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The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes: A celebration of great 2,000m WFA horse racing A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size How good will Saturday’s $4 million Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes be? One only has to go to recall last year’s edition when the English horse Addeybb thrashed Verry Elleegant with the very good Japanese horse Danon Premium third. Share Having been a keen racing enthusias...

Irish training genius Aidan O’Brien could have his first runners at The Championships in Sydney next autumn with the outstanding Mogul a possible contender for the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (200km) at Royal Randwick. Mogul is regarded as the “next big thing” out of the O’Brien stable and the three-year-old gave a demonstration of his class and ability when he easily defeated older horses in the Hong Kong International Vase at Sha Tin last Sunday. This was the Galileo colt’s se...

Japanese-Trained Normcore Upstages Magical In Hong Kong Cup Sponsored by: Normcore and Zac Purton winning the Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin Zac Purton has crowned a week of stellar milestones by becoming the first rider in history to partner nine Hong Kong International Races winners after Japanese mare Normcore upstaged Win Bright and Magical in the HK$28 million G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Purton, 37, gained the ride on the grey after Christophe Soumillon was forced to ...

Link to Share The four International races that have HK$95 million (A$16.25m) in combined total prizemoney will provide plenty of excitement throughout the day. The highlight for many in Australia will be the Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), featuring Classique Legend. The horse is making his local debut for new trainer Caspar Fownes and they’ll be trying to emulate his success in The Everest by winning this rich feature. By all reports, Classique Legend has done well since arriving and Fownes comm...

Classique Legend ready to go for Hong Kong Sprint Classique Legend takes it in at Sha Tin. Source: HKJC The Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) preparation - both flawed and challenging - is complete, but Caspar Fownes won’t know the success of the operation until Classique Legend shapes to unleash his scorching late sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday. Classique Legend arrived in Hong Kong on 11 November, presenting Fownes with a string of hurdles, not least horse...

Overall: 16: 12-1-2, International Rating: 121 Stunningly consistent galloper with 12 wins, one second and two thirds from 16 starts. Beat subsequent Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2400m) victor Sottaass in G3 at Deauville three starts back. Also won the G2 Prix Dollar (1950m) at Longchamp and last time out he was second behind Adeyybb in the G1 British Champion Stakes (1993m). Another powerful finisher who likes rain-affected ground but has also won on good going. 2 – DANON PREMIUM Overall:...

Sponsored by: Win Bright (gray) just defeats Magic Wand in the 2019 Hong Kong Cup Japans Win Bright will aim to become the second horse in history to snare back-to-back G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup victories this Sunday at Sha Tin – and hell do so looking to uphold an unblemished record over 2000m (1 1/4 miles) at the big track. California Memory did it in 2011 and 2012, and this weekend the dazzling grey will look to shine for a second time in the feature before impending retirement. ...

Hong Kong Racing Tips: Furore can roar to Hong Kong Cup victory RACING fans are in for a treat on Sunday morning with a global spectacular at Sha Tin to end the year in Hong Kong, featuring four Group 1s worth around £9.2m in prize money. Star of the show has to be the Aiden O’Brien-trained Magical who will be seeking to win her eighth Group 1 victory in the LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (8.30am) over 10 furlongs. The five-year-old wonder mare has danced at the highest level throug...