By Maddy Playle and Jim McGrath

Breakthrough Group 1 success is in the sights of My Wish as last year’s Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) hero bids to step up to the elite level in the HK$36 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on Sunday (14 December).

The standout talent from last year’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series, which included two agonising defeats in the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) and BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m), My Wish proved he had claims for being Hong Kong’s next star miler with a promising fourth in the G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) in April.

By Tom Peacock

Ryan Moore delivered a timely reminder of his world-leading status with a supreme performance to land a third LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) in a thrilling contest which remained wide open right up to its conclusion at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (10 December).

With four riders tied in the lead heading into the last of the four rounds with 12 points under a scoring format of 12 points for a win, six points for second and four points for third, it was just the kind of competitive event the evening was designed for.

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Venezuela will pay tribute to four of its most accomplished jockeys – Junior Alvarado, Javier Castellano, Ramón Domínguez, and Emisael Jaramillo – during a special ceremony Sunday at La Rinconada Racetrack, located in the southern part of the capital of Caracas.

By Tom Peacock

Hiroyuki Uemura is relishing the chance to pit Bellagio Opera against the mighty Romantic Warrior in the HK$40 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (14 December).

The back-to-back winner of the G1 Osaka Hai (2000m) is considered to be the most likely candidate to prevent Danny Shum’s champion from landing the race for an unprecedented fourth time in a row.

By Maddy Playle

Do not underestimate the three-year-old filly Embroidery in Sunday’s (14 December) G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) was the message from Christophe Lemaire on Tuesday (9 December).

The top rider will hunt for a second victory at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races this weekend, having partnered Pride to success in the 2006 G1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m), and he retains the utmost belief in his mount for the LONGINES Hong Kong Mile.

By Daryl Timms

Even a supreme optimist would quickly turn into a pessimist if they attempted to offer a calculated argument why any of Ka Ying Rising’s 11 opponents in Sunday’s (14 December) HK$28 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) could defeat the world’s highest-rated sprinter.

The market will again offer almost unbackable odds for the David Hayes-trained gelding to claim his 16th consecutive victory.

“It’s quite amazing to think he’ll be in a Group 1 with very good horses and the second favourite will be 20/1,” Hayes said. “You just don’t see that.

By Maddy Playle

Only superstars win back-to-back editions of the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m), and Voyage Bubble will endeavour to join exalted company at Sha Tin on Sunday (14 December).

Monopolize, Good Ba Ba, Beauty Generation and Golden Sixty make up the short list of those to have landed consecutive runnings of the HK$36 million prize, but Voyage Bubble would be a deserving addition to the elite group.

There will be another Eustace among the names for Sha Tin’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on Sunday (14 December) once again with David's brother Harry hoping for a more prominent showing from his stable star Docklands.

The elder sibling of one of Hong Kong's brightest training talents has had a banner year himself, with Docklands becoming his first top-level winner in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) at Royal Ascot in June.

By Tom Peacock

Marco Botti will be reviving a familiar connection as defending champion Giavellotto returns this Sunday (14 December) for the HK$26 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m).

Before he moved to be a permanent member of the Hong Kong jockey community, Andrea Atzeni would often partner up with his Newmarket-based friend and rode Giavellotto to land the G2 Yorkshire Cup in 2023.