Paul Lally:
R1 9-11-13-1
R2 1-9-10-6
R3 2-1-13-9
R4 3-13-7-12
R5 1-3-2-4
R6 5-13-8-4
R7 1-14-4-5
R8 11-7-10-1
R9 2-4-1-7
R10 9-3-5-1
R11 11-5-12-8
Best Bet R6 N5 Cool Boy
Longshot R8 N11 California Waves
Play R11 5-11-12
Mark McNamara:
R1: 2.11.13.5
R2: 14.1.6.2.
R3: 2.6.1.13
R4: 9.3.5.13
R5: 1.3.2.5
R6: 4.5.6.3
R7: 2.1.4.5
R8: 5.4.3.1
R9: 2.1.4.8
R10: 3.1.5.10
R11: 11.5.8.9
DRF is happy to provide international racing nightly on DRF. Watch and wager on top-tier International races daily from Australia, France, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Major tracks include Flemington, Moonee Valley, Royal Randwick, Sha Tin, Happy Valley and more. Bet on all the big races from The Melbourne Cup to The Championships at Royal Randwick and the Hong Kong Cup. These free international past performances are available courtesy of Sky Racing World.
Friday, April 24, (April 25, Australia)
Ka Ying Rising has redefined sprint excellence in Hong Kong in recent years.
Ka Ying Rising, who will start as a massive favorite in Sunday’s Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin Racecourse, has won 19 consecutive races since February 2024, a record for a Hong Kong-based runner, and has lowered the six-furlong course record three times in the last 18 months.
Paul Lally:
R1 8-2-6-10
R2 6-8-1-7
R3 4-11-5-1
R4 6-3-1-9
R5 5-1-12-7
R6 8-4-3-6
R7 4-1-10-2
R8 3-11-8-9
R9 1-6-12-2
Best Bet R4 N6 Vigor Eye
Longshot R5 N5 Turbo Jeffries
Play R9 QQP 1-6-12
Tom Wood:
R1: 8-6-2-7
R2: 2-8-4-7
R3: 5-4-1-8
R5: 11-8-9-12
R6: 4-8-10-6
by Dick Powell
The FWD Champions Day will be held on Sunday, April 26 at Sha Tin Racecourse. The three Group 1 stakes races attracted the usual stellar international fields despite the strength of the home team. As nearly all of the top races run around the world, they are part of the World Pool with betting commingled from 27 countries.
Race 1: #7 Turf Phoenix, #6 Happy Boys, #8 Team Happy, #2 Giddy Up
Race 2: #2 Soaring Bronco, #8 Verbier, #6 Double Bingo, #7 Podium
Race 3: #8 To Infinity, #3 Vermilion Tempest, #4 Fortune Star, #5 Shooting To Top
Race 4: #6 Vigor Eye, #1 Young Arrow, #7 Flying Sniper, #10 Yeux De Lifeline
Race 5: #11 Thunder Prince, #8 Little Monster, #12 Winning Champion, #4 Winning Money
Race 6: #8 Jumbo Blessing, #4 Beauty Show, #1 Healthy Healthy, #6 Grand Nova
Racing over extended distances works well for Lovcen, who won his second Grade 1 in Sunday’s $2.61 million Japanese 2000 Guineas for 3-year-olds at Nakayama Racecourse.
Lovcen won the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes at 1 1/4 miles in December, his final start at 2. After finishing third in a Grade 3 at 1 1/8 miles at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 15 in his first start this year, and first career loss, Lovcen led or disputed the pace throughout the 2000 Guineas at 1 1/4 miles on turf.
By Leo Schlink
Master trainer John Size delivered a timely reminder of enduring skill and patience with a quartet highlighted by the triumphant return of Sky Jewellery and the stunning Hong Kong debut of Nautical Force at Sha Tin on Sunday (19 April), as Zac Purton powered to the 100-win milestone for the tenth consecutive season.
By Paul Ryding
Champion jockey Zac Purton goes for a hat-trick of wins on the fast-improving Aerovolanic at Sha Tin on Sunday (19 April) as he homes in on 100 winners for a 10th straight season.
A tally of 98 winners this term looks almost certain to yield him a ninth Hong Kong jockey championship (he currently sits 49 wins clear of second-placed Hugh Bowman), and the Australian takes a book of seven rides to Sunday’s 11-race fixture with a chance to bring up the century.
