Horse Racing: Hong Kong Vase

After training the runner up in 2022, Andre Fabre has claimed the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin with Junko delivering a last to first victory. Andre Fabre has a strong record in the Hong Kong Vase having trained the 2014 Hong Kong International Vase (2400m) winner Flintshire followed by multiple runner-up finishes including Botanik's…

Junko won the slowest-ever Group One Longines Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday when Andre Fabre and Maxime Guyon, the trainer and rider who combined with Flintshire in 2014, also contributed to the end of France's nine-year wait for its 15th victory at the city's marquee meeting. Remarkably, Junko's one-length defeat of Japanese stayer…

Japanese raider Lebensstil is favourite with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Hong Kong Vase (2400m) this afternoon at Sha Tin. The last start Group ll winner looks primed for the 2400m assignment and gets Joao Moreira, who rides most horses well, but especially a Japanese trained horse. He's the one tipped to win, sitting as a $3 favourite. Another…

Ryan Moore hopes a spartan diet pays off in style at Sha Tin on Sunday morning when Aidan O'Brien's dual-Group One winner Warm Heart lines up for the Hong Kong Vase. For the first time, O'Brien's Ballydoyle team are represented in all four Group One races at an International Carnival that brings the curtain down on 2023's elite flat race…

It has been four years since Ryan Moore has ridden at 53.5-kilograms so his decision to take the ride on Warm Heart at Sha Tin on Sunday cannot be taken lightly. The Aidan O'Brien-trained three-year-old filly lines up in the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Vase (2400m) following a narrow second placing in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2011m) at…

Japanese racing expert Toshi Onikubo has nominated emerging stayer Lebensstil as his country's best chance of winning a Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) feature event for the fifth consecutive year. Onikubo - in Hong Kong to watch 14 Japanese gallopers attempt to add to the Land of the Rising Sun's 20 HKIR victories, which include at…

View the results and replay for the 2022 Hong Kong Vase. The Hong Kong Vase was raced at Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday, 11 December 2022. Have Your Say 🗣: What did you think of the race? Comment below 👇 *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's & C's apply. Gamble responsibly.

2019 winner Glory Vase holds the call, just, with Sportsbet.com.au for the Hong Kong Vase (2400m) this Sunday at Sha Tin. The Japanese stayer didn't contest the 2020 edition due to Covid restrictions but is back to claim the prize he won the year prior, with Joao Moreira in the saddle. Opened $2.25 and is now into $2.20. The other key Japanese…

Fingers crossed we'll get some racing in the UK this Saturday, but prospects hang in the balance. Lingfield Park will hold a precautionary inspection at 7.30am to determine whether racing will take place. The seven-race all-weather card - which features the Listed Quebec Stakes - is due to start at 12.05pm and despite overnight temperatures…

Jockey Damian Lane and his Japanese connection have become a powerful dual force in International racing and that relationship again produced another magical moment in the Australian rider's career when the Takahisa Tezuka trained Win Marilyn claimed glory in the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Vase over 2400m. It was the first Longines Hong Kong…

The 2022 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) is the first of four Group 1 races on Hong Kong International Race-day and it's for the stayers over the 2400m. It's been a race traditionally dominated by the international raiders from both Europe and Japan, with last year's champion Glory Vase looking to defend his crown and chalk up his third win in the…

It's closer to Christmas than the classics but Aidan O'Brien's Group One ambitions for 2022 extend one final time to Hong Kong this weekend. Ireland's champion trainer has a trio of horses in the mix for the final big international flat carnival of the year at Sha Tin. O'Brien will bid for a fourth success in the 1½ mile Longines Hong Kong Vase…

DANEHILL KODIAC's owners are living the dream as they prepare to watch their gutsy performer run in the Longines Hong Kong Vase on Sunday. Richard Hannon's four-year-old will break from stall 10 at Sha Tin, but connections admit anything is a bonus after the journey he has taken them on. Part-owner Andy Smith is also expecting the quicker ground to…

Martyn Meade was delighted with Lone Eagle's return to the track at Goodwood on Saturday, despite finishing an odds-on third of five to runaway William Hill Tapster Stakes winner Third Realm. The four-year-old son of Galileo had not been seen since suffering an injury in the King George last term, having previously finished runner-up in the Irish…