He may not have a leading stable at his back, but Australian jockey Zac Purton surged into equal second on the championship ladder with a three-timer yesterday at Sha Tin that showcased his often-...
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- May 26, 2013
- Updated: 12:25am
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Paul O'Sullivan and bold front-running Aashiq both put a miserable year behind them as a new one opened at Sha Tin yesterday and upset the stars in the Group Three Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1,...
There were no cup races on offer yesterday, but a couple of scarcely scheduled events clearly had opportunist trainers Paul O'Sullivan and Andreas Schutz circling the date in their calendars.
...Trainer Paul O'Sullivan's suspicion that New Vision is a 1,400m horse was confirmed when he scored over that trip in a Class Three handicap.
A relieved Paul O'Sullivan snared his first winner of the season, 'about two months ahead of schedule,' combining with former apprentice and three-time winner on the day Derek Leung Ka-chun.
...Paul O'Sullivan says he was never much of a letter writer anyway, so it's just as well Dividend Champion landed the My Choice Handicap to give the trainer his 200th Hong Kong winner but rather...
Paul O'Sullivan's drought is over as he became the last handler to get on the score sheet and admitted relief rather than excitement was the overwhelming emotion to Good Boy Boy's victory.
...The absence of a high-profile Japanese hero in Sunday's HK$17.8 million Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo has surprisingly handed Hong Kong's three trainers the heaviest burden of public expectation.
...Paul O'Sullivan knows enough about the fluctuating luck of the racing game to accept the lucky break that seems to have come his way with the arrival in his yard of impressive Taverner.
Zac Purton chalked up his 20th winner for the season and moved into fifth position in the jockeys' premiership care of a patient ride on the Paul O'Sullivan-trained Rain Of Thunder.
In other circumstances, the Paul O'Sullivan-trained Aashiq might well have run half an hour earlier yesterday in the Classic Mile rather than the Class Three Dyer Handicap (1,400m), but the...
Trainer Paul O'Sullivan has welcomed the new year in the best possible fashion by leading in a treble - and continuing his recent hot streak of form.
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