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Clinging to hopes of a late-season miracle, David Hayes has not conceded in the battle with John Size for the 2024/25 Hong Kong trainers’ championship, but admits his faint chances of landing a third title hinge on a string of favourable results at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 July).
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Fans are invited to join the festivities at Sha Tin Finale Race Day this Sunday (13 July). Starting at 4pm as part of the Summer Series of twilight fixtures, with gates set to open at 2pm, the day at Sha Tin features exciting racing action, live music, exquisite culinary offerings and mega prizes in a lucky draw, where ten winners will share in HK$1 million *.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, July 13, 2025.
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Preparing to join Karis Teetan in the Shergar Cup at Ascot next month, Hugh Bowman slotted a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (9 July) to soar past 70 winners for the season and reach a Hong Kong personal-best.
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Antoine Hamelin will depart Hong Kong’s riding ranks at the end of this season and the talented jockey is grateful for his experience and excited ahead of future endeavours as he gears up for a return to where it all began as a fresh-faced teenage apprentice in France.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, July 7, 2025 at Happy Valley.
Woodshauna, coming from last of nine under Christophe Soummilon, split rivals with a furlong remaining and came out atop a four-horse blanket finish in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat on Sunday at Deauville Racecourse in France.
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Already assured an eighth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Zac Purton slotted a quartet at Sha Tin on Saturday (5 July) as Derek Leung narrowed the gap to Matthew Poon in a tightening battle for the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading homegrown rider.
Delacroix bounced back from his ninth-place finish as the Derby favorite and landed a thrilling renewal of the Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown Racecourse in England.
Sixth in the Dante at odds-on, The Lion In Winter finished 14th in the Epsom Derby at 7-1, and on Sunday at Deauville Racecourse a colt broadly assumed to suit 1 1/2-mile racing gets cut back to a sprint distance in the Prix Jean Prat.
