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Yo Beauty wins under Antoine Hamelin at Happy Valley on December 21. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Excellent Peers and Yo Beauty shoot for top of Million Challenge leader board

Both two-time Happy Valley winners this season, they have Wednesday opportunities to overtake Nearly Fine with two points-scoring meetings remaining

30 Jan 2023

Golden Sixty wins the 2021 Stewards’ Cup under Vincent Ho. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Vincent Ho determined to enjoy Stewards’ Cup for the ages: ‘horses like this don’t stay forever’

28 Jan 2023 - 2:57 AM

Hugh Bowman gallops Caspar Fownes-trained imported entire Viva Chaleur at Sha Tin on Thursday ahead of today’s Class Three (Restricted) Lung Fu Shan Handicap (1,600m). Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Caspar Fownes wants Hugh Bowman to take heat out of Classic Series candidate Viva Chaleur

7 Jan 2023 - 1:32 AM

Lucky Sweynesse and Zac Purton (centre) team up to win the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint (1,200m) at Sha Tin on November 20. Photo: Kenneth Chan

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That was the year that was 2022 in Hong Kong racing

29 Dec 2022 - 12:27 PM

Zac Purton returns to the Sha Tin winner’s enclosure aboard Beautyverse on November 6. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton hopes for Beautyverse bounce after horse ‘got it all wrong second time’

23 Dec 2022 - 12:14 PM

California Spangle (left) and Golden Sixty (right) battle to the line in the Group Two Jockey Club Mile (1,600m) at Sha Tin on November 20. Photo: Kenneth Chan

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Form analyst tips Golden Sixty to be the Stewards’ Cup outsider of the big three

19 Dec 2022 - 2:01 PM

Whizz Kid breaks Happy Valley’s 1,000m Class Two track record under Zac Purton on November 9. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Whizz Kid straight to Sha Tin off Valley record and Cruz isn’t Happy about it

15 Dec 2022 - 8:49 AM

California Spangle (left) beats Golden Sixty by a neck to win the Group One Longines Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

California Spangle and Zac Purton improvise to stop Golden Sixty scoring Hong Kong Mile hat-trick

11 Dec 2022 - 1:36 PM

Matthew Chadwick honours his commitment to ride Rewarding Together in Wednesday night’s Class Two Glasgow Handicap (1,200m) at Happy Valley. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Champion trainer solves star jockey Matthew Chadwick’s dilemma: ‘Frankie asked me first’

28 Nov 2022 - 8:58 AM

Beauty Eternal and Zac Purton run into the last of several dead ends at Sha Tin on November 6. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Beauty Eternal and Superb Capitalist lock horns in Class Three cracker

26 Nov 2022 - 5:28 AM

Angus Chung celebrates his first Hong Kong double at Sha Tin on Saturday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Chung lauds ‘best day of my career’ after Sha Tin double aboard dominant pair

12 Nov 2022 - 12:38 PM

Whizz Kid surges to victory under Zac Purton on Wednesday night. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Whizz Kid lives up to his name with scintillating Happy Valley victory in near-record time

9 Nov 2022 - 3:11 PM

Angus Chung gets to know Viva Popcorn ahead of his Happy Valley race debut aboard the Tony Cruz-trained horse on Wednesday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Chung thinking Happy thoughts about Aussie adventure ahead of Valley debut

7 Nov 2022 - 6:30 AM

Zac Purton urges Beautyverse (left) to victory at Sha Tin. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

SA Derby winner stakes claim for Sha Tin version with impressive HK debut

6 Nov 2022 - 12:50 PM

Glorious Forever wins the 2018 Group One Hong Kong Cup five weeks after placing second in the Group Three Ladies’ Purse. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

No Ladies’ Purse winner has bagged HKIR victory in same season

5 Nov 2022 - 6:14 AM

Zac Purton makes it five victories from six rides aboard Beauty Joy, the dynamic duo winning the Group Three Premier Cup (1,400m) at Sha Tin on June 19. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz says Purton is ‘the only jockey who can handle’ Beauty Joy

3 Nov 2022 - 6:57 AM

California Spangle extends effortlessly under Zac Purton in winning the Group Two Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy (1,600m). Photos: Kenneth Chan.

Hong Kong racing

Sha Tin Trophy winner California Spangle calls out Golden Sixty for rematch

16 Oct 2022 - 1:14 PM

Beauty Joy’s dam, Impressive Jeuney, and her three-week-old foal by California Spangle’s sire, Starspangledbanner. Photo: Darren McAuliffe

Hong Kong racing

Breeder cheers for Joy-Spangle quinella to fund his Jeuney to HKIR

15 Oct 2022 - 4:55 AM

Mark was Racing Post's scholarship holder on the 1995 British Horseracing Board Graduate Development Programme. After attaining a postgraduate diploma in broadcasting, he joined Racing Post in 1996 and was its chief sports writer before he moved to Australia in 2001. In Australia, he was the media manager of, among others, Centrebet, Sydney FC and Tom Waterhouse, and he ran the Western Australian Turf Club's racing and wagering operations.

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