30 Oct 2011

John Size has the numbers and he might just have the right style of horse to win the Group Two Sha Tin Trophy (1,600m) today and Flying Blue could spring a form reversal to upset the favourites....

11:24PM
4 Jun 2011

Hopes of a Hong Kong victory in tomorrow's HK$18.8 million Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo were raised after both Beauty Flash and Thumbs Up received favourable barrier draws yesterday and continued to...

11:34AM
3 Jun 2011

Trainer Tony Cruz is wary of fighting another 'battle of the bulge' with Beauty Flash before Sunday's Group One Yasuda Kinen, but believes Tokyo will see a better and stronger horse than in his...

11:30AM
25 Apr 2011

Hong Kong's gun four-year-olds and the promise of a soft tempo hold the key to the HK$12 million BMW Champions Mile at Sha Tin today with the Caspar Fownes-trained Lucky Nine perfectly poised to...

8:36AM
7 Mar 2011

The man who is responsible for Beauty Flash being in Hong Kong, bloodstock agent Dan O'Donnell, found out the actual price of the chestnut's success at the New Zealand yearling sales last month....

6:38AM
30 Jan 2011

Caspar Fownes may have lost his main flag bearer for today's Group One Stewards' Cup (1,600m), but Young Elite can represent the yard with honour and score an upset in the Sha Tin feature.

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7:15AM

The Yasuda Kinen has come and gone for another year and backed up two ideas again - the knowledge that the Japanese are at least as hard to beat in their backyard as anybody else and that any race...

6:42PM

Any pre-race air of confidence simply faded away in the Tokyo sunshine yesterday with Hong Kong's Yasuda Kinen contenders failing to issue even a serious threat in the final leg of the Asian Mile...

6:58PM

The Tony Cruz-trained Beauty Flash has all the attributes necessary to land a third Hong Kong win in the Group One Yasuda Kinen (1,600m) today.

7:12PM

There was nothing in yesterday's Yasuda Kinen barrier draw to dampen the spirits of the Hong Kong trio, with Beauty Flash and Fellowship expected to be two of the strongest-fancied runners for the...

7:19PM

Brave Kid wasn't able to win his seventh race for the season in the Hong Kong Derby last time out, but a switch back to 1,600m in the Group Two Chairman's Trophy looks made to order for him to...

3:55PM

Unbeaten Brave Kid is set to join the immortals by taking his fantastic record through the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby (2,000m) today at Sha Tin to become racing's new superstar.

9:52PM

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