Current Tag: Sha Tin
Moreira digs in for championship fight
POSTED: July 8, 2022
Trailing Zac Purton by two winners in the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship with only three meetings left in the 2021/22 season, Joao Moreira believes his...
Tourbillon Diamond shines for Badel in G3 Premier Plate
POSTED: June 19, 2022
Tourbillon Diamond (132lb) and Alexis Badel continued a rewarding partnership at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 19 June) with the duo nailing a stubborn win...
Moreira master of the Lion Rock Trophy, Hot King Prawn retires
POSTED: May 26, 2022
HONG KONG—Joao Moreira is chasing an unmatched fifth win in Sunday’s (29 May) HK$3.7 million G3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) when he gets the...
Moreira is confident Senor Toba can salute in Hong Kong Derby
POSTED: March 18, 2022
Riding in peak form and chasing a third BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m), Joao Moreira predicts this weekend’s Classic will be a slowly-run contest before...
Hong Kong Classic Series focus for Sha Tin on Sunday
POSTED: January 14, 2022
Determined to build on a positive return to race-riding, Zac Purton believes the pecking order for the HK$48 million Four-Year-Old Classic Series will become clearer...
Douglas Whyte lauds Blake Shinn as the Australian lands Sha Tin treble
POSTED: December 29, 2021
Douglas Whyte paid Blake Shinn the ultimate compliment after the Australian closed a spectacular December with victory aboard Will Power in the Class 1 Fo...
Golden Sixty primed for triumphant return
POSTED: November 15, 2021
Francis Lui will unveil a healthy, strong and more mature Golden Sixty when the Hong Kong superstar resumes in the G2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile...
John Size lands fifth Panasonic Cup as Lucky Express delivers
POSTED: November 14, 2021
The G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) next month remains an option for Lucky Express after the gifted gelding showcased undoubted talent with a brilliant...
