Year: 2022

James McDonald wins the Champions Mile aboard Xtension. Champion New Zealand-born but Australia-based jockey James McDonald’s stellar 2022 will be capped, but not necessarily end, when he is presented with the World’s Best Jockey Award at the Hong Kong International Races Gala Dinner on Friday night. McDonald already boasts eight Group 1 wins in Australia this season (which began in August) and 13 in total for the calendar year plus he scored a famous and commanding victory aboard Nature Strip in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot…

Highland Reel wins his second Group 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m). With so many opportunities throughout a racing calendar which stretches across the world, it has been only the very hardiest of Aidan O’Brien’s string which have been able to make an impact at the Hong Kong International Races (HKIR). Few visited more places than the magnificent Highland Reel, who signed off in 2017 with his second victory in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) while Magic Wand, defeated by just a short head in the 2019 Group 1…

Queensland jockey Ashley Butler, pictured punching home a winner at Cluden Park in Townsville, has made the trip from his home base of Rockhampton to Darwin to ride for trainer and good mate Tom Logan at Fannie Bay on Friday. Rockhampton-based jockey Ashley Butler agreed to make the long trip to Darwin to help out two close friends. Leading Top End jockey Sonja Wiseman can’t ride at Friday’s meeting at Fannie Bay following minor surgery on her wrist on Monday, so in turn she can’t ride for trainer and partner…

What 2022 Hong Kong Sprint Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 2:50pm HKT (5:50pm AEDT) | Race 5 Prizemoney HK$22,000,000 Distance 1200m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age 2021 Winner Sky Field (1) | T: Caspar Fownes | J: Blake Shinn (57kg) Visit Ladbrokes We have got a full field of 14 runners accepted for the Hong Kong Sprint, with history saying this race is one of the main chances for the locals to get a…

The Festival of Perth Racing action has been extended to include the brand-new Group 3 $1.5 million The Gold Rush (1400m) this weekend at Ascot where Godolphin’s interstate raider Vilana is one of the top fancies. Vilana is one of the favourites to win the inaugural The Gold Rush in Perth this weekend. Steve Hart. A capacity line-up of weight-for-age hopefuls face off in the lucrative middle-distance sprint on Saturday including the James Cummings-trained Hallowed Crown four-year-old Vilana. The in-form entire has won six of his 10 career starts including…

What 2022 Hong Kong Vase Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 2:10pm HKT (5:10pm AEDT) | Race 4 Prizemoney HK$22,000,000 Distance 2400m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age 2021 Winner Glory Vase (7) | T: Tomohito Ozeki | J: Joao Moreira (57kg) Visit Ladbrokes The 2022 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) is the first of four Group 1 races on Hong Kong International Race-day and it’s for the stayers over the 2400m. It’s been a race traditionally…

What 2022 Hong Kong Cup Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 4:40pm HKT (7:40pm AEDT) | Race 8 Prizemoney HK$34,000,000 Distance 2000m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age 2021 Winner Loves Only You (4) | T: Yoshito Yahagi | J: Yuga Kawada (55kg) Visit Ladbrokes The final Group 1 of the Hong Kong International Race-day is the Hong Kong Cup (2000m). Over the past three editions of the race, it’s been the Japanese that have produced…

Horse Racing on Friday, December 9 will feature 12 meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meetings at Canterbury, Darwin & Moonee Valley. Friday Racing Tips – December 9, 2022 Canterbury Racing Tips Darwin Racing Tips Moonee Valley Racing Tips As always there a plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans, check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker for the…

What 2022 Hong Kong Mile Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 4:00pm HKT (7:00pm AEDT) | Race 7 Prizemoney HK$30,000,000 Distance 1600m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age 2021 Winner Golden Sixty (2) | T: Francis Lui | J: Vincent Ho (57kg) Visit Ladbrokes It’s an outstanding edition of this year’s Hong Kong Mile with back-to-back winner Golden Sixty trying to replicate the feat of Good Ba Ba (2007-2009) to win three in a row. The…