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Sam Agars
Racing Editor
Sam Agars started his career in South Australia before moving to Hong Kong in 2014. He spent three years covering rugby and golf for the Post, before joining the horse racing team in 2018.
Sam Agars started his career in South Australia before moving to Hong Kong in 2014. He spent three years covering rugby and golf for the Post, before joining the horse racing team in 2018.
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Some quick thinking from Jockey Club starter Chris McMullen ensures a crisis is averted, while record number of tourists attend.
Two years after tasting success with Junko, the same connections snare the HK$26 million contest at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Romantic Warrior and Ka Ying Rising are poised to add to their already glittering CVs on the city’s biggest day of racing.
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The global superstar bids to make more history this Sunday when he chases a record-extending fourth straight victory in the city’s richest race.
While aware of the risks that come with jumping from the inside alley, trainer David Hayes is happy to ‘trust the horse’.
In the midst of another huge year in Japan, the Frenchman partners three gallopers from the Land of the Rising Sun this Sunday.
Last year’s Hong Kong Derby winner will not run in the city’s richest race at Sha Tin this Sunday.
The rising star partners leading hope My Wish in Sunday’s Group One Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin.
Superstar Brazilian can’t wait to rekindle some old memories when he rides at Happy Valley for the first time in over three years.
A $31 outsider for the HK$40 million contest, the five-year-old is found to be lame in his right foreleg.
Jaded when he left the city in 2019, the Italian jockey is full of energy ahead of Wednesday’s International Jockeys’ Championship.
Australian trainer tastes victory with Notthesillyone at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Jimmy Ting’s four-year-old improves his record to four wins from seven starts with an impressive showing under Zac Purton.
An eye-watering 72 gallopers rated 40-60 have found themselves on the reserve list this week alone.
After recovering from knee surgery, Celestial Hero races for the first time this season at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.
Star French jockey is in town for his first short-term Hong Kong stint since 2015.
While public will be admitted at Happy Valley on Wednesday, ‘activities will definitely not be in normal mode’.
Sam Agars runs through his tips for what will be a subdued afternoon at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Jockey Club estimates it will donate about HK$70 million to those affected by the blaze on top of relief measures it announced earlier on Thursday.
French galloper won’t run at Sha Tin on December 14, but each of the four Group Ones offers plenty in its own way.
Two of the world’s very best could do battle in a showdown for the ages in next month’s Group One Longines Hong Kong Cup (2,000m).
Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior look to have repeat successes at their mercy come December 14.
