20 May 2013

Oxbow, a 15-1 longshot ridden masterfully by 50-year-old Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, cruised to an easy, wire-to-wire victory in the Preakness Stakes, denying a Triple Crown bid for Kentucky Derby...

3:25AM
6 Jan 2013

With this good tuna, I hope to help cheer up Japan

Kiyoshi Kimura, who bought a bluefin tuna for a record 155.4 million yen (HK$13.70 million) at a Tokyo auction

 

4:52AM
9 Jun 2004

The stipendiary stewards in Hong Kong get some flak at times for being too tough on the visiting jockeys but they could be running a day-care centre by comparison with their Italian counterparts...

1:07AM
6 Jun 1999

MANY punters would have gone to Sha Tin last night bent on backing Gary Stevens' mount Beat All in the Epsom Derby.

6:29AM
17 Dec 1998

The Jockey Club confirmed last night that American ace Gary Stevens would not be riding in Hong Kong after Saturday's pre-Christmas meeting at Sha Tin.


And the world-class rider will...

12:22PM
6 Sep 1996

Superstar American jockey Gary Stevens is back in town this December courtesy of his fitness.

3:20PM

WHEN American ace Gary Stevens returns he can rest assured it will be to a stable bang in form. His trainer, Stephen Leung, put a number through their paces at yesterday's mist-shrouded trackwork...

11:01PM

TRAINER-OF-THE-MOMENT Wong Tang-ping and his riding counterpart Gary Stevens could take Sha Tin by storm on a fascinating Queen Elizabeth II Cup meeting tomorrow.

12:11PM

DOUBLES don't come much sweeter than Geoff Lane's two-timer at Sha Tin yesterday.

5:36AM

FOLLOW the men in form at Sha Tin this afternoon and that means supporting John Moore and Gary Stevens who combine for Country Lad in the fifth event.

4:37AM

HEALTH First is overdue a win and it should come tonight at Sha Tin in the fifth event despite the presence of impressive last-start winner, Daiquiri.

10:07PM

A DETERMINED last-stride lunge gave Full Speed Ahead (16-1) the final race at Sha Tin yesterday and firmly kept the superb season of trainer Wong Tang-ping going.

7:39PM

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