Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Play it Wise and back Zac to keep hot streak going February 26, 2019 REIGNING champion jockey Zac Purton is the name that will be on everyone’s lips when Happy Valley hosts its regular Wednesday meeting in Hong Kong. It wasn’t long ago that Joao Moreira was the darling of the fanatical racing fans in the territory. The Magic Man could do no wrong and was likened to a [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: George will be doing the Double Shuffle after Kempton highlight February 21, 2019 TOM GEORGE has trained some very decent horses in his career and one of his very best was the dashing grey Nacarat. The son of Smadoun won the Grade One Aintree Bowl in 2011, but he will perhaps be best remembered for his two runaway victories in what was then the Racing Post Chase at [...]
Horse Racing Preview: David Pipe looks at his chances this weekend February 21, 2019 I’M REALLY excited to be launching the City Syndicate this week, so keep an eye out for the adverts in the paper. It seemed a natural progression to expand my association with City AM and what better way of doing so than by forming an exciting race horse ownership syndicate. I am currently scouting for [...]
Mullins ready to fire four darts in bid for first Cheltenham Gold Cup February 20, 2019 ASK ANY trainer what race they would most like to win and you can be certain the majority would say the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup. Willie Mullins is no different, especially with six seconds in his career, and he is set to field four in his bid for a first success in jump racing’s blue [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Debutant Loving A Boom out to reignite Gibson’s season February 19, 2019 RESULTS haven’t quite gone according to plan for trainer Richard Gibson this season. Gibson, who used to train in France, was full of enthusiasm and hope that he had a stable full of horses that would reignite his career back to those heady days when multiple Group One winners Akeed Mofeed and Gold-Fun were carrying [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Khaki can leave rivals green with envy at the Valley February 19, 2019 ZAC PURTON will be the go-to jockey for thousands of passionate racing fans when they pass through the turnstiles at Happy Valley this afternoon. Champion jockey Purton is riding on a crest of a wave. Six winners from his past 19 rides, including two masterclasses aboard the world’s best miler Beauty Generation and Exultant in [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Jefferson has been Waiting Patiently to unleash her aeroplane February 14, 2019 WHAT a strange week that was. Last Thursday racing was suspended due to the equine influenza outbreak and there were concerns that next month’s Cheltenham Festival could be in trouble. Thankfully the show is now back on the road and we’re blessed with a proper Super Saturday tomorrow. The ITV4 cameras will be showing action [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Monalee all set for first Festival glory in Ryanair February 14, 2019 THOSE of you with long memories will remember that I recommended backing Henry De Bromhead’s MONALEE at fancy ante-post prices for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle back in 2017. Everything looked to be going swimmingly rounding the home turn as the favourite Death Duty started to tread water and when Monalee took over coming down [...]
Horse Racing Preview: David Pipe looks at his chances this weekend February 14, 2019 WHAT a strange week we have had with the whole equine influenza saga. I’m glad that common sense has prevailed, and we are now back racing. We vaccinated all of ours last month and routinely take temperatures twice a day, so it hasn’t really affected us much. All our staff have been taking extra care [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Jockey Purton bidding to soar to victory on Happy Dragon February 12, 2019 IF YOU asked the majority of formbook students who the unluckiest horse in Hong Kong is, most would plump for the John Moore-trained Happy Warrior. In his last three races he has cost punters a fortune. He has either been impeded, caught racing wide with no cover, or blocked when delivering a challenge. The likes [...]