Costa Nova cruised to the front in the final sixteenth to win the Grade 1 February Stakes at a mile on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday, becoming the third horse to win Japan’s leading wintertime dirt race for the second time.
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Ka Ying Rising, already one of Hong Kong’s great horses, etched his name even more deeply in the record books winning the Group 1, $1.66 million Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup by 3 1/2 lengths. The victory, his 18th straight, set a new Hong Kong winning streak, Ka Ying Rising surpassing the 17 in a row that Silent Witness claimed between 2002 and 2005.
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Francis Lui saddles three runners in the HK$13 million G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (22 February) as he attempts to challenge Ka Ying Rising in his bid to win an 18th consecutive race and set a Hong Kong record.
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Karis Teetan is excited to renew his partnership with Galaxy Patch in the HK$13 million G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (22 February), almost two years since he last rode the Pierre Ng-trained gelding.
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Trainer David Hayes takes his chance at history on Sunday afternoon (22 February) at Sha Tin when Ka Ying Rising attempts to win an 18th consecutive race – the most by a Hong Kong-trained horse – in the HK$13 million G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m), which is carded as Race 8 and will be run at 4.35pm.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at Sha Tin.
There is no clear favorite in Saturday’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Caulfield Racecourse in Australia just as there no standout in the next race for some of the same runners, the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes on March 21.
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In the ninth instalment of The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Road to the Derby series, we look at Mark Newnham’s strong 2025/26 Four-Year-Old Classic Series hand with a focus on HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) runner-up Infinite Resolve.
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Ricky Yiu is optimistic that Sunlight Power can build on a solid performance in Group 1 company last time out and run into the prize money in the HK$13 million G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) on Sunday (22 February).
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Trainer Frankie Lor, fresh from celebrating his 60th birthday with a double at Sha Tin on Saturday (14 February), is aiming to continue his winning momentum at Thursday’s (19 February) Year Of The Horse Raceday.
