Horse Racing

Sea Dragon digs deep to prove he's no pushover

3 Mar 2013

Favourite backers were having an attack of the vapours, but jockey Douglas Whyte and trainer John Size admitted to be thoroughly pleased that plenty went wrong in the run for the day's shortest-...

Akeed Mofeed enhances Derby claims

3 Mar 2013

In the same race that saw Collection announce himself as the Hong Kong Derby winner of 2009, Richard Gibson's Irish import Akeed Mofeed may have done the same at Sha Tin yesterday but it nearly...

Solar Great continues to rise up the ladder

3 Mar 2013

The David Hall-trained Solar Great completed his five-win transition from Class Four also-ran to feature-race winner in the Group Three Hong Kong Macau Trophy (1,400m) and spared jockey Douglas...

Racing Digest, March 3, 2013

3 Mar 2013

Manfred Man Ka-leung was doing his best to downplay the Class Five success of City Delight, trotting out all the usual reasons why the handicapper shouldn't slug his maiden winner too many points...

Tsui cleans up on the dirt with a sprint double

3 Mar 2013

Me Tsui Yu-sak came to the track with low expectations, but left with a dirt track double after a pair of horses who most definitely fit the description - "all-weather track specialist", won on...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Absent Yiu at the double

While trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai was perusing some new acquisitions at yearling sales in Australia, back at home his stable was firing on all cylinders with a couple of breakthrough performances...

Rainbow Chic shows marked progress

Caspar Fownes may have lost his place at the top of the trainers' premiership on Wednesday night, but he will have come out of the meeting delighted with the performance of his Derby hopeful...

Lord Dragon ready to make his mark in TT

After jockeys' championship rival Douglas Whyte drew level at the top of the table during the week, Zac Purton will be keen to strike back with Lord Dragon tomorrow at Sha Tin.

Lai's spirit soars after surviving earlier tumble

Local jockey Eddy Lai-ming climbed off the canvas at Happy Valley last night to provide both the inspiration and the perspiration as Spirit Soaring scored his first victory in Hong Kong.

ON THE RAILS

Caulfield meeting gives insight into commingling effects

Now that Hong Kong's participation in global commingling of betting pools seems a matter of when, not if, last weekend's Blue Diamond Stakes simulcast from Melbourne provided an interesting look...

BLACK BOOK

Exciting Dream catches the eye on debut

John Moore's stable is loaded with promising individuals and Exciting Dream is no different following a hair-raising debut performance in the Class Three Citibank Rewards Card Handicap up the Sha...