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7 Sep 2012

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Four-year-old must brush up on his stalls speed after missing kick

16 Jul 2012

Peter Ho Leung reckons Peri Peri Saffron is so relaxed 'a grandma could ride him', but the breakthrough winner might need some remedial barrier work after a worrying trend of missing the start...

Lai breaks unwanted streak, but also cops HK$60,000 fine

16 Jul 2012

Eddie Lai Wai-ming had multiple winners at a meeting for the first time since a 2010 treble, booting home a double with consecutive wins on Soldier and Real Generous, but he left the racecourse HK...

McDonald bounces back in style

12 Jul 2012

James McDonald redeemed himself with a double at Happy Valley last night, before explaining the reasons behind last week's positive drug test, an incident he feared would put his future chances of...

Wong cracks 100 on Yip's 'chicken heart' galloper

9 Jul 2012

Terry Wong Chi-wai helped bring about a nice piece of symmetry as he rode his 100th winner on a 100-1 shot, Bespoke Master rattling home in a Class Four.

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Purton's advice pays off as under-fire Ng avoids the stewards on his comeback

Alvin Ng Ka-chun was thrilled to punch a winner home on his return, but the under-fire apprentice simply considered it a success not to incur the wrath of stewards.

Prebble has the quality to Sparkle

Despite giving away a numerical disadvantage to his rivals, a couple of gun rides can propel Brett Prebble to Jockey Challenge success today.

Ray's can continue sparkling form

Ray's Favourite made a name for himself with three Class Five victories earlier in the season but has since proven he can mix it up in grade, and a low draw makes him the standout banker in the...

Seemed like a century as jockey completes nine-year wait for ton

After Jacky Tong Chi-kit rode his long-awaited 100th career winner yesterday one wag quipped 'that was the slowest century since Geoffrey Boycott opened the batting for England.' Tong rode his...

Flashy Fiery Whisperer and General Danroad help Lui to a double

Flashy colt Fiery Whisperer made tremendous race-to-race improvement, showing no signs of worrying internal issues, as the griffin formed the first half of a Francis Lui Kin-wai double with a...

There's value elsewhere, but stick to Whyte

There is plenty of value on offer for adventurous punters in the Jockey Challenge, but favourite Douglas Whyte still looks the likely winner.