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Benno Yung’s training career will come to a close at the end of this season in Hong Kong and the 66-year-old horseman is proud to depart the official ranks with fond memories and cherished lifelong friendships after the 2024/25 Season Finale on 16 July at Happy Valley.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at Sha Tin.
If ever a horse lacking a Group 1 win deserved one, it was Calandagan. Second-best in four straight Group 1 races, Calandagan was second to none Sunday in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.
It didn’t come as easily as the Derby at Epsom three weeks ago, but Lambourn became a dual Derby winner Sunday at The Curragh when he captured the Irish Derby by three-quarters of a length over his longshot stablemate Serious Contender.
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With only 50 races remaining in the 2024/25 season, Zac Purton has secured an eighth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship with a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (28 June) to hold an unassailable 59-win lead over nearest rival Hugh Bowman.
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Ryan Moore kicks off Irish Derby Day with MISSISSIPPI RIVER in what looks a very competitive race. He won under Jack [Cleary] last time out at Leopardstown and I was twice a runner-up on him before that.
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On Sunday in the Irish Derby at The Curragh, Epsom Derby winner Lambourn will be an odds-on favorite to become the 20th horse to win both races and give legendary trainer Aidan O'Brien his sixth Epsom-Irish double.
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Seeking to secure a record-extending 13th Hong Kong trainers’ championship, John Size hopes Wunderbar can successfully revert to Sha Tin’s straight course when the talented sprinter contests the HK$3.72 million Class 1 Pearce Memorial Challenge Cup Handicap (1000m) on Saturday (28 June).
A stable change earlier this year has revitalized the career of the 4-year-old New Zealand-bred filly Floozie, who has her Group 1 debut in Friday’s $458,700 Tattersall’s Tiara at seven furlongs at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia.
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The battle for the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading homegrown jockey intensified at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (25 June) when Matthew Chadwick’s double pushed him to within two wins of Matthew Poon with only six meetings remaining in the 2024/25 season.
