By Daryl Timms

Champion Brazilian jockey Joao Moreira will make a sentimental return to the venue and event which catapulted him to worldwide acclaim when he rides in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley on 10 December.

Moreira was Singapore-based when competing in the 2012 edition of the championship, when the title was still up for grabs going into the last leg of the four-race competition with Great Britain’s Ryan Moore and local champion Zac Purton among those still in contention.

By Leo Schlink

The battle between Vincent Ho and Jerry Chau for a prized berth as Hong Kong, China’s leading homegrown rider in next month’s LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) intensified at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (19 November) as the pair traded blows with doubles.

Chau temporarily took the lead in the standings with a race-to-race double for David Eustace to claim the lead as the top eligible homegrown jockey ahead of the 10 December LONGINES IJC before 2023 LONGINES IJC champion Ho fired back with a brace of his own.

By Declan Schuster

Sunday’s (23 November) Bank of China, Hong Kong (BOCHK) Race Day sees the jurisdiction’s preeminent horses clash at Sha Tin in three important lead-up races: the HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m), HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) and HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m).

David Hayes heads into Sunday’s (23 November) HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin with perhaps the two leading chances: Hong Kong Horse of the Year (2024/25) and five-time Group 1 winner, Ka Ying Rising, plus seasoned veteran, Tomodachi Kokoroe, who has embarked on a stunning rise from Class 2 to Group 2 with three wins from three starts this season.

Happy Valley Selections
(Wednesday, November 19, 2025)

By Declan Schuster

My Wish hasn’t shirked a challenge on his road to the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, in fact, he’s passed them all with flying colours, and Sunday’s (23 November) HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) will be the rising star’s final stepping stone at Sha Tin before he takes aim at the HK$36 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on 14 December.

Sha Tin Selections
(Saturday, November 15, 2025)

The battle for a place in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship sparked to life at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (12 November) when a host of riders landed blows in the fight for a coveted spot in the annual showcase.

It was freelance jockey Matthew Poon who took the biggest step towards the HK$1 million extravaganza as he claimed a double to kick off the evening’s action, moving on to six wins for the season.

Paul Lally:

R1 8-4-1-7

R2 1-7-8-10

R3 4-9-8-2

R4 5-10-1-9

R5 2-7-1-3

R6 1-10-5-9

R7 11-8-1-4

R8 4-10-11-2

R9 1-11-9-5-3

Best Bet R3 N4 Amazing Gaze

Longshot R2 N1 Happy Boys

Play Race8 QQP 4-10-11

Tom Wood:

R1:       8-4-3-1

R2:       8-7-3-1

R3:       4-8-12-10

R4:       10-5-1-11

R5:       7-2-3-1

R6:       9-1-4-10

Everything about Romantic Warrior indicates the champion is in excellent order, and Danny Shum’s star will need to be when he seeks a fourth straight HK$40 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) win at Sha Tin on 14 December.

Romantic Warrior will return in Sunday week’s (23 November) HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m), marking 232 days between races – a period when the 10-time Group 1 winner underwent left fore fetlock surgery following his pioneering and lucrative three-race Middle East campaign.