Mon, 07/14/2025 - 11:02
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DRF Past Performances
Seventeenth last out in the Prix du Jockey Club, Leffard was first past the post Sunday at Longchamp in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris.
Longest shot among six runners on the American tote board, Leffard returned $31.80 after his narrow victory over heavily favored Trinity College in a 3-year-old restricted race.
Six 3-year-olds are entered in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris on Sunday at Longchamp Racecourse, but if established form holds, the race comes down to New Ground and Trinity College.
Trinity College figures favored on the North American tote, in great part because he has run two strong races, but also because Ryan Moore rides him for trainer Aidan O’Brien. New Ground figures a more appealing bet, in great part because he’s already proven to stay the Grand Prix de Paris’s 1 1/2-mile distance.
Paul Lally:
R1: 1-5-7-4
R2: 1-2-5-8
R3: 9-8-2-1
R4: 8-10-12-1
R5: 10-7-5-6
R6: 9-8-14-6
R7: 5-6-10-9
R8: 2-6-5-4
R9: 6-5-11-2
R10: 13-6-3-1
R11: 5-7-4-8
Best Bet: R11 N5 Beauty Bolt
Longshot: R10 N13 We Can Party
Play R6 QQP 8-9-14
Fri, 07/11/2025 - 11:32
Ka Ying Rising’s outstanding performance during the 2024/25 racing season saw the record-breaking speedster earn the Horse of the Year title at a special presentation held at the Grand Ballroom of the Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong tonight (Friday, 11 July). In addition, he was also named Champion Sprinter and Champion Four-Year-Old at the ceremony.
By Leo Schlink
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).
Trailing Size by six wins with only two meetings and 20 races left in the season, dual Hong Kong champion trainer Hayes will saddle nine runners across nine races at Sha Tin this weekend, while 12-time champion Size has 12 starters engaged in 10 races.
Two race meetings remain in the 2024/25 Hong Kong racing season and 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 *.
“Sha Tin Racecourse Delights: Season Finale Grand Lucky Draw”
By Leo Schlink
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.
Bowman, 44, netted a race-to-race double to open the card with Notthesillyone for Mark Newnham and Douglas Whyte’s Shinkansen – both geldings triumphed by a short head – to eclipse the 69 victories he posted last season when he finished second to Zac Purton in the jockeys’ championship.