Derby

2 Jul 2012

The irony of Real Specialist's somewhat controversial inclusion in the Derby is that it probably paved the way to the four-year-old's impressive Hong Kong Reunification Cup win yesterday (1,400m)...

Blinkered Masquerader ready to steal show

18 May 2012

Owner Leung Kai-fei won the 2004 Hong Kong Derby with Lucky Owners and couldn't relive the dream in this season's classic with Masquerader, but the Tony Millard-trained runner appears to be on the...

Moore and Prebble prove they are a Supreme pair

30 Apr 2012

John Moore deflected all the praise to Brett Prebble, with whom he shared a double, for his strong-arm ride on his first winner and lamented a Mercedes-Benz Derby that came too soon for his other...

We need a little sunshine, say Treasure Beach's team

29 Apr 2012

Alex Cole spent part of yesterday nervously looking out of his hotel window for the weather prospects after an outside draw had been the first blow to Treasure Beach's chance of carrying off a...

Fay Fay can repeat his Derby triumph

29 Apr 2012

The likelihood of a soft tempo and a replay of the way the Hong Kong Derby was run gives the John Size-trained Fay Fay his chance this afternoon to repel the foreign challenge in the Group One...

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HK stars flop badly in soggy conditions

Hong Kong horses drew a blank in the return leg of the interport trophy on a soft surface that heavily favoured front runners, but the visitors at least salvaged something from the day as Olivier...

Dominant can live up to his name

In the circumstances of a crazy-run Derby, the John Moore-trained Dominant was not able to live up to his billing for the classic but he has done enough to suggest he will be a force to reckon...

Same World has all the right credentials

Dropping from Group One to Class One, Same World can follow up his barnstorming performance in the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby and stands out as a banker in the middle pin of tomorrow night's...

Glorious trial puts rivals on notice

Glorious Days confirmed his Group One quality with a tough second to Lucky Nine in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup three weeks ago, and shot out an ominous warning to his next rivals by showing off...

Julian Cheung dreaming of Derby glory

Expecting to have a horse of his own by the end of the year, singer-actor Julian Cheung Chi-lam must have been looking to learn a thing or two at the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby on Sunday in Sha...

Whyte: how I won my second Derby

'We had limited options from barrier 14 with Fay Fay before the race, but John Size and I discussed it and basically I said I wanted galloping room. I didn't want to be stopping and starting like...