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.
4:16AM
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...
3:06PM
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...
4:22AM
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...
11:17AM
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...
4:18AM
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...
4:20AM
Stewards will be armed with harsher penalties when they crack down on jockey safety, starting at today's National Day meeting at Sha Tin
1:29AM
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.
9:57PM
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.
10:00PM
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.
2:16AM
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.
2:42AM
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