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Game of charades for local press pack at Sha Tin

3 Oct 2013

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Dettori breaks ankle after fall

2 Oct 2013

Jockey Frankie Dettori will miss the rest of the season after breaking his ankle, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

Dettori, who had been due to ride in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on...

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Zeroing in on the unfortunate few

26 Sep 2013

The fortunes of jockeys and trainers live and die on results and most pundits and punters judge the form and ability of racing’s human competitors in a simple and ruthless manner with a cursory...

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Banished for re-education in a (corn) field of dreams

24 Sep 2013

Racing in mainland China is the sport’s El Dorado – a dream sold to the desperate, and one that has already lured many to ruin. So perhaps it was appropriate that Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, with its...

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Golden Harvest's hat-trick quest can lead TT fans to HK$40m jackpot

24 Sep 2013

Tony Millard's Golden Harvest gave the impression of a horse headed to at least Class Two with back-to-back wins late last term and can take the next step when he resumes in the final leg of...

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Dual Happy hits his straps

24 Sep 2013

Manfred Man Ka-leung-trained Dual Happy showed the benefits of a summer break and a drop in class when he won at Happy Valley last Tuesday night but it won't be the gelding's last win even as he...

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Opinion

Is Frederick Ma readying himself for a political comeback?

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Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Although different is style, Moore and Size standard setters in their own unique ways

The changes to compulsory retirement for trainers aged 65 and up – which has been dubbed by some, perhaps unfairly – “the John Moore rule”, delivers Hong Kong racing far more than just five more...

7:32PM

Taken for granted – the 'supermen' risking life and limb

Every now and then an incident like last night’s ugly five-horse fall at Happy Valley snaps us out of a slumber and reminds everyone what an incredibly dangerous and brutal sport horse racing is...

5:19PM

Peter Ng: We can talk, but not about training horses

A nervous new reporter on his first day at Sha Tin sidles up to veteran trainer Peter Ng Bik-kuen and asks his thoughts on his first winner of last season.

5:48PM

Jockey Club officials ready to move on after zilpaterol feed contamination

Jockey Club officials will proceed to tomorrow's Sha Tin meeting confident the zilpaterol feed contamination will not play a role. The bulk of runners declared on Thursday for the meeting...

4:26AM

Hong Kong Jockey Club says there is no risk to horses in feed contamination

Jockey Club chief veterinarian Chris Riggs is adamant there is no health risk to the horses affected by the zilpaterol feed contamination, despite a US study reporting alarming side effects when...

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RACING

HKJC: Horses to be clear of feed drug for Sha Tin meet

A potential crisis has been averted, despite a second batch of feed being contaminated and exposing 80 entries for Sunday's Sha Tin meeting to banned drug zilpaterol, Jockey Club chief steward Kim...

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