Bernard Takes On Hong Kong
Bernard Faydherbe: “I’m flying up next Wednesday, I’ll work the horse on Friday and Saturday, we race on Sunday and I fly back again on Monday. I’m very very excited.”
6th March 2015
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Bernard Faydherbe: “I’m flying up next Wednesday, I’ll work the horse on Friday and Saturday, we race on Sunday and I fly back again on Monday. I’m very very excited.”
2013 Gr1 Cape Guineas winner, Elusive Gold, makes his Hong Kong debut today
I’m glad to win a challenge like this against the best riders in the world. I’m the first Japanese jockey to win this outright, so I’m very happy and honoured to have done so. I had a lot of Japanese fans here to encourage me and some local support also speaking in Japanese.
Victorious in his one and only start up the Kenilworth straight in late April, 2013 – and as the form around that dominant win has continued to stack up, the four-year-old missed an entire season as he bided his time waiting for quarantine clearance in Mauritius
He ran a very fast time here today and with a little bit of luck we can maybe even get him into the International Races in December
Desert duels, Hong Kong cups and Triple Crown contenders – last weekend had it all. And proved yet again, that when the chips are down, it’s tough to beat ‘brand South Africa!’
“Karis is not getting the accolades he should be” says Millard as Karis Teetan notches up second 3 race thriller at Sha Tin
The ‘Mauritian Magician’ Karis Teetan has taken Hong Kong by storm. Since teaming up with the Tony Millard yard, it seems the duo can do little wrong.
Tony Millard crowned one of the highlight afternoons of his career at Sha Tin last Saturday with a Gr3 Hong Kong Macau Trophy win for Super Lifeline.
A sense of déjà-vu surrounded the latest G1 victory by Ambitious Dragon (Tony Millard/Douglas Whyte) as he had a little difficulty in adding the Hong Kong Gold Cup to his expanding resume.
The South African Connections of Douglas Whyte, Tony Millard, David Ferraris and Patrick Shaw featured in the 2011 Hong Kong Awards
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
