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Perennial favourite Size but there are hurdles
When John Size was coming off a seventh placing in the previous championship at this time in 2024, we called him an even money chance to...

Alan Aitken
13 minutes ago8 min read


Sky's the limit for Size's rising star
If we had done this a year ago our top-rated runners just turned, or just about to turn, four years old, were The Winnabe, Ka Ying Rising...

Alan Aitken
4 days ago7 min read


Purton from daylight again in HK jockeys' title
With eight championships now banked and Zac Purton sitting second to only 13-time champion Douglas Whyte in collecting titles, the...

Alan Aitken
7 days ago6 min read


Will sour grapes be the winner at Hong Kong's Horse Of The Year?
It really hit home when my fellow diner across the table took a swig of sauvignon blanc and said: “All right then, what’s your market on...

Alan Aitken
Jul 95 min read


Picking apart the 2025 BMW HK Derby
Zac Purton returns with Massive Sovereign after the 2024 Derby It's an unusual Derby. There are no standouts, just promises to stand out....

Alan Aitken
Mar 1912 min read


Is this the dawning of a new South African era in Hong Kong racing - this time with horses?
The headline result from Friday's Chinese New Year meeting was the breakthrough feature wins of My Wish for sophomore trainer Mark...

Alan Aitken
Feb 35 min read


HowdeepareHKsprinters?
While Ka Ying Rising is rightly the headline act, even Hong Kong's current sprinters away from the David Hayes-trained superstar are a...

Alan Aitken
Jan 84 min read


So, here we are again - to Everest or not to Everest for Ka Ying Rising?
Eighteen months ago, the talk in the world of turf sprinting was all around Hong Kong's Lucky Sweynesse and whether he should be aimed at...

Alan Aitken
Nov 18, 20244 min read


Same story looms for Purton but the end is nigh
At the height of their rivalry as jockeys, Zac and Purton and Douglas Whyte took to trash talking and finger pointing at each other in...

Alan Aitken
Sep 5, 20244 min read


Pipped in 2023-2024 - is Ng the one to beat?
John Size said many years ago that the Hong Kong trainers’ championship race was “leader biased” so you have to wonder if perhaps he...

Alan Aitken
Sep 5, 20244 min read


Better to come from the freshman trainers
David Eustace's Hong Kong training career is currently four horses and an inability to do anything with them as he waits on the sidelines...

Alan Aitken
Jun 25, 20243 min read


Wrong time, wrong race in Sweynesse flop
Horses lose. That's the lesson that we are taught again and again over the years as racing fans and punters. (Almost) all horses lose....

Alan Aitken
Sep 13, 20234 min read


It's all "Fat Zac", the apex predator
We have to go back to the peak Douglas Whyte years for the level of anticipation that hovers around this season Hong Kong jockeys'...

Alan Aitken
Sep 6, 20234 min read


It's a new season but Size still fits the bill
It was an unusual season for John Size in 2022-23 but he finally cracked George Moore's all-time record for title wins, after being...

Alan Aitken
Sep 4, 20235 min read


How enticing is The Everest for Lucky Sweynesse?
It's in the nature of having the world's top rated sprinting horse these days that thoughts will immediately turn to The Everest at...

Alan Aitken
May 2, 20235 min read


Hold off on that victory lap, Beautyverse fans
When Tony Cruz-trained Beautyverse won his Hong Kong debut on Sunday in Class 2, there were already commentators and fans ready to make...

Alan Aitken
Nov 9, 20223 min read


No room for error in Zac's farewell quest
A career-best day with 7 wins at Sha Tin on Sunday, left Zac Purton one finger short of the eight victories he needed to equal Joao...

Alan Aitken
Oct 11, 20223 min read


Incoming trainers will hold the early spotlight
Naturally, looking for the winner of the championship in season 2022-23 will be the primary narrative about Hong Kong trainers but that...

Alan Aitken
Sep 4, 20228 min read


How much longer for the Zac & Jo Show?
Any look ahead to the jockeys’ championship in Hong Kong has to focus on the seesawing duel of the Zac Purton and Joao Moreira Show - but...

Alan Aitken
Sep 2, 20228 min read


Bright look ahead for rising HK stars
As the southern hemisphere racing year ticks over next week on August 1, we need sunglasses with such a bright outlook for Hong Kong's up...

Alan Aitken
Jul 25, 20224 min read
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