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Racing has been held in Hong Kong since the 1800s and it is unequivocally the number sport in town. There are 88 meetings a season hosted across two venues in Sha Tin and Happy Valley with billions of dollars bet every week. It is considered the toughest jurisdiction in the world.
Nearly 80,000 people turned up in Sha Tin to watch the horses run at the Lunar New Year meeting, a far cry from empty courses at the height of the pandemic.
- The veteran trainer’s honest sprinter is the city’s leading hope on Dubai World Cup night, and he’s ticking a lot of boxes
Since the beginning of last season, only Nervous Witness, Super Wealthy and Master Eight have parlayed a sub-56-second win into a next-start success
Superstar Italian jockey has had plenty of success in the city and partners Sha Tin-trained galloper Senor Toba at Saturday’s Dubai World Cup meeting
In his first meeting as a seven-pound claimer, the rookie rider ends his four-month, 80-start wait for his second success at the city circuit
A string of big names from all around the globe nominate for the three Group One features at Sha Tin on April 30
Just over 18 months since the Irishman left the city, he teams up with rookie trainer Pierre Ng in Saturday’s Group One Dubai Turf
Most successful jockey in the history of Dubai World Cup night climbs aboard the striking grey for Saturday’s Sheema Classic
Lindsay Park’s modern-day patriarch reveals sons, Ben and JD, want to set the All-Star Mile champion for the Hong Kong Mile
Voyage Bubble’s buyer and trainer has saddled more winners this month and this year than any other conditioner, plus he’s outperforming the market
Superstar 32-year-old reaches the milestone aboard Lucky Gold for one of his staunchest supporters, Francis Lui
Voyage Bubble, who the veteran handler bought for A$380,000 three years ago, supplies the 2019-20 champion with his first victory in the race
Trainer wants his best-ever horse to pocket the HK$5 million bonus and emulate Silent Witness before a potential overseas adventure
French jockey and local trainer throw convention out the window with the renowned leader to win the city’s most prestigious contest from the back
Classic Cup winner Super Sunny Sing enters Sunday’s HK$24 million feature at Sha Tin as one of the leading chances
Mr Brightside takes out Saturday’s A$5 million (HK$26.5 million) race at Moonee Valley in Melbourne, carrying the Australian jockey to his most valuable victory since March 2021
Star British jockey reunites with four-time Group One winner for Sunday’s Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup at Sha Tin
John Size’s galloper tries to match Tony Millard’s 2000 champion as the least experienced victor of the prestigious contest since its distance increase
Powerful racing family chases first victory in the city’s most prestigious race with a horse who could be anything
Lucky Sweynesse chases a second Group One success for horse and trainer in Sunday’s Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup at Sha Tin
G1 Goldmine chief Matthew Ennis takes a set against Classic Cup champion Super Sunny Sing: ‘looking at his pedigree, you’d say he’s got zero chance’
Connections of Super Sunny Sing and Beauty Eternal walk away happy enough after being handed their barriers for Sunday’s HK$24 million feature
Mauritian jockey produces his best haul since the thyroid condition that threatened to derail his career earlier this season
