The well-traveled 6-year-old horse Satono Reve can solidify his status as Japan’s leading sprinter against a familiar cast of rivals in Sunday’s Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse.
Satono Reve won the Grade 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at six furlongs at Chukyo Racecourse in Japan in February, beating Namura Clair and Mama Cocha, who are part of the field for the $2.19 million Sprinters Stakes.
Juvenile racing headlines the European scene on Saturday, with Newmarket hosting a pair of Group 1 sprints, the Cheveley Park and the Middle Park. Also carded is the Group 2 Royal Lodge over one mile, a race that regularly has produced Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf runners.
Royal Fixation, general antepost favorite at just less than 2-1 as of Thursday, looks like the right filly for the Cheveley Park, the filly-restricted companion race to the Middle Park and, on paper, a stronger heat this year.
By Leo Schlink
Mark Newnham is optimistic My Wish can make a triumphant start to an ambitious 2025/26 campaign when the rising star resumes in the HK$4.2 million G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (28 September).
Newnham orchestrated My Wish’s stunning advance last season when the diminutive gelding progressed from a rating of 54 and Class 4 company to a mark of 105 and standing as a genuine Group 1 contender with four wins, two seconds, two thirds and a fourth from nine starts.
By Declan Schuster
Lucky Sweynesse’s preparation for Sunday’s (28 September) G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) saw the four-time Group 1 winner gallop gracefully over Nakayama’s turf course under beaming sunshine this morning (Wednesday, 24 September) in Tokyo, Japan.
In light of the approach of Super Typhoon Ragasa and the latest forecasts issued by the Hong Kong Observatory, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has decided that the Happy Valley race meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 24 September 2025, will be cancelled.
This decision has been made in the interest of public and equine safety, and to support the operational needs of stakeholders across the racing industry.
By Paul Ryding
An abridged Sha Tin race meeting on Sunday (21 September) was cut short due to the deterioration of the track in torrential rain, but not before Hugh Bowman secured an imposing double that took him to five wins for the season.
The Australian got off to the best possible start after landing the opener in yielding conditions, the Class 5 Kowloon Tsai Handicap (1800m), aboard Hakka Radiance (130lb) for trainer Danny Shum, who moved level with Caspar Fownes at the top of the trainers’ rankings.
By Paul Ryding
David Hayes said no stone has been left unturned in the preparation of his stable star Ka Ying Rising as he galloped at Sha Tin on Friday (19 September) ahead of his trip to Australia to tackle the world’s richest turf race, The Everest (G1, 1200m).
In his final workout on the grass before leaving Hong Kong, the world’s top-rated sprinter clocked 56.9s over 800m – completing the final 400m in 23.6s – in a showing that his Australian handler called “a good piece of work”.
Sha Tin Selections
(Sunday, September 21, 2025)
Race 1: #8 Mr Aladdin, #2 Golden Fairy, #1 Storm Runner, #6 Smashing Express
Race 2: #2 Motor, #1 Field Marshal, #4 Just Follow Me, #5 Winning Champion
Race 3: #4 Peridot, #10 Noble Fans, #5 Proud Box, #1 Aerovolanic
Race 4: #3 Allcash, #4 Fashion Legend, #13 Sight Supreme, #11 Leslie
Race 5: #3 Beauty Viva, #7 Pearl Of Pang’s, #11 Special Hedge, #10 Star Brose
