Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup

28 May 2012

It had the ingredients of a classic two-horse war when Ambitious Dragon and Dominant clashed in yesterday's Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin, with a Group One, Horse Of The...

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Heart attack kills HK super horse Vengeance Of Rain

26 Oct 2011

Former Hong Kong Horse of the Year and Dubai Sheema Classic winner, Vengeance Of Rain, died in New Zealand at the relatively young age of 11.

11:00PM

Viva Pataca rides into sunset to end golden era

9 Jun 2011

Hong Kong's greatest money earner, nine-year-old Viva Pataca, has been retired by casino tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun to 'a nice green paddock', to the relief of the man who discovered him, John...

11:55AM

Ace Mosse proves he's the big-race specialist

31 May 2010

Eighteen years after he began his Hong Kong career, brilliant French rider Gerald Mosse flew into the grim storm that was Sha Tin yesterday and plucked out a silver lining as he took the only...

1:20PM

Viva Pataca still has life in old legs

26 Apr 2010

Trainer John Moore and jockey Weichong Marwing pulled off a master tactical stroke, which paved the way to Viva Pataca claiming his second Audemars Piguet QE II Cup at Sha Tin yesterday in...

6:41AM

Collection delivers surprise to boost Hong Kong Cup hopes

16 Nov 2009

Trainer John Moore won his third successive Cathay Pacific International Cup Trial yesterday with 'the wrong one', but he left Sha Tin convinced that Collection will carry the hopes of a hometown...

6:22AM

Opinion

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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4:18AM

Problem with Horse of the Year is the make-it-up-as-you-go rationale

So what is the right answer to the Horse Of the Year question?

When John Moore made his plea last Sunday for Viva Pataca to gain the recognition he has earned over years of...

11:51PM

Fellowship close, but no cigar

Zac Purton was on very good terms with himself on the home turn in yesterday's Stewards' Cup, in which he rode runner-up Fellowship for trainer Paul O'Sullivan.

4:02PM

Ho has high hopes for Packing Winner

Like others before him, trainer Peter Ho Leung goes to the Hong Kong Vase knowing the lead-up preparation for Packing Winner is not the one he would have had in an ideal world.

4:29AM

Moore seeks desert glory to prove real value of Pataca

Vengeance on the mind of HK's most successful trainer

11:45PM

Moore feels the pain as Pataca draws wide alley

Viva Pataca's bid to replicate Vengeance Of Rain's pioneering win in the 2007 Dubai Sheema Classic hit a major hurdle last night when Hong Kong's top stayer drew barrier 12 for Saturday's...

11:37PM

Pataca ready for Dubai tilt

Vengeance Of Rain may be retired but there will be no respite for his intended Dubai Sheema Classic opposition, with Viva Pataca's dominating victory in yesterday's HK$8 million Citi Hong Kong...

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