There "should" be a fairly simple equation to determining the Hong Kong jockey championship in any season - whoever has the best figures at Sha Tin, should b...

The 2020 HK Derby is done and what we are left to take away from a thrilling renewal is the true arrival of Vincent Ho, a win for the nice guys and career pe...

The highest-rated Hong Kong Derby winner since the turn of the century was Lucky Owners (pictured), with a 129 figure from the handicapper and he was probabl...

After the invitation to Almond Eye had been made, accepted and her presence expected, the absence of arguably the world's current best racehorse did detract ...

As welcome as Australian horses, like In Her Time (right), are for the Hong Kong International Races next month, it is arguably not a big deal that this week...

There are not many racing jurisdictions in the world where the trainer running 14th after two months of a 10-month season remains a firm favourite to emerge ...

"Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, Don't fence me in, Let me ride through the wide open country that I love, Don't fence me in." You c...

It is never hard to be wise after the event in racing but, in terms of Hong Kong's racing scene, the defeat of boom youngster Aethero on Tuesday was eminentl...

There's no doubt who the king is right now. In fact, Beauty Generation holds a higher place in the Hong Kong landscape than the usual king as he has been unb...

It's that time again, when the Private Purchase (PP) horses start to step out and confuse the life out of their old fans back home. By way of explanation, a ...

Last season, it was the thrilling trainers' premiership that kept us guessing until the final day but the jockeys might have their turn again when we come to...

When Tornado Twist won the last Happy Valley race of last season to send John Size two clear again in the championship after John Moore had levelled up earli...

The day that Betfair's first crack at Hong Kong closed its portal seems lost in time but the best guess would be in 2003, after the exchange operator had bee...

It has only happened twice, so the patterns are unclear and it will always be a small sample, but there's no doubt Zac Purton got his first 1,000 Hong Kong w...

The first we knew of Donald Trump's interest in horseracing was a bust of Martin Luther King crashing into the wall of the Oval Office and a storm of Big Mac...

The December sun was bright but unthreatening and the humity that so often characterises Hong Kong's climate had taken it's winter break. Rob Heathcote, affa...

The 2019 BMW HK Derby field went into the race with something to prove and emerged from it the same way. Of course, there was a winner and the usual tributes...

As July, 2014 opened, I had been working in Hong Kong as a racing journalist for 13 years and I had only seen one man crowned champion jockey. The Durban Dem...

Punters get frustrated by them, horses are often the subject of denigration when they string together minor placings and trainers attract equal amounts of sy...

Ka Ying Star's opening bid for the four-year-old series on Sunday came with plenty of favours from rivals but it should not be undersold on that basis. The s...