Horse Racing: Hong Kong Classic Mile

Hugh Bowman has bounced back a tough week to secure victory aboard the John Size trained Helios Express in the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. It hasn't been the best of times for Bowman recently. Not only did Bowman suffer the discomfort of a race-fall at Sha Tin on January 28 … but he was subsequently found guilty of…

Helios Express (Aus) (Toronado {Ire}) was crunched into $1.30 (3-10) favourtism for Sunday's HK$13-million Hong Kong Classic Mile, sat a perfect trip beneath Hugh Bowman and raced away late to take the first leg of the 4-year-old series in convincing fashion Sunday afternoon at Sha Tin. Alertly away from barrier six and carrying the number one…

Racing heads to Hong Kong on Sunday By Adam Cusworth Racing in Hong Kong is at Sha Tin on Sunday for a 10-race programme that includes the Group 1 Hong Kong Classic Mile for the four-year-olds. Here is our preview of the meeting. Race 1 The opener is a Class 5 on the All-Weather Track and DAILY TROPHY (4) is worth a bit of thought, despite…

Jamie Kah became the first female jockey to win one of Hong Kong's principal feature races when Ricky Yiu Poon-fai-trained front runner Voyage Bubble led the HK$12 million Classic Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday from start to finish under the Australian rider. Brown lamped late in betting for the opening leg of this season's Classic Series, presumably by…

A prolific winner with four wins from eight starts, Tuchel - trained by John Size - made his Class 2 debut a winning one after enduring a tough, three-wide passage from gate 14 before extending to score by half a length over fellow four-year-old Galaxy Witness. "I knew he had that ability but whether he was going to be able to produce that today,…

Keefy is Derek Leung Ka-chun's number one option for next month's Hong Kong Classic Mile, but the Group One-winning jockey could have a tough choice to make if A Pal continues his rapid rise up the ranks. Jockey Club handicappers rate A Pal 24 points lower than Keefy following the respective last-start wins of the Frankie Lor Fu-chuen-trained…