Chess Handicap

5 Mar 2012

The Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup was about the only thing that didn't go Douglas Whyte's way at Sha Tin yesterday but there was still plenty of theatre to the Group One feature before Lucky Nine,...

9:13AM

Moore aiming to upset odds once more

4 Feb 2012

Six of the last nine favourites have won the Group One Chairman's Sprint Prize at odds-on but every time there has been an upset, the shock has been provided by John Moore and he will be looking...

6:38AM

Internationals a bridge too far for Shum's sprint sensation

7 Nov 2010

Dreams of a tilt at this year's Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint probably evaporated for the Danny Shum Chap-shing-trained Little Bridge, despite the four-year-old keeping his unbeaten record...

7:05AM

Shum ready to throw Little Bridge into deep end after passing acid test

18 Oct 2010

Little Bridge successfully negotiated the leap of champions at Sha Tin yesterday, joining the elite group of Entrapment, Happy Zero, Sacred Kingdom and Silent Witness to win at his first start...

7:00AM

Jamesina proves his worth in tough company

23 Mar 2009

Champion jockey Douglas Whyte was firmly in Jamesina's corner as a Queen Mother's Memorial Cup chance after the consistent five-year-old landed his third straight win and burst into Group company...

5:58AM

Saint-Martin can give Whyte run for his money

1 Oct 2008

Punters who have been burnt taking short odds on Douglas Whyte in the Jockey Challenge have been given no respite by the Jockey Club oddsmakers and the enigmatic Frenchman Eric Saint-Martin looks...

8:44AM

Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

Updated 7:12AM

Red-hot Warrior made to fight for narrow victory

John Size's boom sprinter Warrior never had his supporters too concerned yesterday in his seasonal comeback, but there wouldn't be too many who would want to take such short odds again next time...

6:17AM

Odds-on flops do nothing to help public confidence

The defeat of odds-on favourite Winning Power ($17) at Sha Tin last weekend (Race 441) marked the seventh consecutive loss for an odds-on favourite in recent weeks, which is not a positive...

10:46AM

Vitrus Pride sounds warning for future

ONE horse stood out above all others in terms of future betting material and the sad thing for punters looking to get a price about him on his next couple of starts is that it was all so...

6:13PM

At odds on race study

JOCKEY Club officials will meet a university researcher to find out more about his work which he claims could indicate whether races have been rigged.

11:01PM

Gagne Vite is best

TONIGHT is really all about making the best of a particularly bad lot on the Happy Valley equitrack.

Everyone is saying the same thing - that it is a very poor meeting, even by...

10:39AM

Bonus for patient punters

BRUCE Hutchison can do us all a favour by sending out Fortune Basin (Nap) to win the final event at Sha Tin this afternoon to get the New Year off on a bright note.

8:10PM