https://www.scmp.com/rss/507124/feed A graduate of the HKJC Apprentice Jockeys' School, Vincent Ho is one of the shining lights of the local industry. After spending time in New Zealand, he started competing in Hong Kong in 2009-10 and being the Champion Apprentice in 2010-11. He continued to climb up the ranks, going on to win the Tony Cruz Award as the leading local jockey in 2018-19. Ho reached greater heights in 2019-20, sweeping the four-year-old series with Golden Sixty and winning his first Group One with Southern Legend in... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Jay Rooney Jay Rooney Vincent Ho Chak-yiu will captain the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s first team to ever compete in the Shergar Cup in August, with the UK’s world-renowned competition set to be run under the World Pool banner for the first time. The club announced the initiative in its “global racing engagement” on Friday, with the team of three spearheaded by the city’s leading home-grown rider Ho replacing last year’s Asia team. First staged in 1999, this year’s Shergar Cup will feature six races with the Jockey Club... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3344897/vincent-ho-captain-hong-kong-jockey-clubs-first-ever-team-uk-jockey-contest-shergar-cup?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3344897/vincent-ho-captain-hong-kong-jockey-clubs-first-ever-team-uk-jockey-contest-shergar-cup?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:51:51 +0000 Jay Rooney Jay Rooney Little Paradise emerged from an almost impossible position to stamp himself as a rising star of Hong Kong racing with a breathtaking victory in Sunday’s Classic Mile at Sha Tin. Held up for clear running from the top of the straight until the 250m, the Jimmy Ting Koon-ho-trained gelding was hooked to the centre of the track by Vincent Ho Chak-yiu and unleashed a blistering turn of foot to soar past his rivals in the blink of an eye. In a testament to his class, Little Paradise romped in by two... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3342001/little-paradise-stamps-himself-rising-star-breathtaking-classic-mile-romp?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3342001/little-paradise-stamps-himself-rising-star-breathtaking-classic-mile-romp?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:58:15 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport The Longines Hong Kong International Horse Show returns to the city on Friday, bringing some of the world’s best equestrians to the AsiaWorld-Expo. Back to defend her grand prix title is Denmark’s Zascha Nygaard, who will take on the likes of Britain’s John Whitaker and France’s Simon Delestre over three days of five-star show jumping. Hong Kong duo Jacqueline Lai and Clarissa Lyra will also strut their stuff, while in a first this year, the region’s best junior riders will compete in the Hong... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3341667/worlds-best-equestrians-back-town-longines-hong-kong-international-horse-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3341667/worlds-best-equestrians-back-town-longines-hong-kong-international-horse-show?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:00:09 +0000 Owen Goulding Owen Goulding Caspar Fownes retook the lead in the trainers’ championship with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, but it was Vincent Ho Chak-yiu who stole the show with a treble on the card. Fownes was one winner behind leader Mark Newnham on 27 heading into the night, but he leapt ahead of him to reclaim the lead after a sterling evening for the stable. Ho was on board both of Fownes’ winners, with Love Together’s striking win in the Class Three Chater Handicap (1,000m) the showpiece. It was a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3339096/vincent-ho-stars-happy-valley-treble-caspar-fownes-retakes-trainers-title-lead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3339096/vincent-ho-stars-happy-valley-treble-caspar-fownes-retakes-trainers-title-lead?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:33:52 +0000 Owen Goulding Owen Goulding Vincent Ho Chak-yiu got his season really rolling with a treble in consecutive races at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening, headlined by the remarkable win of Speed Dragon in the Class Two Lei Yue Mun Handicap (1,800m). The Francis Lui Kin-wai-trained six-year-old has been plagued by injury, with a right pelvis injury and more recently a ligament injury cutting short his last two Hong Kong seasons. Making his return, Speed Dragon was always travelling well in the last pair and when the gaps... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3329164/vincent-ho-rattles-three-timer-consecutive-races-happy-valley-jump-start-his-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3329164/vincent-ho-rattles-three-timer-consecutive-races-happy-valley-jump-start-his-season?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:32:14 +0000 Owen Goulding Owen Goulding Zac Purton hopes the potential formation of a global competition for elite jockeys will bring the sport in front of a new audience and drive the industry forward, however the Hong Kong Jockey Club has confirmed it does not intend to host a leg of the proposed “world series”. The most successful jockey Hong Kong has seen, Purton is in line to be one of the stars of the global competition, which could also feature the likes of James McDonald, Frankie Dettori, Ryan Moore and Yutaka Take. Hong... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3309208/zac-purton-excited-about-potential-world-series-hkjc-not-keen-play-host?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3309208/zac-purton-excited-about-potential-world-series-hkjc-not-keen-play-host?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 May 2025 05:20:10 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu could make his return from injury during the final months of the 2024-25 season, however the leading local jockey has confirmed he won’t be putting any pressure on himself to be back by a certain date. Ho suffered a serious head injury and minor shoulder and neck fractures in a race fall on February 9 – his fourth tumble in little more than 18 months. “We’ll see. Maybe end of May or June or somewhere like this,” Ho told the Talking With Fen show in an episode published on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3304649/vincent-ho-eyes-late-season-return-he-takes-concussion-recovery-one-step-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3304649/vincent-ho-eyes-late-season-return-he-takes-concussion-recovery-one-step-time?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:51:25 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu has been transferred from the intensive care unit at Prince of Wales Hospital to the general ward at Union Hospital as he continues his recovery from the injuries he sustained in a race fall at Sha Tin on Sunday. Ho suffered a head injury and minor shoulder and neck fractures when falling from Oldtown in race six on the weekend, with the Jockey Club saying on Monday that he is expected to heal from his injuries “with conservative management”. It was confirmed on Sunday that... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3298260/vincent-ho-out-intensive-care-he-continues-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3298260/vincent-ho-out-intensive-care-he-continues-recovery?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:41:25 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu remains in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Prince of Wales Hospital after sustaining a head injury and minor shoulder and neck fractures after falling from Oldtown in race six at Sha Tin on Sunday. In an update late on Monday afternoon, Jockey Club chief steward Marc van Gestel confirmed Ho underwent overnight monitoring in the ICU and is expected to be moved to the general ward within the next 24 hours. The jockey, who has endured a wretched run of race falls, is expected... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3298085/vincent-ho-intensive-care-unit-after-suffering-head-injury-nasty-sha-tin-fall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3298085/vincent-ho-intensive-care-unit-after-suffering-head-injury-nasty-sha-tin-fall?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:39:14 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu, Zac Purton, Angus Chung Yik-lai and Keith Yeung Ming-lun spent the night in Prince of Wales Hospital after an afternoon of carnage at Sha Tin on Sunday. All four jockeys have been ruled out of Wednesday night’s dirt fixture at the same track after suffering injuries of varying degrees during two falls. Ho was the first to hit the turf, taking a nasty tumble when Oldtown appeared to clip heels as the jockey attempted to drive his mount through a tight gap near the finish of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3297956/vincent-ho-conscious-and-moving-after-nasty-sha-tin-fall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3297956/vincent-ho-conscious-and-moving-after-nasty-sha-tin-fall?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:08:08 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu is confident The Boom Box has plenty more to give after he overcame a wide gate and some testing Sha Tin conditions to remain unbeaten on Sunday. On a cold and blustery winter’s day at Sha Tin, The Boom Box travelled towards the back of the field before unleashing what is becoming his trademark finishing burst to notch his third win from as many starts. “Today it’s tough with all of the wind coming from the outside. He is better than what [we saw today] because it’s a bit... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3296351/undefeated-galloper-brings-boom-blustery-sha-tin-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3296351/undefeated-galloper-brings-boom-blustery-sha-tin-day?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Jan 2025 11:58:06 +0000 An “exhausted” Zac Purton will be having the night off on Wednesday after coming down with an illness. While the seven-time champion jockey was scheduled to ride seven gallopers on the eight-race all-weather programme at Sha Tin, Purton says he will be taking some time away from the saddle to let his body recover. “I’ve been sick since the weekend and I haven’t been feeling too great,” Purton said. “I’m just exhausted so I need to have a bit of a rest. “When you’re constantly wasting and you’re... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3291130/sickness-sidelines-zac-purton-midweek-dirt-card-im-just-exhausted?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3291130/sickness-sidelines-zac-purton-midweek-dirt-card-im-just-exhausted?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:56:41 +0000 Healthy Healthy completed the rare feat of two wins in the same week and sealed a treble for Vincent Ho Chak-yiu with a thrilling victory at Sha Tin on Sunday. Backing up from a narrow Happy Valley triumph on Wednesday night, Pierre Ng Pang-chi’s consistent sprinter registered his first Sha Tin success in the Class Three Humphreys Handicap (1,000m). The son of Per Incanto overcame a seven-pound penalty for his Valley win when he charged from just off the speed to pip Stellar Express on the line... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3288873/healthy-healthy-bags-second-win-five-days-vincent-ho-nails-sha-tin-treble?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3288873/healthy-healthy-bags-second-win-five-days-vincent-ho-nails-sha-tin-treble?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Dec 2024 10:21:50 +0000 Fresh from celebrating a big career milestone, Vincent Ho Chak-yiu has high hopes Steps Ahead can enhance his Classic Mile credentials when he chases a third straight win at Sha Tin on Sunday. Hong Kong’s leading home-grown rider became the 11th jockey to register 600 wins in the city when he guided Healthy Healthy to victory at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Turning his attention to the final Sha Tin meeting before the Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR), Ho teams up again with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3288794/vincent-ho-hopes-steps-ahead-can-boost-classic-mile-claims-sha-tin-hat-trick?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3288794/vincent-ho-hopes-steps-ahead-can-boost-classic-mile-claims-sha-tin-hat-trick?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Nov 2024 05:46:17 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu became the 11th jockey to ride 600 Hong Kong winners at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, sailing home aboard Healthy Healthy to reach the milestone. A week before he will attempt to defend his Longines International Jockeys’ Championship crown at the city circuit, Ho laid down a marker for what he hopes is more success to come. “It’s a lot of hard work and I need to thank everyone for all their support for all these years,” said Ho after capturing the Class Three Loch Lomond... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3288411/vincent-ho-bags-600th-hk-winner-week-out-international-jockeys-championship-defence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3288411/vincent-ho-bags-600th-hk-winner-week-out-international-jockeys-championship-defence?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:28:08 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu shrugged off a slow start to the season with his first treble in just over a year at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with Jumbo Legend’s miraculous victory the highlight. After just two wins from the first 10 meetings this term, Hong Kong’s top local jockey gained a much-needed confidence boost when booting home Galaxy Patch in last Sunday’s Group Two Sha Tin Trophy (1,600m) and carried that momentum into the city circuit’s midweek fixture. Ho started his night with victory... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3282650/vincent-ho-bounces-back-slow-start-breakthrough-treble-happy-valley?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3282650/vincent-ho-bounces-back-slow-start-breakthrough-treble-happy-valley?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:25:38 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu must be pinching himself. He’s won nine of the past 13 Group One 1,600m races run at Sha Tin and now he’s in the box seat to add a fourth Hong Kong Mile to his CV in the space of five years. And the timing of Galaxy Patch’s rise to prominence could not have come at a better time for the jockey on a couple of fronts. First, and most obvious, is the fact Ho made the Galaxy Patch ride his own at exactly the time the great Golden Sixty’s career was winding down. He only rode him... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3282315/slow-starting-vincent-ho-surely-pinching-himself-galaxy-patch-steps-golden-sixty-void?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3282315/slow-starting-vincent-ho-surely-pinching-himself-galaxy-patch-steps-golden-sixty-void?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:17:52 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu anointed Galaxy Patch as the galloper who will replace Golden Sixty as Hong Kong’s top miler after his victorious return in the Group Two Sha Tin Trophy (1,600m) on Sunday. And in an ominous warning to rivals heading towards the Group One Hong Kong Mile in December, Ho declared Galaxy Patch was “only 70 per cent” fit despite easily dispatching of a quality field in Sunday’s feature. “He’s a horse that [will] probably replace Golden Sixty at the mile,” a beaming Ho said after... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3282182/vincent-ho-declares-galaxy-patch-heir-apparent-golden-sixty-after-stunning-sha-tin-trophy-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3282182/vincent-ho-declares-galaxy-patch-heir-apparent-golden-sixty-after-stunning-sha-tin-trophy-win?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Oct 2024 10:09:58 +0000 Francis Lui Kin-wai has credited the great Golden Sixty with teaching him how to train following confirmation on Friday the 10-time Group One winner has run his last race. While Lui is, of course, selling himself rather short considering he had 46 winners the season before Golden Sixty joined his stable, there is no doubt the veteran handler went to another level during his superstar’s superb career. Lui’s five biggest win hauls came while he had Golden Sixty in his stable, including his maiden... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3278506/francis-lui-hails-golden-sixty-effect-i-would-say-he-taught-me-how-train?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3278506/francis-lui-hails-golden-sixty-effect-i-would-say-he-taught-me-how-train?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:17:01 +0000 One of world racing’s great rides officially came to an end at Sha Tin on Friday afternoon, with connections confirming the retirement of 10-time Group One winner Golden Sixty. While speculation has raged for months and the decision was made some time ago, the emotion was evident as owner Stanley Chan Ka-leung outlined what lies ahead for the highest-earning racehorse of all time. “He’s become one of our family members. My two daughters didn’t like horse racing too much before but now they are... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3278472/emotions-high-golden-ride-comes-end-hes-become-one-our-family?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3278472/emotions-high-golden-ride-comes-end-hes-become-one-our-family?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:16:58 +0000 Golden Sixty thrilled fans for across six Hong Kong racing seasons and provided an almost endless amount of highlights. The Post has selected five of the great galloper’s wins that were extra special. 2020 Hong Kong Derby The build up to the 2020 Hong Kong Derby was immense as Golden Sixty attempted to join Rapper Dragon in the elite club of gallopers to clean sweep the Classic Series. For more than a moment it looked the dream might be over as Blake Shinn launched a daring mid-race move aboard... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3278434/watch-golden-sixtys-five-most-memorable-wins?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3278434/watch-golden-sixtys-five-most-memorable-wins?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:54:45 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu had to settle for third aboard Lady Mary in Sunday’s Group One Henkel-Preis der Diana – German Oaks (2,200m) at Düsseldorf as he continues his summer stint in Europe. Ho kicked off his working holiday with a win at Pontefract on July 19 but hasn’t tasted success since, with a best finish of second from nine rides at the prestigious Goodwood Festival last week, however he remains unfazed. “I drove for four hours to ride one unplaced horse in a Class Five race at Musselburgh a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3273247/hk-racing-season-update-mixed-results-jockeys-abroad-royal-ascot-winner-arrives?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3273247/hk-racing-season-update-mixed-results-jockeys-abroad-royal-ascot-winner-arrives?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:38:09 +0000 Harry Bentley will join Vincent Ho Chak-yiu in action at Glorious Goodwood as the iconic five-day racing festival kicks off on Tuesday. Fresh from a successful Hong Kong campaign with 39 wins, British jockey Bentley has two rides on day one of Glorious Goodwood - Navello in the Coral Racing Club Handicap (1,000m) and Nocturnal in the Ridgeview Fillies’ Handicap (1,608m). Navello is in top form this campaign with victories on Wolverhampton’s all-weather track and at Windsor, as well as two... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3272272/hk-racing-season-update-harry-bentley-and-vincent-ho-set-goodwood-2024-25-fixture-released?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3272272/hk-racing-season-update-harry-bentley-and-vincent-ho-set-goodwood-2024-25-fixture-released?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jul 2024 05:51:52 +0000 Mugen will be set for the Group One Sprinters Stakes (1,200m) at Nakayama racecourse on September 29 after connections of the emerging sprinter confirmed plans to target Japan’s premier sprint. Trained by Pierre Ng Pang-chi, Mugen is fresh from a breakout season in Hong Kong with four wins capped by his last-start triumph over California Spangle in the Group Three Premier Cup (1,400m). The five-year-old made the leap from restricted class to the top level, finishing third behind Invincible Sage... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3271349/hong-kong-racing-season-update-mugen-set-japan-ho-bowman-strike-overseas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3271349/hong-kong-racing-season-update-mugen-set-japan-ho-bowman-strike-overseas?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Jul 2024 04:00:38 +0000 He rode him like the best horse in the race and Galaxy Patch left jockey Vincent Ho Chak-yiu in no doubt the electric four-year-old is a “future star” after exploding late to claim Sunday’s Group Three Premier Plate (1,800m). Second last straightening for home in a sluggishly run Premier Plate, Galaxy Patch reeled off a 21.69-second final 400m to swamp his rivals late and bank a second Group Three victory from as many starts. “He’s a future star and he’s got plenty of potential. He was the best... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3267725/galaxy-patch-explodes-snare-more-feature-success-group-three-premier-plate-hes-future-star?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3267725/galaxy-patch-explodes-snare-more-feature-success-group-three-premier-plate-hes-future-star?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:41:13 +0000 For Vincent Ho Chak-yiu, victory in this season’s final feature on rising star Galaxy Patch will help offset the multiple blows he has taken in a roller-coaster campaign. While Ho has still had reason to celebrate this term, bagging the International Jockeys’ Championship and a sensational Group One Hong Kong Mile triumph on Golden Sixty, the 34-year-old has spent plenty of time on the sidelines through injury and suspension. A scary off-season fall in Japan which left him with a fractured T5... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3267643/vincent-ho-hopes-patch-tough-season-premier-plate-sha-tin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3267643/vincent-ho-hopes-patch-tough-season-premier-plate-sha-tin?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Jun 2024 05:21:38 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu tasted success for the first time since enduring a lengthy stint on the sidelines before sealing a double thanks to the victories of Baby Crystal and Holy Lake at Sha Tin on Sunday. Winless from two midweek rides on his return from injuries suffered in a nasty fall in January, the 33-year-old hit the board by booting home the Francis Lui Kin-wai-trained Baby Crystal in the Class Three Dongsinan Handicap (1,000m). “It’s great to be back,” Ho said. “It’s been three months since... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3258971/fit-again-vincent-ho-boots-home-first-winner-january-en-route-sha-tin-double?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3258971/fit-again-vincent-ho-boots-home-first-winner-january-en-route-sha-tin-double?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:44:15 +0000 Emerging star Galaxy Patch will clash with champion galloper Golden Sixty in the Group One FWD Champions Mile, provided he pleases trainer Pierre Ng Pang-chi in the lead up to the April 28 feature. Ng confirmed the Champions Mile was his preferred Champions Day target over the Group One QE II Cup (2,000m), which will feature the likes of superstar galloper Romantic Warrior and BMW Hong Kong Derby (2,000m) hero Massive Sovereign. However, this season’s leading trainer wants to see improvement... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3258170/galaxy-patch-bound-epic-champions-mile-clash-golden-sixty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3258170/galaxy-patch-bound-epic-champions-mile-clash-golden-sixty?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Apr 2024 01:39:15 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu will miss at least this Sunday’s feature meeting at Sha Tin but could well be sidelined for longer, with the Jockey Club yet to confirm the star rider’s injuries. It is believed Ho was experiencing pain in his neck and left hand after his nasty fall from Romantic Charm at Sha Tin on Wednesday night, with the 33-year-old set to undertake “further tests and assessments” after a number of scans on Thursday. “The club’s chief medical officer has advised that Vincent Ho, who was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3249775/vincent-ho-miss-sundays-meeting-and-maybe-longer-after-nasty-fall-sha-tin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3249775/vincent-ho-miss-sundays-meeting-and-maybe-longer-after-nasty-fall-sha-tin?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:23:12 +0000 A week on from Golden Sixty’s heroics in the Group One Hong Kong Mile, Vincent Ho Chak-yiu and Francis Lui Kin-wai will introduce what they hope is an exciting galloper when high-priced acquisition Patch Of Theta makes his debut in Sunday’s Class Four Lukfook Jewellery Diapure Handicap (1,000m) at Sha Tin. Hong Kong International Sale (HKIS) auctioneer Clint Donovan knocked down Patch Of Theta to Angela Yeung Kit-ming for HK$8.6 million, and the sale-topping three-year-old will have the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3245310/vincent-ho-expresses-confidence-ahead-hk86-million-sale-toppers-debut-sha-tin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3245310/vincent-ho-expresses-confidence-ahead-hk86-million-sale-toppers-debut-sha-tin?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Dec 2023 05:25:29 +0000 Fifteen years after an awestruck Vincent Ho Chak-yiu delivered water and towels to his idols on Longines International Jockeys’ Championship night, the superstar 33-year-old became the first home-grown Hong Kong rider to win the prestigious competition at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Ahead of his first IJC appearance in 2014, Ho reflected on that 2008 night when – as a jockeys’ room assistant – he drummed up the courage to ask Christophe Soumillon for an autograph. Now, the superstar local jockey... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3244121/vincent-ho-becomes-first-home-grown-international-jockeys-championship-winner-15-years-after-his?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3244121/vincent-ho-becomes-first-home-grown-international-jockeys-championship-winner-15-years-after-his?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:27:23 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu hopes Golden Sixty can pick up where he left off in April after the superstar impressed in his Group One Longines Hong Kong Mile tune up alongside Romantic Warrior on Tuesday morning. Ahead of Golden Sixty’s highly anticipated reappearance on December 10, Ho was pleased to see the eight-year-old progressing as he followed Romantic Warrior and Helene Feeling home in a 1,600m turf trial at Sha Tin. “He felt good. They went a bit slow and someone jumped the corner, which was a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3243072/golden-sixty-impresses-vincent-ho-ahead-return-everyone-should-still-believe-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3243072/golden-sixty-impresses-vincent-ho-ahead-return-everyone-should-still-believe-him?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Nov 2023 07:12:25 +0000 Caspar Fownes hopes Straight Arron is ready for Hong Kong’s richest race after his stable star booked his ticket to the international meeting by winning Sunday’s Group Two BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2,000m) at Sha Tin. Winless from his three starts over 1,400m, 1,600m and 1,800m this season, Straight Arron’s step up to 2,000m was a successful one as the five-year-old recorded the biggest victory of his career. “It’s always nice [when a plan comes together],” Fownes said. “This horse is a quality... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3242092/jockey-club-cup-winner-straight-arron-books-ticket-hong-kongs-richest-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3242092/jockey-club-cup-winner-straight-arron-books-ticket-hong-kongs-richest-race?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Nov 2023 13:22:14 +0000 Dylan Mo Hin-tung rode his first winner since May when he combined with 11-start maiden Multidarling at Happy Valley on Wednesday night to delay John Size’s inevitable 1,500th victory in Hong Kong. Mo had ridden 59 consecutive losers before Multidarling ran down Size-trained Act Of Faith to take out the first section of the Class Four Kyoto Handicap (1,200m) by one and a quarter lengths at $10.8. Multidarling transported Mo to his first success since Colonel, who finished sixth in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3241685/dylan-mo-breaks-six-month-drought-and-delays-john-sizes-inevitable-1500th-hong-kong-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3241685/dylan-mo-breaks-six-month-drought-and-delays-john-sizes-inevitable-1500th-hong-kong-win?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:00:17 +0000 If Golden Sixty does indeed return ahead of schedule in the Group Two Jockey Club Mile on November 19, Vincent Ho Chak-yiu will be there with him after receiving a deduction on the length of his 10-meeting suspension. But while Ho was successful in trimming his ban from 10 meetings to eight at an appeal hearing at Happy Valley on Thursday morning, he is HK$120,000 worse off for his troubles after stewards offset the reduction in meetings with the maximum financial penalty. The Jockey Club caps... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3238487/vincent-ho-free-ride-golden-sixty-if-needed-its-cost-him-hk120000?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3238487/vincent-ho-free-ride-golden-sixty-if-needed-its-cost-him-hk120000?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Oct 2023 07:42:14 +0000 Plans to send Golden Sixty to December’s Group One Hong Kong Mile first up could be shelved after jockey Vincent Ho Chak-yiu confirmed the team is “open-minded” about an earlier return. Ho, who has partnered Golden Sixty for his 29 races and 25 wins, was happy with how the eight-year-old went about his business in his first trial of the season at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning. “It was good to just let him enjoy the turf a bit. He did what we wanted him to do and he felt good. It’s good to be back... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3238202/team-golden-sixty-open-minded-about-possible-jockey-club-mile-tilt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3238202/team-golden-sixty-open-minded-about-possible-jockey-club-mile-tilt?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:03:52 +0000 Caspar Fownes is “always there for him if he needs me – 100 per cent”, but the handler must try to extend his lead in the unofficial Happy Valley trainers’ championship without Vincent Ho Chak-yiu as his former apprentice begins his suspension. With Ho’s appeal into the severity of his 10-meeting ban set for Thursday, the galloper at the centre of the furore, Capital Delight, is one of the three last-start winners among the seven-strong Fownes squad for Wednesday night’s nine-event... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3238088/caspar-fownes-supports-vincent-ho-capital-delight-returns-races-without-banned-jockey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3238088/caspar-fownes-supports-vincent-ho-capital-delight-returns-races-without-banned-jockey?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:46:33 +0000 They will be watching from the sidelines during the Group Two feature and have lost a strong winning chance through the scratching of Enterprise Attack, but dynamic duo Vincent Ho Chak-yiu and Francis Lui Kin-wai still have reasons to be excited ahead of Sunday’s Sha Tin meeting. A comprehensive winner when on Hong Kong debut on the final day of last season, Enterprise Attack will have to wait a little longer for his second start in the city after suffering a heart irregularity and being... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3237940/vincent-ho-and-francis-lui-hoping-sha-tin-more-joyful-hunting-ground-time-around?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3237940/vincent-ho-and-francis-lui-hoping-sha-tin-more-joyful-hunting-ground-time-around?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Oct 2023 03:01:03 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu is doing his best to focus on the positives as he prepares to fight the severity of the 10-meeting suspension he received on Wednesday night. Whacked with the lengthy ban for failing to ride out Capital Delight until the end of the race in the gelding’s dead heat with Lucky Archangel at Happy Valley, Ho lodged an appeal against the length of the penalty on Thursday afternoon. “It is what it is – at the moment, I’m pretty calm with the situation,” Ho told the Post. Ho’s ban... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3237140/vincent-ho-focusing-positives-he-prepares-fight-10-meeting-suspension?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3237140/vincent-ho-focusing-positives-he-prepares-fight-10-meeting-suspension?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Oct 2023 23:50:45 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu has received a 10-meeting ban for not riding Capital Delight right to the line in the gelding’s dead heat at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. After driving Capital Delight through traffic in the home straight and into contention after the four-year-old settled last, Ho put his whip away a stride or two before the line. The judge could not split Caspar Fownes’ galloper and Frankie Lor Fu-chuen’s Lucky Archangel under Angus Chung Yik-lai, with stewards finding Ho “guilty of a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3236838/vincent-ho-slapped-10-meeting-ban-lacking-vigour-final-strides-happy-valley-dead-heat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3236838/vincent-ho-slapped-10-meeting-ban-lacking-vigour-final-strides-happy-valley-dead-heat?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:02:10 +0000 Second-season trainer Jamie Richards nominated Sports Legend as a horse to follow throughout this campaign, and prominent owner Boniface Ho Ka-kui’s sprinter will make his Hong Kong debut on Wednesday night. A two-time winner over 1,100m from his seven starts for Randwick-based trainer Les Bridge – the Australian handler who prepared Ho’s Classique Legend to win The Everest in 2020 – Sports Legend will contest the Class Three Nam Fung Handicap (1,000m) at Happy Valley. Sports Legend’s barrier... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3236491/jamie-richards-has-horse-follow-and-one-watch-stepping-out-happy-valley?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3236491/jamie-richards-has-horse-follow-and-one-watch-stepping-out-happy-valley?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:43:05 +0000 Francis Lui Kin-wai, the reigning King of the Valley, will saddle two last-start winners at the city circuit on Wednesday night as the 28-season trainer tries to build on his best-ever beginning to a campaign. Lui’s Sha Tin treble on Sunday – Always Fluke, Packing Treadmill and Yellowfin won three of the card’s final six races – improved his statistics to eight victories from 26 runners in this term’s opening five meetings. In Lui’s previous 27 seasons at the head of a stable, his highest tally... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3235700/francis-lui-saddles-two-last-start-winners-and-tries-build-best-ever-beginning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3235700/francis-lui-saddles-two-last-start-winners-and-tries-build-best-ever-beginning?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Sep 2023 06:22:08 +0000 Vincent Ho Chak-yiu is confident he is ready to get the absolute best out of excitement machine Dream Winner at Sha Tin on Sunday, but the star jockey admits it is going to be some time until he is performing at the peak of his own powers. Sidelined for the start of the campaign after fracturing his T5 vertebra in a nasty fall in Japan in July, Ho returns this weekend happy enough with his fitness but realistic about his early-season capabilities. “I’m feeling confident. The first two days back... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3234782/returning-vincent-ho-opts-quality-over-quantity-its-going-take-months-be-100-cent-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3234782/returning-vincent-ho-opts-quality-over-quantity-its-going-take-months-be-100-cent-again?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Sep 2023 02:27:20 +0000 John Size clinched his record-breaking 12th Hong Kong trainers’ championship, rider Zac Purton and handler Francis Lui Kin-wai secured the respective King of the Valley crowns and young jockey Luke Ferraris notched a treble at the city circuit on Wednesday night. When neither Party Warrior nor Lucky Gold won the Class Three Lucky Patch Handicap (1,000m) that went to Seasons Wit, it became impossible for second-placed Lui to overtake Size, whose first title triumph since 2018-19 snapped his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3227487/size-clinches-record-breaking-12th-hong-kong-title-purton-and-lui-secure-happy-valley-crowns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3227487/size-clinches-record-breaking-12th-hong-kong-title-purton-and-lui-secure-happy-valley-crowns?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:16:32 +0000 Buzzing following his largest haul of race victories at a meeting this season and first four-timer since June 2020, Francis Lui Kin-wai leads this term’s Happy Valley trainers’ championship by one win from Caspar Fownes going into Wednesday’s exciting finale. With nine races remaining at Happy Valley before the city circuit hibernates until September, Lui (31 victories), Fownes (30) and Tony Cruz (27) have sufficient runners to be contenders for the tight-turning track’s unofficial title for... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3227186/francis-lui-fights-caspar-fownes-king-valley-crown-after-first-four-timer-2020?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3227186/francis-lui-fights-caspar-fownes-king-valley-crown-after-first-four-timer-2020?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:49:50 +0000 One year to the day he sustained the injury that put him out of action for nearly nine months, Happy Valley 1,000m track record holder Stoltz will return to the city circuit on Thursday to contest the Class Two Hong Kong Park Handicap over his favourite trip. Thursday will see Stoltz’s first appearance at Happy Valley since July 6 last year when he finished 11th of 12 over the same course and distance he had covered in 55.85 seconds to shatter the track record and break through for his maiden... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3226504/track-record-holder-stoltz-returns-happy-valley-one-year-lame-loss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3226504/track-record-holder-stoltz-returns-happy-valley-one-year-lame-loss?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 2023 08:04:52 +0000 Frankie Lor Fu-chuen has expressed his frustration at the second 12-point penalty Jockey Club handicappers meted out to Saturday’s Class Three Riding High Together (1,000m) favourite Dream Winner, the unbeaten young galloper the champion trainer has described as “the best three-year-old I’ve had in my stable”. Lor was effusive in his praise of Dream Winner after the sprinter formerly named in honour of a champion boxer produced another knockout performance three weeks ago to make it two... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3226060/frankie-lor-dirty-about-unbeaten-youngster-dream-winners-second-dozen-point-penalty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3226060/frankie-lor-dirty-about-unbeaten-youngster-dream-winners-second-dozen-point-penalty?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jun 2023 05:33:52 +0000 Medic Elite, Hong Kong’s busiest galloper this season and Ryan Moore’s lowest-rated winner in the city, is set to make his 19th start this term in Sunday’s Spessartine Garnet Handicap (1,600m) at Sha Tin. His trainer, Pierre Ng Pang-chi, and his owners, the members of the Medicore Syndicate, may cast the only votes Medic Elite receives in this season’s Jockey Club popularity poll. However, the Class Five battler deserves some love from everyday racing fans. Medic Elite has raced on 18 occasions... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3225018/hong-kongs-busiest-galloper-just-what-doctor-ordered-pierre-ng-and-his-owners?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3225018/hong-kongs-busiest-galloper-just-what-doctor-ordered-pierre-ng-and-his-owners?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:51:13 +0000 As much as Vincent Ho Chak-yiu would rather not think about his late-season bid for 100 wins, he admits constant reminders of where he stands are making it almost impossible. In the midst of the season of his life, Ho has 85 victories – already 18 more than his previous best – and nine meetings to reach a milestone only legendary trio Douglas Whyte, Zac Purton and Joao Moreira have achieved. “Even if I don’t think about it, everyone is mentioning it, so it’s hard not to think about it now,” Ho... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3224423/vincent-ho-trying-not-think-about-century-bid-despite-constant-reminders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3224423/vincent-ho-trying-not-think-about-century-bid-despite-constant-reminders?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jun 2023 04:03:54 +0000 Champion trainer Frankie Lor Fu-chuen declared Dream Winner “the best three-year-old I’ve had in my stable” after the exciting youngster smashed the clock again at Sha Tin on Saturday to make it two scintillating successes from his first two starts. Twenty days on from taking advantage of a tailwind to record the fastest 1,000m time this season – 55.14 – in his jaw-dropping victory, Dream Winner ran 55.52 over the same course and distance to claim the Class Three Tuen Mun Public Riding School... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3223668/frankie-lors-dream-baby-smashes-clock-again-best-three-year-old-ive-had-my-stable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3223668/frankie-lors-dream-baby-smashes-clock-again-best-three-year-old-ive-had-my-stable?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jun 2023 15:47:31 +0000