Riding legend Frankie Dettori has a great chance of winning Europe’s most prestigious race the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday, a possibility he admitted was a longshot just a few months ago...
- Thu
- Oct 3, 2013
- Updated: 3:08am
After watching Douglas Whyte slip away lately, Zac Purton was able to pull a pair back on the Durban Demon - but more importantly hopes to have built another bridge in his quest to topple him.
National Day has always been a launchpad for some of the stars of a season still spread out ahead at this early stage and Gold-Fun and Go Baby Go threw down their credentials for the big league as...
There were stories behind him and there are mountains still ahead but underrated four-year-old Gold-Fun burst into the limelight from his summer recess with a National Day Cup win that set him on...
Faced with drawing in a seemingly terrible position for a 1,000m straight race at Sha Tin in barrier three, in-form jockey Olivier Doleuze executed a daring plan to perfection when he fired the...
A more muscular and confident Go Baby Go proved he could be a major factor in the big upcoming sprint races after making light work of a tricky draw against a quality field in Group Three Sha Tin...
Peter Ho Leung came to the track confident of a win - and maybe even two - but he admitted that victory with outsider Shiny Day was way beyond his expectations and simply the result of a comedy of...
Stewards will be armed with harsher penalties when they crack down on jockey safety, starting at today's National Day meeting at Sha Tin
Matthew Chadwick won four years ago on Tony Cruz-trained Egyptian Ra in the National Day Cup and the two men look the ones to beat again on Tuesday with Bullish Champion.
One of the great features of racing in this jurisdiction is seeing elite horses tested by carrying big weights in quality handicaps – and Eagle Regiment gets his chance on Tuesday.
Trainer Richard Gibson predicts that everyone will see a better Akeed Mofeed this season, but warned that it might not be on Tuesday in the National Day Cup.
A hefty jackpot makes Tuesday's Triple Trio at Sha Tin an enticing proposition and the John Size-trained sprinter Golden Addiction looks a solid banker in the opening leg.
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