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A start for Beauty Waves in the Gr1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize on 27 April will hinge on the gelding’s performance in the Class 2 Kowloon Bay Handicap at Sha Tin on Sunday
Having missed out to Mick Appleby by a single winner 12 months ago, Carroll took the All-Weather Champion Trainer prize following a campaign that yielded 57 winners, 11 clear of his nearest rival James Owen
Roaring Legend bids to crown a perfect season with a fourth win on the bounce in the BetUK All-Weather Championships Marathon Handicap
Aiming to crown an unblemished season with victory in the Gr1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin on 27 April, Ka Ying Rising produced an almost flawless barrier trial on Thursday
Andrea Atzeni continued a blazing form run to slot a treble as Jamie Richards posted his first double of the season to share training honours with Mark Newnham at Happy Valley on Wednesday
Trainer David Eustace hopes Victor The Winner can rebound in Sunday’s (27 April) Gr1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize on FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin
Race For The Crown – a documentary series that will tail jockeys, trainers, and owners through the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred horse racing, will be released on Netflix on 22 April
The Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge is available on Wednesday’s Happy Valley meeting – it’s free-to-play and selections must be in at least 5 minutes before the first is off
Hooking, Marshman, Roaring Legend and Valiant Force headline 119 entries for the six finals on All-Weather Championships Finals Day at Newcastle on Good Friday
Ka Ying Rising, Voyage Bubble and Cap Ferrat highlight Hong Kong’s selected runners for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday, 27 April
David Hayes hopes a change in plans with Rubylot will deliver victory on Sunday at Sha Tin as the Hong Kong Classic Cup winner prepares for a tilt at the Gr1 FWD QEII Cup on 27 April
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
