The final major international fixture of 2017 occurs this week with the Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The week-long festivities also include the International Jockey Championship (IJC) Wednesday evening at […]
Breeders’ Cup winners Talismanic (Turf [G1]) and Stormy Liberal (Turf Sprint [G1]) were among 32 overseas challengers selected on Wednesday by the Hong Kong Jockey Club to participate in the four Hong Kong International Races […]
Three weeks ahead of the Hong Kong International Races (HKIR), the home team tuned up in the final course-and-distance preps at Sha Tin on Sunday. Former Horse of the Year Werther laid down a marker […]
Japanese Horse of the Year Maurice (Jpn) crowned his glittering career with a tremendous display in Sunday’s $3.2 million Hong Kong Cup (G1) at Sha Tin. The 3-5 favorite evinced a flair for the dramatic, […]
Sunday’s $2.1 million Hong Kong Vase (G1) at Sha Tin was the only one of the four Hong Kong International races that didn’t look likely to fall to Japan. Aidan O’Brien’s defending champion, Highland Reel […]
After Aerovelocity (NZ) rolled back the years to reclaim the Hong Kong Sprint (G1), fans may have taken that as an omen for Able Friend (Aus), the 2014 Hong Kong Mile (G1) hero, who was […]
Neither his ripe old age of eight, nor past health problems, have proven much of a drag on Aerovelocity (NZ). The 2014 Hong Kong Sprint (G1) hero regained his title in characteristically brave fashion at […]
American shipper Pure Sensation, who’s been battling foot troubles for the past several days, was unsurprisingly scratched Sunday morning from the Hong Kong Sprint (G1). The lone U.S.-based entrant in Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races, Pure […]
Japan’s two Hong Kong International Race winners from 2015, Maurice (Jpn) and A Shin Hikari (Jpn), are set for an epic clash in Sunday’s Hong Kong Cup (G1). The dynamic duo may cap a banner day […]
Able Friend (Aus), who demolished the field in the 2014 Hong Kong Mile (G1), is the most naturally talented horse in Sunday’s renewal at Sha Tin. The overriding scruple is whether the former Hong Kong […]
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