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

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...

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...

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

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 a cool, glorious Sha Tin afternoon, the Longines International that carries the least enthusiasm for the local fans was the key result...

Zac Purton had a good day on Sunday but he did miss the chance of his career. A few fellow riders had ribbed him after the Jockey Club...

Hong Kong’s balmy winter weather is taking a wicked turn for the worse this weekend, with a sharp temperature drop and even the...

It might seem an odd thing to write about after the event is over, but the IJC every year is a remarkable contest and a remarkable...

The rubber hits the road for the Longines Hong Kong International Races today when the invited fields with foreign-based runners are...

It's the problem every trainer wants to have but John Size says there is a downside to turning up to Group races with half the field....

Last season, Zac Purton and Joao Moreira staged one of the great championship stoushes of all time with just two separating the riders at...

Michael Freedman's final day as a Hong Kong-based trainer on Saturday, ironically, holds at least the pre-race the promise of being one...

The path to the Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) on December 9 is open with the release of the first entries for the four...

Matthew Poon may well graduate from his apprenticeship with a 70th Hong Kong tonight at Happy, but what lies immediately ahead for him...

If history teaches us anything about Sunday's two Group Two rehearsals at Sha Tin for the international day showstopper, it's that they...

Some weeks ago, I put a hypothetical to a senior Hong Kong Jockey Club official - if Joao Moreira fails to pass his test in Japan to ride...

When Hong Kong's betting turnover lagged in the first few meetings of the season, the idea was murmured that the loss of Joao Moreira to...

Freshman trainer Jimmy Ting couldn't have made a much better start to his career than he has in the first four meetings, and this season...

The old 'orange box theory' was alive and well at Sha Tin on Sunday when the most obvious tactics in the seventh race turned a slowly-run...