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The Hong Kong trainers championship is Caspar Fownes to lose, but John Size is optimistic Drops Of God and Blaze Warrior can preserve flickering hopes at Sha Tin.

Hong Kong Racing Tips: The ‘Dream Team’ to continue impressive form Caspar Fownes and Joao Moreira have proved a very profitable partnership this season. WITH trainer Caspar Fownes back in the limelight following a treble at Sha Tin last Sunday, the three-time champion trainer is sure to take centre-stage once again when racing resumes with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Fownes, still clinging onto the coat tails of championship leader John Size in the ...

Past The Wire Search May 23, 2021 A perfect ride aboard Tony Millard-trained Panfield delivered Karis Teetan G1 success in the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 May) – and also immeasurable personal solace. Grieving the death of close friend Nooresh Juglall in a race fall in Mauritius on 15 May, Teetan dedicated the victory to his wife Xaviere after Millard’s brilliant training effort lifted some of the ‘Mauritian Magician’s’ gloo...

Icebath's half-brother quickly evolving into one of Hong Kong’s sharpest sprinters

Hong Kong Racing Tips: Size looking to get back amongst the winners John Size is level in the trainers championship title race. IT HAS been a quiet couple of weeks for 11-time champion trainer John Size, with the stable only visiting the winners’ circle twice. With only 18 race-meetings left in the season, Size is in the middle of a titanic struggle for the trainers’ championship, currently level with Caspar Fownes on 59 wins, while Danny Shum (54), Francis Lui (53) and Fra...

Hong Kong Racing Tips: Fortune has a Brilliant chance Caspar Fownes yard seems to be back in form. IT WAS good to see trainer Caspar Fownes finally break his run of bad fortune when saddling an early double at Sha Tin on Sunday.  Fownes had suffered a torrid time in the past month, with a long losing sequence of 63 and being overtaken in the trainers’ championship by John Size.  With the stable now back amongst the winners again, expect Fownes to start firing on all cylinde...

Hong Kong Racing Tips: Tourbillon has a Diamond chance at Sha Tin Danny Shums horses have been running well recently. IF THERE is one horse who you can guarantee the local racing population will have their eye on it is the undisputed champion Golden Sixty who lines-up in the Champions Mile (8.55am). Ranked joint-fifth in the world’s best racehorses, the Francis Lui-trained five-year-old extended his winning sequence to 13 when winning the Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup in F...

Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lor Ready with Savvy chances at the Valley Frankie Lor is chasing the trainers championship leader John Size. BANK on high-flying Frankie Lor to close the gap on current trainers’ championship leader John Size when racing resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The 55-year-old trainer, in only his fourth season, is currently one away from his half century of winners for the campaign and is trailing Size by a fast-diminishing margin of eight. ...

Hong Kong Racing Tips: Wuyi to Star at Happy Valley Zac Purton has not given up on the jockeys title yet. IT WASN’T that long ago that talk about reigning champion jockey Zac Purton retaining his title was out of the question, with Joao Moreira ‘over the hill and faraway’. In the early weeks of February, Moreira had a decisive lead of 30 and was riding winners for fun, making the most of his partnerships with leading trainers Caspar Fownes and John Size. In the last month...

Hong Kong Racing Tips: Danny Shum to continue red-hot form Danny Shum has been in red-hot form recently. BANK on trainer Danny Shum to continue his red-hot streak of winning form when racing resumes at Happy Valley on Thursday. With 29 winners to his name since the start of the year, Shum has visited the winners’ circle at least once at nine of the last 10 race-meetings. Currently lying third in the trainers’ championship table with 48 wins, only six behind leaders Caspar F...