Sun, 09/15/2024 - 10:11

Sunlight Power stuns as Zac Purton strikes with a quartet

By The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Jerry Chau pilots Sunlight Power to a brilliant win.

By Leo Schlink

Ricky Yiu believes emerging talent Sunlight Power can continue a sharp rise and eventually join the city’s elite after the gelding’s stunning win at Sha Tin on Sunday (15 September) as Zac Purton dominated the meeting with a quartet.

Ridden by Jerry Chau, Sunlight Power travelled three-wide before surging clear of his rivals to win by two lengths and easing down before the line to notch his fourth win from 15 starts.

The authority of the performance fuelled the wily Yiu’s hopes he has another quality galloper on his hands.

Sat, 09/14/2024 - 12:43

Ireland: Economics best elders in Irish Champion Stakes to lead BC qualifiers

By Steve Andersen
Eclipse Sportswire
Economics (right) beat Auguste Rodin (left) to take Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes.

Economics handled the transition from racing against 3-year-olds to competing against older horses with a hard-fought win in his Group 1 debut in Saturday’s $1.37 million Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, Ireland.

In doing so, Economics narrowly beat the brilliant Auguste Rodin, the winner of the 2023 Irish Champion Stakes as well as the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita last November.

Fri, 09/13/2024 - 11:55

Bradsell prepping for BC Turf Sprint in Flying Five

By Steve Andersen
Megan Ridgewell
Bradsell comes into the Flying Five off a victory in the Nunthorpe Stakes.

The British sprinter Bradsell earned a berth to the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar with a win in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse on Aug. 23 in England.

The victory has left Bradsell as a strong favorite to further enhance his record in a field of 18 in Sunday’s Group 1 Flying Five Stakes at The Curragh in Ireland. Should Bradsell lose, the winner of the Flying Five will receive a berth to the BC Turf Sprint, which will be run Nov. 2.

Fri, 09/13/2024 - 11:45

France: Early Arc favorite Look de Vega preps in Prix Niel

By Steve Andersen

Three races into his career, the unbeaten colt Look de Vega is at the center of European flat racing.

The winner of the French Derby in June, Look de Vega will start for the first time in three months as a strong favorite in Sunday’s Group 2 Prix Niel for 3-year-olds at 1 1/2 miles at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris.

Look de Vega will be tried at the distance for the first time. He is the future-book favorite at 7-2 to win the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at the same distance against older horses on Oct. 6 at Longchamp.

Fri, 09/13/2024 - 11:25

Hong Kong star Golden Sixty retired from racing

By Steve Andersen
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Golden Sixty won 26 races in 31 starts during his career and retired as the richest racehorse of all time, with $21.4 million in earnings..

Hong Kong superstar Golden Sixty has been retired after a remarkable career of 26 wins in 31 starts from the spring of 2019 until April of this year.

The Horse of the Year in Hong Kong three consecutive years, for the 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 seasons, Golden Sixty was fourth in the Group 1 Champions Mile at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong in April in his final start.

Golden Sixty’s retirement was announced by owner Stanley Chan on Friday.

Fri, 09/13/2024 - 10:09

Hong Kong champion Golden Sixty retires

By The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Golden Sixty is a Hong Kong racing icon.

Golden Sixty, one of Hong Kong’s greatest champions, has been retired from racing.

Owner Stanley Chan announced the three-time Horse of the Year’s retirement today (Friday, 13 September) at trainer Francis Lui’s Sha Tin stable.

Chan said: “Golden Sixty has been more than just a racehorse to me and my family; he has been a companion, a friend, and a true champion. Watching him compete has been one of the greatest joys of my life.

Fri, 09/13/2024 - 10:02

Karis Teetan looks to successfully convert Sha Tin opportunities

By The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Karis Teetan finished second in the 2023/24 Hong Kong jockeys’ championship.

Leo Schlink

Chasing his first win of the season, Karis Teetan hopes to capitalise on a full book of rides at Sha Tin on Sunday (15 September) as the Mauritian bids to reclaim a familiar lofty perch in the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship.

A seemingly permanent fixture near the top of the championship, Teetan finished second to seven-time champion Zac Purton (130 wins) last season with 86 victories after a string of third places in the championship.

Fri, 09/13/2024 - 09:50

Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, September 15, 2024

By The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Sha Tin turf racing.

Tom Wood:
R1: 1-3-5-9
R2: 12-8-6-2
R3: 4-10-9-7
R4: 2-5-13-11 
R5: 2-1-3-6 
R6: 1-11-7-9
R7: 6-2-4-8 
R8: 12-5-3-6
R9: 11-4-6-1
R10: 2-10-1-3
BEST: R7  N6 LUCKY IMPACT (WIN)
VALUE: R1 N1 SMART CITY (EW) 
PLAY: R9 QQP 4,6,11

Thu, 09/12/2024 - 14:24

Australia: Storm Boy brings solid form into Run for the Roses Stakes

By Steve Andersen

The only losses in Storm Boy’s seven-race career in Australia have been in Group 1 races. Otherwise, Storm Boy has won five times in three Group 2 or Group 3 races, a sales progeny stakes and a minor handicap.

Storm Boy won his lone start in the last five months by slightly less than three lengths in the Group 3 San Demenico Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney on Aug. 31.

Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:55

Auguste Rodin takes on crack 3-year-olds in Irish Champion

By Steve Andersen
Barbara D. Livingston
Auguste Rodin, last year's Breeders' Cup Turf winner, looks to repeat in Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Last year, Auguste Rodin was 3 when he won his fourth Group 1 race in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse in Ireland. Auguste Rodin added a fifth top-level win in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita two months later in his next start.

On Saturday, Economics and Los Angeles, two exceptional 3-year-olds, start against older horses for the first time in the $1.37 million Irish Champion Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on turf.

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