Category: Hong Kong

Mr Stunning has been retired. Photo: HKJC Mr Stunning (Exceed And Excel) lived up to his name and cemented his place as one of Hong Kong’s finest sprinters with a victory in the HK$18 million Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m).  The Frankie Lor-trained gelding put age and injury woes behind him to become only the third seven-year-old to succeed in the race’s 41-year history.  Mr Stunning was withdrawn from this race last year due to a hairline fracture in his shoulder but today capped a successful return with the third Group One success of his…

Beauty Generation (inside) was narrowly beaten by Southern Legend in the Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photo: HKJC New Zealand-bred miler Beauty Generation has been beaten the barest of margins in his attempt to land his third straight Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m), foiled by fellow veteran Southern Legend. The Caspar Fownes-trained Southern Legend was ridden by Vincent Ho, who racked up 44 wins as a young rider in New Zealand under the tutelage of leading trainer Lance O’Sullivan. The victory was the first Group One win…

Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Ping Hai Star. Photo: HKJC Libby and Sam Bleakley’s Highden Park has built up an impressive roll of honour in a relatively short space of time, and they are hoping to add to it with their draft of yearlings at Karaka 2020. Their sale graduates include two-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year Beauty Generation, Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Ping Hai Star, and other stakes performers such as She’s Poppy, Monster Kaka, Orbity, Milseain, Harlow Gold and Glorious Beijing. They also raised another Hong…

Sacred Capital winning the Macau Gold Cup (1800m) on Sunday Photo: Macau Jockey Club Sacred Capital (NZ) (O’Reilly) will line up at the Gr.3 January Cup (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The Macau-based galloper returns to the city having placed fourth to Southern Legend(Not A Single Doubt) in the Ladies’ Purse. Regular partner Peter Ho was in the plate for that run but Hong Kong’s three-time champion Joao Moreira is booked to take over this time. The Brazilian rode the Joe Lau-trained five-year-old in an all-weather track gallop…

If the fanfare is true, Hong Kong’s two standout young sprinters will rock the speed division in Saturday’s (12 October) Class 2 Wo Tik Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin.

Beauty Generation faces a weighty task as he prepares to land tomorrow’s (Tuesday, 1 October) G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) for the third year in a row. Hong Kong’s superstar galloper will shoulder 133lb against his nine opponents and eight of those are rooted to the foot of the handicap, each with a feather-weight 113lb. Only Southern Legend, allotted 119lb, will carry more than the minimum.  But, as well as the big weight on his back, Beauty Generation’s declared body weight is the heaviest of his Hong Kong career. The…

Everything about Beauty Generation on Tuesday morning signalled that Hong Kong’s superstar will once again be the horse to beat when he kicks off his campaign in next week’s Gr.3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m). The brilliant miler strode out through a 1000m barrier trial shortly after dawn at Sha Tin. The bay travelled close to the inner guide markers under Zac Purton, galloped by the winning post alength and a quarter fifth behind young gun sprinter Aethero (clocked at 57.82s), and advanced after the line to lead the pack of…