Buddy can Blaze a trail under talented apprentice Yuen May 8, 2026 RICKY Yiu’s BLAZING WUKONG looks the best bet on an exciting and competitive 11-race programme at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Saturday. The four-year-old bids to successfully follow up last month’s barnstorming course-and-distance victory in the mile-long Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Handicap (10.10am) and, despite carrying a penalty, will be hard to beat. The [...]
Tuco and Hickory will be hard to break at Ascot May 5, 2026 AFTER Bow Echo’s scintillating 2,000 Guineas performance at the weekend, it’s fair to say that the Flat season is more than up and running. George Boughey’s colt was perhaps as impressive a Guineas winner since a certain Frankel 15 years ago, and it has set the tempo for more quality action on the level. Ascot [...]
Sundance and Gambit the Ones to take Roodee by storm May 5, 2026 FLAT racing fans will also enjoy three days of Chester’s May meeting this week, with Friday’s Chester Cup (3.05pm) looking a difficult puzzle to solve without declarations or the draw. BERKSHIRE SUNDANCE catches the eye at 12/1 having progressed into a smart stayer, rising over a stone in the weights since October thanks to three [...]
Everything Points towards victory for talented Sword May 5, 2026 HONG Kong racing fans can look forward to a nine-race programme on the all-weather surface at Sha Tin on Wednesday, starting at 11.45am. With thunder and lightning interrupting the action at Sha Tin over the weekend, weather conditions have luckily quietened down, and spectators will have no need for an umbrella. Racing on the dirt [...]
Fownes and Moreira Team have a Perfect opportunity at Sha Tin May 5, 2026 FORM students will no doubt be burning the midnight oil for a fiendishly difficult card at Sha Tin, with a programme full of imponderables and it looks difficult to even call the likely favourite in some races. The nine-furlong Lotus Handicap (1.15pm) is a classic case. Many of the most in-form contenders are probably rated [...]
Nautical and Maestro will be Forces to be reckoned with at Sha Tin May 1, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong returns to Sha Tin on Sunday with an exciting and informative 11-race programme, featuring the Group Three Queen Mother Memorial Cup, a handicap over a mile and a half, at 8:40pm. The race for the Trainers’ Championship continues to make the headlines on a weekly basis, with the lead chopping and [...]
Cody can provide Sha Tin winner for excellent Orman May 1, 2026 WITH the form of the BMW Hong Kong Derby given a boost by the performance of winner Invincible Ibis, who subsequently finished a close-up fourth to My Wish in the Group One FWD Champions Mile last weekend, it could be a form race to follow for the future. Finishing sixth, beaten just over three lengths [...]
Expect Rum to pack a punch before King is crowned April 29, 2026 SATURDAY features the first British Classic of the season, Newmarket’s 2000 Guineas (3.35pm), which also marks the first World Pool fixture of the year in the UK and Ireland. Much of the build-up has centred around Aidan O’Brien’s string of potential contenders, but his grip on the race has slipped since he last won it [...]
Fabre’s Highness looks a royally good bet in fillies’ first Classic April 29, 2026 IT IS the turn of the fillies 24 hours later, with the 1000 Guineas (3.35pm, Sunday) taking centre stage. Precise is supposedly the apple of Aidan O’Brien’s eye for this contest but he hasn’t won this race since 2021, and it looks a wide-open renewal. In line with the 2000 Guineas, it is worth looking [...]
Purton can keep rising with Giant Ballon April 29, 2026 LOCAL racing fans in Hong Kong would have left Sha Tin last Sunday feeling satisfied after their stars, Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior, eclipsed a strong Japanese raiding party on FWD Champions Day. If that was not enough, My Wish finally came of age with his first Group One triumph in the FWD Champions [...]