Wed, 11/05/2025 - 13:33

Hollie Doyle strikes at Happy Valley for first win of Hong Kong stint

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Run Run Smart triumphs for Hollie Doyle.

By Leo Schlink

Preparing to contest the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (LONGINES IJC) next month, Hollie Doyle opened her latest Hong Kong stint in perfect fashion at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (5 November), striking in tandem with familiar ally Run Run Smart (122lb) in the Class 4 Japan Racing Association Trophy Handicap (1200m).

Tue, 11/04/2025 - 11:14

Hollie Doyle begins Hong Kong stint with seven rides at Happy Valley

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Hollie Doyle has ridden winners at Happy Valley and Sha Tin.

By Declan Schuster

One of world racing’s leading female riders, Hollie Doyle, will begin her short-term contract in Hong Kong on Wednesday night (5 November) at Happy Valley, where she takes seven rides across the nine-race fixture.

Doyle, 29, has five Hong Kong wins. She began riding in 2013, and since then has won 10 Group 1 races before becoming Great Britain’s most successful female jockey by surpassing Hayley Turner with a 1,023rd British winner at Ascot in May, 2025.

Tue, 11/04/2025 - 10:42

Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Paul Lally: 
R1 1-6-5-4 
R2 1-3-2-7 
R3 5-2-11-9 
R4 9-4-2-6 
R5 2-8-1-3 
R6 7-10-2-8 
R7 4-2-12-9 
R8 1-8-4-5 
R9 2-12-10-5 
Best Bet R4 N9 Conspiracy Witness 
Longshot R7 N4 Golden Darci 
Play R8 QQP 1-4-8 

Mon, 11/03/2025 - 10:20

Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Hong Kong Jockey Club
Racing returns to Happy Valley with Wednesday's program.

Happy Valley Selections
(Wednesday, November 05, 2025)

Sun, 11/02/2025 - 16:00

Australia: Valiant King, Half Yours favorites in Melbourne Cup

Flemington photo
The Group 1 Melbourne Cup will be run at Flemington Racecourse in Australia on Monday.

When weights were announced in mid-September for Monday’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Australia, the gelding Valiant King ranked 76th among the candidates.

Since then, Valiant King has forced his way into the field, and will start in the famous two-mile race for the second consecutive year.

Trained by Chris Waller, Valiant King earned a guaranteed berth to this year’s $6.53 million Melbourne Cup with a win at 60-1 in the Group 3 Bart Cumming Stakes at about 1 9/16 miles at Flemington on Oct. 4.

Sun, 11/02/2025 - 15:03

Japan: Masquerade Ball broadens horizons with Tenno Sho triumph

Masquerade Ball rallied between rivals in early stretch to win Sunday’s autumn running of the Grade 1 Tenno Sho at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan. It was the 3-year-old colt’s first victory in a race at the highest level and his debut against older horses.

The win may lead to a start in a Grade 1 race in Japan in coming weeks and months, with the $7.07 million Japan Cup at 1 1/2 miles at Tokyo on Nov. 30, or the $7.07 million Arima Kinen at 1 9/16 miles at Nakayama on Dec. 28 as options.

Sunday’s Tenno Sho was run at 1 1/4 miles.

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:39

Australia: Parchment Party goes for longshot try at Melbourne Cup

Debra A. Roma
Parchment Party earned his way into the Melbourne Cup by virtue of this victory in the Belmont Gold Cup on June 6.

Two stakes wins by Parchment Party in long-distance stakes at Saratoga in June and August have not impressed Australian bettors in advance of Monday’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse.

As of Thursday, Parchment Party was a 40-1 outsider in an expected field of 24 in the $6.55 million Melbourne Cup, run at two miles on turf.

Parchment Party, a 4-year-old colt trained by Bill Mott, is winless in two starts on turf. He was ninth of 11 in the Grade 2 Mac Diarmida Stakes at 1 3/8 miles on turf at Gulfstream Park on March 1 in his latest start on the surface.

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 12:38

Colourful King carries Eustace’s hopes as Romantic Warrior impresses in trial

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Colourful King is back in action at Happy Valley on Sunday (2 November).

By Paul Ryding

David Eustace will turn to one of his yard’s emerging talents as he bids to build momentum and snap a frustrating spell when Hong Kong racing shifts to Happy Valley’s rare weekend meeting on Sunday (2 November).

Stuck on one win through 15 meetings of the 2025/26 campaign, Eustace, who picked up 36 winners during an excellent debut season in Hong Kong, has been left frustrated by a run of narrow defeats this term.

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 10:12

Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, November 2, 2025

Paul Lally: 
R1: 2-1-4-6 
R2: 2-1-5-4 
R3: 8-7-12-2 
R4: 4-1-11-8 
R5: 1-5-8-4 
R6: 11-6-10-3 
R7: 10-3-6-1 
R8: 1-8-9-10 
R9: 3-5-8-7 
R10: 6-3-11-4 
Best Bet: R9 N3 Colourful King 
Longshot: R8 N1 Brave Star 
Play: Race10 QQP 3-6-11 

Fri, 10/31/2025 - 10:10

Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, November 2, 2025

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Happy Valley turf racing.

Happy Valley Selections
(Sunday, November 02, 2025)