Every time ageing sprint champion Sacred Kingdom fails to fire, talk of retirement grows louder, but a freshen up and return to what is now his best trip can see him give weight to a sub-par field...
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26 Jan 2012
The record of Papas indicated as much, but Neil Callan said the horse's Class Five win confirmed the Ricky Yiu Poon-fai-trained galloper was just a sprinter. Papas had been stretched to 1,650m or...
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28 Dec 2011
It was 'monkey off the back' time for both Royal Doctor and his French jockey Maxime Guyon, with the troubled six-year-old sprinter finally winning his first local race and breaking the ice for...
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9 Apr 2011
Sacred Kingdom may not be the force he once was, but he is still going to take the power of beating in the Group Three Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1,000m) at Sha Tin this afternoon.
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28 Mar 2011
Ricky Yiu Poon-fai made the overnight dash home from watching Dynamic Blitz in Dubai worthwhile and an impressive win from Jade Molly in the Pok Oi Cup (1,200m) wiped away any of the trainer's...
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16 Mar 2011
Jockey Club officials doubtless breathed a little relieved sigh when South African sprinter J J The Jet Plane put to the sword last Thursday the view that turf horses have no problem with Dubai's...
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Race jockey Olivier Doleuze reported all was well with Golden Shaheen contender Dynamic Blitz after riding him in trackwork in Dubai yesterday morning, and Ricky Yiu Poon-fai's sprinter is a...
6:38PM
Since the Hong Kong Sprint, we have spoken about the past practices of the international handicappers that seemed to limit Australia's Black Caviar to a 123 rating in the international assessments...
8:24PM
Perhaps Let Me Fight did not step into his role as the new face of Hong Kong sprinting on Saturday, but the Chairman's Sprint confirmed what many believed - the title is now up for grabs.
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Trainer Caspar Fownes is licking his lips ahead of next Sunday's Centaur Stakes in Japan and has described the race as an HK$11 million barrier trial leading into Green Birdie's main target of...
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It was not the grand victory Brett Prebble and trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai had slated for Sacred Kingdom in the Group One Takamatsunomiya Kinen in Japan yesterday, but Happy Reunion gave the pair...
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The Jockey Club's decision to open up the Cathay Pacific International Trials next month to foreign runners looks to have borne some unexpected fruit.
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