Alan AitkenNov 19, 20206 minShould the Longines IJC be left to randomness?Kudos for the Hong Kong Jockey Club being able to pull together an attractive LONGINES International Jockeys Championship (IJC) at Happy ...
Alan AitkenAug 31, 20209 minThe boys are back in town - will the Magic Man turn the tables?Don't let the friendly faces on the ground fool you - on horseback, Zac Purton and Joao Moreira are the fiercest of rivals and Hong Kong ...
Alan AitkenAug 28, 20205 minWhat to expect from the trainer who's expected?There might be an extra few ounces on the face, the hat is different and so is the grass cover on the real estate beneath it, but this se...
Alan AitkenMay 10, 20203 minLost in the Valley - has the Magic Man's championship slipped away?There "should" be a fairly simple equation to determining the Hong Kong jockey championship in any season - whoever has the best figures ...
Alan AitkenMar 24, 20205 minGangnant! Winners aplenty in a favourite's Derby 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 nic...
Alan AitkenMar 18, 20204 minRating the HK Derby - it isn't just about the mathsThe highest-rated Hong Kong Derby winner since the turn of the century was Lucky Owners (pictured), with a 129 figure from the handicappe...
Alan AitkenDec 10, 20196 minToo easy, too overrated? Longines HKIR is done and dusted for another yearAfter the invitation to Almond Eye had been made, accepted and her presence expected, the absence of arguably the world's current best ra...
Alan AitkenNov 27, 20194 minQuarantine issues over, let's work on competitionAs welcome as Australian horses, like In Her Time (right), are for the Hong Kong International Races next month, it is arguably not a big...
Alan AitkenNov 2, 20195 minThe winter looks bright - it's the season of SizeThere are not many racing jurisdictions in the world where the trainer running 14th after two months of a 10-month season remains a firm ...
Alan AitkenOct 23, 20195 minGimme some room! says Beauty Generation"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...
Alan AitkenOct 4, 20194 minDon't be a (knee) jerk on Aethero defeatIt 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 ...
Alan AitkenSep 24, 20194 minIt's a season of challenge as time weighs on John Moore's star gallopers 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 kin...
Alan AitkenSep 17, 20194 minDon't be in a Rush when the new imports step outIt'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 wa...
Alan AitkenAug 28, 20196 minWill the jockey show be back out front in 2019-20?Last season, it was the thrilling trainers' premiership that kept us guessing until the final day but the jockeys might have their turn a...
Alan AitkenAug 26, 20195 minHow John Size learned to love Happy Valley again & why he is favourite to make it 5 titles straightWhen Tornado Twist won the last Happy Valley race of last season to send John Size two clear again in the championship after John Moore h...
Alan AitkenAug 22, 20195 minWhat will Betfair mean for Hong Kong racing?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 excha...
Alan AitkenJun 11, 20194 minPurton's first 1,000 came up the hard wayIt 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 fir...
Alan AitkenMay 6, 20194 minIs the 2019 Kentucky Derby a watershed on the road to change?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 an...
Alan AitkenApr 30, 20198 minWhy would Chris Waller be interested in Hong Kong anyway? You be the judgeThe December sun was bright but unthreatening and the humity that so often characterises Hong Kong's climate had taken it's winter break....
Alan AitkenMar 20, 20195 minHow will the 2019 Derby stack up?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 an...
Alan Aitken Nov 19, 2020 6 min Should the Longines IJC be left to randomness? Kudos for the Hong Kong Jockey Club being able to pull together an attractive LONGINES International Jockeys Championship (IJC) at Happy ...
Alan Aitken Aug 31, 2020 9 min The boys are back in town - will the Magic Man turn the tables? Don't let the friendly faces on the ground fool you - on horseback, Zac Purton and Joao Moreira are the fiercest of rivals and Hong Kong ...
