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What 2024 Hong Kong International Races Where Sha Tin Racecourse When Sunday, December 8, 2024 First Race 12:25pm HKT (3:25pm AEDT) Visit Dabble The iconic Hong Kong International Races return to Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, with a bumper 10-race program lined up – including four mouthwatering Group 1 contests alluring some of the worlds’ best horses, trainers and jockeys. The rail reverts to the A course for the meeting, and with no rain forecast to hinder proceedings, punters can anticipate a genuine Good 4 surface throughout the afternoon.…

Pearl Of Alsace will attempt to cap her career with a first Group One victory in Saturday’s TAB Mufhasa Classic. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Pearl Of Alsace is in foal and entering the final few weeks of her racing career, but trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray hope a return to her favourite track might allow her to cap her CV with a Group One breakthrough. The six-year-old will line up in Saturday’s Group 1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham, where her three previous starts have produced three…

Luke Currie. (Photo by Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Leading Australian jockey Luke Currie will make his first appearance in New Zealand with seven rides on Saturday’s Group One card at Trentham. Currie has ridden more than 1450 winners in his homeland, 13 of them at Group One level. He is perhaps best known for his association with Hey Doc, who he rode to victory in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m), Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) and two editions of the Manikato Stakes (1200m). He also won the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes…

Lugal stretches out at Sha Tin. Photo: HKJC Only Japanese horses have been able to stop the local talent in the Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in recent years and the Land of the Rising Sun will launch a three-pronged assault on Sunday’s HK$26 million prize. Just superstar Lord Kanaloa and Danon Smash have been able to prevent a clean sweep for the home team in the last 12 runnings, and Lugal heads a strong Japanese team this time around. Lord Kanaloa won the Sprinters Stakes before both of his Sha…

What Ballarat Cup Day 2024 Where Ballarat Turf Club – 72 Midas Rd, Miners Rest VIC 3352 When Saturday, December 7, 2024 First Race 12:15pm AEDT Visit Dabble It’s Ballarat Cup Day this Saturday, with 10 races lined up at Miners Rest. With rain forecast for Friday and Saturday, it is unlikely that the Good 4 rating holds throughout the day, with a Soft track almost a certainty. The rail sticks to its true position, with the Ballarat races commencing at 12:15pm AEDT. Ballarat Cup Tip: It’s A Wild Night…

There are 11 horse racing meetings set for Australia on Friday, December 6. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the best bets and the quaddie numbers for Darwin, Moonee Valley and Randwick-Kensington. Friday’s Free Horse Racing Tips – December 6, 2024 Darwin Racing Tips Moonee Valley Racing Tips Canterbury Racing Tips As always, there are 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…

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Ka Ying Rising breaks the Sha Tin 1200m course record. Photo: HKJC David Hayes’ outstanding sprinter Ka Ying Rising must overcome a challenging outside barrier in Sunday’s Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin if he is to continue to push his claim as potentially the world’s best speedster. The Sha Tin 1200m track record holder drew barrier 11 in the 14-horse field for the Group 1 feature – a barrier that no horse has won from in the past 18 runnings. Hayes conceded the barrier was not…

Voyage Bubble is a one-time Group 1 winner at Sha Tin. Photo: HKJC Trainer Ricky Yiu is hoping to go one better with stable flagbearer Voyage Bubble in the HK$36 million Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on Sunday, December 8 at Sha Tin after the galloper finished second behind former champion Golden Sixty in 2023. Yiu’s charge will step away from barrier five against 13 rivals as he aims to follow on from last-start HK$5.35 million Group 2 Jockey Club Mile (1600m) success. “He’s a very smart horse and…

Romantic Warrior wins the 2023 Group 1 Hong Kong Cup. Romantic Warrior’s connections feel the local hero is ready to write himself into history as the first three-time winner of this Sunday’s Group 1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Owner Peter Lau noted Romantic Warrior’s barrier draw of one, revealed at the official ceremony in the Sha Tin parade ring, was identical to that of his comfortable warm-up triumph in last month’s Group 2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m). “Obviously I’m very happy,” Lau said. “It’s the same…