Jockey

Lai's spirit soars after surviving earlier tumble

28 Feb 2013

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.

Callan to miss best of Sham

18 Feb 2013

Neil Callan must be ruing the fact his riding contract comes to an end later this month, with the Irishman again doing the donkey work and then winning on a horse likely to clinch more races later...

Laidback Queally not getting carried away

2 Jan 2013

Tom Queally provided a typically laidback response to breaking through for his first local win, but with three decades of perspective, the trainer who supplied the success saw the victory has much...

Relief for Mosse as win by a nose saves him from big fine

23 Dec 2012

The difference between winning and losing was a flared nostril when Chancellor edged out Jimson The Best - but the narrow margin was also the difference between a relatively small fine and a far...

James McDonald's ban gives John Moore a selection headache

10 Nov 2012

Gun-for-hire James McDonald failed in his appeal against suspension yesterday, leaving John Moore with a jockey-booking conundrum as the trainer scrambles for riders to pilot his 15 runners...

Opinion

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We tip our hats to brilliant Beadman

Many a wizened sporting hack thrives on the ubiquitous question of who was "the best you've seen", though it isn't one we like much.

Beadman bows to the warnings of doctors

The curtain has come down on Darren Beadman's fantastic career after the jockey announced his retirement on Australian television last night, the end result of brain trauma he suffered in a fall...

Animated aid – and ‘Handy Andy’ – becomes the punters’ pal

Order has been restored, favourites are again flowing. And the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Racing Simulator predicted it all.

RACING

Treasure Glitter can shine with massive $47m up for grabs in TT

A crucial fitness edge over his Class Five rivals makes Treasure Glitter the best banker in a super tough – but extremely lucrative – Triple Trio at Sha Tin on Sunday.

BLACK BOOK

Fortune Bravo ready to deliver the goods

Trainer Ricky Yiu poon-fai has burst out of the gates in the new season and the stable's Fortune Bravo looks ready to break through following a near success in the Class Four Shek O Handicap (1,...

HONG KONG

Legendary Dragon will fire up at Sha Tin, says trainer Ricky Yiu

Ricky Yiu Poon-fai is adamant Legendary Dragon can transfer his best form to Sha Tin after the tenacious galloper bulldozed his way to another Happy Valley victory, on a night when it paid to find...