Shout For The Sling On Sunday!
The race is off at 09h20 SA time and is one of three Gr1 features on Hong Kong’s Champions Day
27th April 2018
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The race is off at 09h20 SA time and is one of three Gr1 features on Hong Kong’s Champions Day
SA sires fly high with two entries in world’s top ten
Watch Variety Club contest the 2014 Hong Kong Champions Mile on the Dubai Racing live stream
“He looks well this morning. He’s a very tough, very sound horse. He’s the same weight, exactly, to the kilo, as he was when he won the Godolphin Mile on World Cup night.”
Hong Kong-trained horses have won each of the nine editions since the race was opened to overseas runners. Can Variety Club turn the tables?
Trainer Mike de Kock inspected the horse, this morning, in the quarantine stables and advised that he did not require any further work.
“It’s Hong Kong and they don’t generally just hand you the lead here. He generally goes forward but he has been ridden off the pace and won at home in South Africa. We’ll have a think about what we might do,” says Trevor Brown
“You’ve got to respect them” says Trevor Brown of their rivals in this Sunday’s Hong Kong Mile. “They grind and then they kick.”
Dual South African Horse of the Year Variety Club steps out for his first track work session at Sha Tin
Oh Susanna and her stakes winning paddock pals are not only continuing to add to the burgeoning Drakenstein trophy cabinet through their progeny, they are also establishing powerful female dynasties which should serve the stud well in years to come
Some 23 years after booting home his first victory in August 2002 at Clairwood Park, Sean Veale reached the milestone of his first century of winners in a season at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday
A lifetime racing fan from Kuils River in the Cape banked the R710 000 all-or-nothing jackpot prize in the ever popular Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge at Fairview on Friday
