. EST in North America. Free PPs are available at Horse Racing Nation. Hong Kong Jockey Club website.

Race 10: The John O'Shea-trained Quantico has stamped himself as a real star of the future with a slashing victory in the Listed MSS Security Sprint (1200m). Winner at five of his first nine starts at home in Sydney, the five-year-old son of I Am Invincible savaged the line to score comprehensively at his first experience up the straight. The…

At just 14 years of age, Zac Purton made a decision that would change his life. He decided to skip school for a day. "I jumped at the opportunity," Purton recalls with a cheeky smile. Instead of walking through the gates of Coffs Harbour High, the schoolboy went to an RSL club for a jockey recruitment seminar. Not long after, before finishing year…

The 2021 Melbourne Cup is the feature race held at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon. The Handicap race is run over 3200m and is worth $8000000 in prize money. Find out all the information on the Melbourne Cup below including how you can live stream the Melbourne Cup, the full field and barriers and how to get the best odds on the race. The 2021…

California Spangle, seen at trackwork Dec. 7, tackles champion Golden Sixty and some tough foreign competition in Sunday's Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Mile. Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Jockey Club HONG KONG, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The Longines Hong Kong International Races take center stage in weekend horse racing, with competition from around the globe…

Hong Kong racing is back Friday night at 12:00 a.m. EST in North America. Free PPs are available at Horse Racing Nation. Hong Kong Jockey Club website.

World Pool betting will again be available on all eight races at Sandown Park on Saturday, after the success of the initiative across the five days of Royal Ascot. For the third year at the Royal meeting, the co-mingling brought together by World Pool saw over 20 leading racing nations, including the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, South…

Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Practical Move upset three of trainer Bob Baffert's 2-year-olds in the weekend's feature race, the Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity, adding his name into the mix of candidates for the 2023 Kentucky Derby. Things went a bit more to expectations among the Japanese 2-year-olds as the three favorites reported 1-2-3 in Sunday's Grade 1…

Down On Da Bayou blitzes her rivals in Thursday's UAE Oaks at Meydan, and now is headed for the Saudi Derby. Photo by Erika Rasmussen, courtesy of Dubai Racing Club Feb. 21 (UPI) Weekend horse racing features a dash of Kentucky Derby, Saudi Derby, Hong Kong Derby, Qatar Derby and even the Winter Derby with action from the Far East to the Middle…

Racing people are generally cynical. It isn't necessarily a congenital disposition, although the sport may attract cynics because of its nature. It's a learned response. Anyone who doesn't know the sport contains more disappointments than glorious triumphs hasn't been following the story. Most horses disappoint. It's a fact of life. Most trainers…

Verry Elleegant has won the Melbourne Cup to give trainer Chris Waller his first ever Cup victory after Kiwi jockey James McDonald piloted the horse to a perfect position before she exploded down the final straight to blow the field away. Verry Elleegant was positioned perfectly to make her run down the straight past the grandstand, shooting past…

A visit to the free-to-enter Hong Kong Racing Museum which overlooks the bend after the stands at Happy Valley racecourse gives an interesting insight into the sport's development in the former British colony. Racing in Hong Kong began as an amateur form of entertainment among the ex-pats in those colonial days but, for what remains a small-scale…

California Spangle holds off Golden Sixty in Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Mile Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Jockey Club HONG KONG, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A super day for Hong Kong highlighted weekend horse racing with action-starved fans emerging from pandemic lockdowns to cheer on some new heroes from the Sha Tin Racecourse grandstand. Two-year-old filly…

Arguably the best horse ever to be trained in Hong Kong, Golden Sixty became a household name during the region's strict Covid lockdown period. J A McGrath traces his career ahead of his hat-trick attempt in Sunday's Hong Kong Mile, one of four Group 1 events at the annual HK International Races at Sha Tin Covid lockdown heroes were uncovered in…

Peter Thomas (right) receives his racing writer of the year trophy from Chris McGrath Peter Thomas was crowned racing writer of the year for the first time at the 56th annual Derby Awards in London on Monday, securing an eighth consecutive success in the category for a writer at the Racing Post. Thomas, whose interview with trainer Peter…

PUNTERS have been getting stuck into Aidan O'Brien's globetrotter Mogul ahead of his trip to the Far East. The Group 1 winner has been the subject of a huge gamble in the antepost markets for the prestigious Hong Kong Vase. The valuable race is one of four Group 1's at Sha Tin's glamorous'International Races' fixture on December 13. O'Brien has won…

The Tingle Creek Chase is always a wonderful race to watch and this year Greaneteen returns to Sandown to defend his crown from 12 months ago for champion trainer Paul Nicholls. We hear from his handler in a Jockey Club press conference held earlier this week talking about the chances of a repeat victory. The popular Becher Chase is run over the…

Channel Cat, shown winning the Grade I Man o' War in May, is among the favorites for Saturday's Grade II Red Smith Stakes at Aqueduct. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association Nov. 19 (UPI) -- High-class graded stakes racing is spread across North America this weekend, with a turf showdown in New York, a tough mile event for fillies and mares…

Sodashi, a rare white Thoroughbred shown winning the Artemis Stakes earlier in the season, is among the favorites for Sunday's Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. Photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Weekend horse racing takes an international turn as Sunday's Longines Hong Kong International Races could see the final runs by…

White Abarrio, seen winning the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park, is among the Kentucky Derby contenders returning to action in Saturday's Ohio Derby at Thistledown. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park June 24 (UPI) -- Derby contenders from Louisville and Epsom Downs return to action in weekend horse racing and "Win and You're In" spots for…

Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun works out at Churchill Downs in preparation for Saturday's Stephen Foster Stakes. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs July 1 (UPI) -- The Fourth of July weekend kicks off the second half of the horse racing year with a bang as Mandaloun, Life Is Good, Ce Ce and other notables return from layoffs. Adding to the…

Raging Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise has been upstaged with reigning Australian horse of the year Verry Elleegant taking out the 2021 Melbourne Cup in a thrilling upset victory. Incentivise - the shortest-priced favourite since Phar Lap - fell just short at Flemington on Tuesday, finishing in second with import Spanish Mission in third and…

Horse racing fans can look forward to a fabulous Saturday, with a R500000 TAB Pick 6 carryover to the Turffontein race meeting, which is headlined by the Colorado King Stakes and the chance to bet with the local TAB into Hong Kong's mega tote pools on the Dubai World Cup extravaganza at Meydan. The Pick 6 pool at Turffontein is expected to top R3…

Just Cindy wins the Schuylerville Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on Thursday's opening day at Saratoga. Photo by Chelsea Durand, Cognianese Photos, courtesy of New York Racing Association July 15 (UPI) -- Saratoga is back into action this weekend, with trainer Chad Brown ready to make a statement on the turf course and the usual top-self competition…

RSN Expert Hong Kong Racecaller and Presenter Tom Wood has the best Daily Racing Tips for the Hong Kong Jockey Club Day meeting at Sha Tin on Saturday 12th of November for the RSN Punter. Along with our Daily Racing Tips, you'll find Greyhound and Harness Tips, plus Interstate Racing Tips, each and every day of the week with RSN927's Expert…

Hong Kong racing is back Friday night at 12:00 a.m. midnight EDT in North America. Free PPs are available at Horse Racing Nation. Hong Kong Jockey Club website.

A is for A Shin Hikari, current Hong Kong Cup track record holder with a winning time of 2.00.60. B is for betting pools. The Hong Kong Jockey Club runs the region's racing and football pools, alongside the Mark Six Lottery. In 2017-18 horseracing contributed HK$122.8 billion (£12.3bn) in turnover. Unclaimed winnings of HK$60m (£6m) were returned…

Ireland becomes the fourth country in the world to host a World Pool betting event on Saturday when an eight-figure sum is set to be invested into Tote Pools, available to Irish and British punters, on Irish Champion Stakes Day at Leopardstown. What is World Pool and how does it work? Through collaboration between the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Tote,…

Dubai Honour: beaten at Royal Ascot but has come a long way since Dubai Honour suffered a handicap defeat off a mark of 91 on his first start of the year and ends it 30lb higher in the world's richest 1m2f turf race, but quick conditions - according to his camp - at Sha Tin may reduce his chances in Sunday's Longines Hong Kong Cup (8.30). The…

Beauty Generation, shown during morning track work Thursday, is one of many headliners on the Champions Day program Sunday at Hong Kong's Sha Tin Racecourse. Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Jockey Club April 24 (UPI) -- With much of the world's horse racing still out of action because of the coronavirus, Hong Kong steps up this weekend with a trio of…

Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty in morning trackwork Oct. 11, preparing for his return to action. Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Jockey Club Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Two-year-olds are on display this weekend at tracks from France to England and on to California, while much of the globe girds for the Breeders' Cup World Championships in two weeks'…

It's a very exciting weekend of racing with the Badger Beer Chase and the Elite Hurdle at Wincanton, the Grand Sefton Chase run over the national fences at Aintree plus a couple of Listed races on the flat at Doncaster all on Saturday afternoon. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of the weekend's racing action in the UK with Wally…

Ce Ce, shown winning the Azeri Stakes on March 12 at Oaklawn Park, is among the favorites for Saturday's Grade I Apple Blossom over the same track. Coady photography, courtesy of Oaklawn Park April 22 (UPI) -- As spring blossoms, horse racing stars including Letruska, Ce Ce, Pizza Bianca, Malathat and Channel Maker return from winter vacations this…

Classic Causeway, shown winning the Sam F. Davis Stakes earlier in the meeting, is morning-line favorite for Saturday's Tampa Bay. SV Photography photo, courtesy of Tampa Bay Downs March 11 (UPI) -- With the Kentucky Derby picture still very much uncertain, Saturday's Tampa Bay Derby looms as a golden opportunity for one or more of the 3-year-olds…

View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2022 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes be run on Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at Flemington racecourse. Time: 4:35PM Distance: 1400m Class: Group 3 Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the MSS Security Sprint - Comment below *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA &…

The two-day Cazoo Derby saw volumes of £48.6 million bet into World Pool. Across the spectacular two-day meeting, which offered £3.36 million in prize money and was one of the centre pieces of the Platinum Jubilee, World Pool saw net pools of £48.6 million, with just under £24 million bet on Cazoo Oaks Day, followed by nearly £24.7 million on Cazoo…

The two-day Cazoo Derby, one of the centrepieces of the Platinum Jubilee Weekend, will be a World Pool event with millions of racing fans from over 20 countries able to watch and bet on the high-class racing action at Epsom Downs racecourse, where £3.36 million in prize money is on offer across the 14 races. The UK Tote Group, leading British…

are one of the biggest horse racing betting brands in the world and their online site provides customers with lots of different ways to bet. This includes the World Pool which gives you a chance to make predictions for horse races when it comes to meetings taking place across the planet and there are some big prizes up for grabs. As the strapline…

A truly exciting day's racing takes place at Newmarket on Saturday where the Cambridgeshire Handicap is one of the feature races of the afternoon alongside the Middle Park Stakes for colts & the Cheveley Park Stakes for fillies. The Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes gets the action underway at 1.50. Sean Woods will be looking for a bit of cut in the…

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Like the last fighter standing after a rain-soaked street brawl, Alpinista and her connections now look around after Sunday's sparkling win in the Qatar Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe thinking, "Who's next?" The 5-year-old Frankel mare overcame day-long rains and very soft turf to win Europe's premier race by 1/2 length, running…

What a magnificent couple of day's racing we can look forward to this weekend. On Saturday, Newmarket stages the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes, whilst Ascot and Redcar complete the afternoon line-up. Saturday and Sunday sees the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting taking place in Paris. We speak to French trainer Francis Graffard about the…

Hong Kong racing is back with the sixth of 88 world-class racing cards starting Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. EDT in North America. Free PPs are available at Horse Racing Nation. Hong Kong Jockey Club website. Happy Valley selections by Declan Schuster Race 1: No. 4 Jolly Honour, No. 11 Smiling Face, No. 6 HandsomeVeggie, No. 1 Bell Of Victory. Race…

It's been hard not to miss Racing Victoria's spring message as Melbourne's sporting baton is handed from AFL to racing. The much hyped "Here For The Horses" documentary aired last Thursday and aired again and again. Slickly produced, fronted by sports crossing triple premiership hero Josh Gibson and including the right faces and voices of Jamie…

Joao Moreira and Beat The Clock have teamed up to win Sunday's International Sprint at Hong Kong's Sha Tin after Australia's group 1 winner In Her Time was scratched. On Saturday, it was announced that the Kris Lees-trained mare sustained a quarter crack in her near left front foot and would undergo a veterinary examination the following…

We're all getting poorer, fast - especially here in South Africa. Economies are slipping; ours is sliding. Blame the ANC, Putin and quantitative easing all you like, but the only way out of looming hard times is to find yourself a big splodge of cash. Then you can sit back and tut-tut as misery and mayhem unfold before you. You could try the Lotto.…

There could be a sense of déjà vu at Greyville on Saturday. Nebraas and Jet Dark are poised to repeat memorable victories of 2021 - in the Gold Cup and Champions Cup respectively. These are just two of a host of important races on the card of the super fixture that rounds off the season. Nebraas is the reigning king of stayers and is heavily…

The Ayr Gold & Silver Cups are the feature races at the west Scottish track on Saturday as the sprinters line-up over 6-furlongs. Further south, Newbury stages a trio of Group races on the same afternoon. Trainer John Ryan steps Manaccan up to Group 3 company for the first time in the 5-furlong Newbury sprint and he joins us on today's…