Ricky Yiu

Ricky Yiu Poon-fai, Hong Kong’s trailblazing horse trainer

12 Jun 2013

Ricky Yiu Poon-fai has never won a premiership but he is well-known as the trainer of former three-time world champion sprinter Sacred Kingdom, who was also Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year in 2009-...

11:59AM

Graceful Kingdom ready to fill big shoes

7 May 2013

Racing in the famous silks of past champion Sacred Kingdom, the Ricky Yiu Poon-fai-trained Graceful Kingdom has big shoes to fill but he caught the eye with a runner-up performance in the Class...

5:06AM

Dragon to strike back with vengeance

15 Apr 2012

Trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai made the call early that Legendary Dragon would be a Happy Valley horse and the lightly raced gelding returns there with a great chance to win the Hong Kong Exchanges...

12:40PM

Relieved Lai and Yiu get monkey off their backs

24 Oct 2011

Local jockey Alex Lai Hoi-wing threw off an indifferent start to the new season with a treble but still failed to land the Jockey Challenge honours.

10:51PM

Fatboy Sugar can prove his worth against lesser rivals

11 Mar 2011

Fatboy Sugar can help sweeten Ricky Yiu Poon-fai's successful season with a victory in the Taipa Handicap (1,000m) at Sha Tin tomorrow, and punters can forget the calories and gorge themselves on...

6:22PM

The king of Sha Tin

2 May 2007

Breeding: Encosta de Lago - Courtroom Sweetie

Age: Bay gelding, three years old

Trainer: Ricky Yiu

Jockey: Danny Nikolic

Purchase price: A$200,...

4:11AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Sha Tin double tilts title odds in Hayes' favour

LEADING trainer David Hayes upped the title stakes yesterday with his second Sha Tin double in the space of four days, but the defending champion needed to as chief challengers, Ricky Yiu and...

4:14AM

Yiu's Yangtze River coming into full flow

The gulf between Class Four and Five is a wide one, as Yangtze River (99-1) showed in emphatic fashion with his first forward showing in last night's second event over the Valley mile won by...

1:55AM

Double joy for astute Yiu

Ricky Yiu's season ended on a high note yesterday with a brilliant Sha Tin double.

10:43AM

Speed Win to show clean pair of heels

Speed Win should represent decent win and place value in the final event on another interesting and potentially lucrative Sha Tin card.

4:02PM

Mount bullies rivals in high-class trial

Griffin star Victory Mount yesterday underlined his Derby credentials with a superb barrier trial display at Sha Tin.

10:57AM

Yiu discovers an asset in Fradd

It is not an easy task for a trainer to find a stable rider to fit into the cauldron of Hong Kong racing.