The stakes winner Luxor Café will have a new rider when he starts favored in Saturday’s $226,400 Fukuryu Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan, the fourth and final race in that country’s Kentucky Derby qualifying series.

Joao Moreira, a former leading rider in Hong Kong, has the mount on Luxor Café, who has won three consecutive starts since last fall. Australian-based Rachel King rode Luxor Café to wins in an allowance race at 1 1/8 miles at Nakayama on Jan. 11 and in the Hyacinth Stakes at a mile at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 23.

Pride of Jenni will not repeat as Australia’s Horse of the Year after winning the title for the 2023-2024 season that ended last August.

In the current term, Pride of Jenni has won 2 of 6 starts, with the two wins against small fields in Group 2 races. One of those wins was the Peter Young Stakes at Caulfield on March 15, a victory that has led to Pride of Jenni’s appearance in the Group 1 Australian Cup at Flemington on Friday.

Sha Tin Selections
(Sunday, March 30, 2025) 

By Declan Schuster

Ensued might be contesting a race shorter than 1800m for the first time in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon (30 March) at Sha Tin, but jockey Karis Teetan is confident John Size’s lightly raced stayer can impress in the HK$5.35 million G2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m).

By Leo Schlink

Epsom Derby-winning jockey Richard Kingscote snared riding honours at Sha Tin’s all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night (26 March) with a treble, finding success with a perfect three wins from three rides.

Paul Lally:

R1: 2-4-1-13

R2: 6-9-1-10

R3: 5-3-1-10

R4: 4-10-6-7

R5: 10-4-3-1

R6: 3-6-5-1

R7: 12-3-1-10

R8: 13-14-11-3

R9: 1-5-10-6

Best Bet R8 13 New Forest

Longshot R5 10 Solar River

Play Race3 QQP 1-3-5

Mark McNamara:

R1: 4.2.12.10

R2: 6.9.11.7

R3: 5.2.1.12

R4: 10.4.7.11

R5: 2.3.4.8

R6: 5.3.4.6

R7: 8.2.6.12

R8: 14.7.12.11

R9: 1.3.8.10

Best Bet: R2 N6 The Khan

Apprentice Britney Wong is relishing the competition riding in Hong Kong and the season’s leading jockey on Sha Tin’s dirt course is aiming to extend her buffer with eight rides at tomorrow night’s (Wednesday, 26 March) nine-race all-dirt programme.

Indentured to trainer David Hall, Wong has an unmatched seven wins on the dirt this term ahead of Luke Ferraris (five wins), Matthew Chadwick (four) and Vincent Ho (four). The 25-year-old is the first female apprentice to ride in Hong Kong since Kei Chiong.

Sha Tin  Selections
(Wednesday, March 26, 2025)

Cap Ferrat, winless in 13 starts in Australia in 2023 and 2024 and in three starts in Hong Kong since mid-December, delivered a shocking result with a nose win in Sunday’s $3.34 million Hong Kong Derby for 4-year-olds at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

Cap Ferrat ($53.40) won a three-horse photo. My Wish (5-1) rallied to finish a close second, a head in front of 5-1 Packing Angel. Rubylot, the 9-5 favorite, was beaten 1 1/4 lengths in the field of 14.

By Leo Schlink

Craig Williams produced one of the finest rides of a decorated career to guide Cap Ferrat to a narrow victory in a gripping HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) on a day of triumph for Francis Lui at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 March).