Size’s expensive Youngster could be today’s Champion March 15, 2024 RACING at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Saturday hosts a mixed-bag of action with a 10-race programme featuring action on both the turf and all-weather tracks, starting at 5.00am. You can guarantee the majority of the 1600 members of the HKJC Racing Club-owned YOUNG CHAMPION will be out in force to cheer on their [...]
Mick Lynch to meet with Mark Harper as new strikes sour festive period November 23, 2022 RMT’s boss Mick Lynch is set to meet with transport secretary Mark Harper tomorrow as the rail strikes announced yesterday are set to disrupt the festive period. The union announced on Tuesday that more than 40,000 of its members working at Network Rail and 14 other train operators will walk out throughout December and January [...]
Cruz’s Love must warrant Respect in bid for first win April 16, 2024 MARK Newnham’s SHOW RESPECT, who lines up in the Magazine Gap Handicap (3.50pm) over the extended mile, rates the best bet on a nine-race Happy Valley card in Hong Kong today. Making excuses for gallopers, especially at Happy Valley, is a quick way to the ‘poor house’, but it’s hard not to forgive this son [...]
George Ford back in the England fold after returning from injury February 19, 2023 George Ford has returned to the England Rugby fold with the fly-half being called up to a training squad ahead of this weekend’s fixture against Wales. The Sale Sharks No10 is part of a 36-player squad having played his first Premiership game since last year’s final on Saturday – he hasn’t featured for England since [...]
Sadiq Khan says ‘talking is better than walking’ as he urges unions to call off Elizabeth line strike January 10, 2023 Sadiq Khan has urged rail unions to call off their planned strike on the Elizabeth line this week and encouraged them to get back to the negotiating table, saying that “talking is better than walking.” Rail platform workers on the line from unions TSSA and Prospect are set to down tools on Thursday after rejecting [...]
Sadiq Khan confirms TfL budget after £250m cash injection — but ‘difficult decisions’ made December 22, 2023 Transport for London’s (TfL) proposals are now “on track to be financially sustainable”, after the government announced a fresh boost.
Size’s Act Of Faith in search of 1500th Hong Kong winner November 14, 2023 TRAINER John Size will be hoping that lightning strikes twice when he teams up with jockey Zac Purton again with ACT OF FAITH in the second division of the Kyoto Handicap (1.10pm) over six furlongs, as he seeks one more win to record his 1500th success in Hong Kong. The combination of Size and Purton struck [...]
Sunak in Ukraine to unveil fresh £2.5bn package for Putin fight January 12, 2024 The prime minister was pictured on a train travelling through the war-torn country, as he went to meet its embattled leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
Dragon could be on his way to Victory at Sha Tin May 19, 2023 HKJC Racing Club’s hospitality suite is expected to be jam-packed with enthusiastic young members at Sha Tin on Sunday, hoping to cheer on their two runners. The Tony Millard-trained Young Sparkle takes his chance in the Development Focus Para Sports Handicap (7.00am) over a mile and has looked like a winner waiting to happen for [...]
Magnificent Must Go straight to the winners’ circle April 19, 2024 WHILE all the media attention has concentrated on trainers’ title contenders Pierre Ng and Francis Lui in recent weeks, 12-time champion John Size has become a forgotten man in the championship race. The ‘master trainer’ currently trails Ng by 13 wins, but with so much fire-power in his stable and 23 race-meetings of the season [...]