Hong Kong galloper Rising again

Trainer Mark Newnham will be as interested as anybody to see how former Hong Kong gelding Sunshine Rising handles his first Australian test at Rosehill. On the one hand, the horse boasts world-class form lines, having claimed the scalp of champion Beauty Generation to...

Joao Moreira ends time in Hong Kong, retirement looms

Champion jockey Joao Moreira will make his swansong from Hong Kong racing at next month’s International meeting after handing in his local licence. The decorated hoop and four-time Hong Kong premiership winner has been one of the brightest stars of the Hong Kong...

Without A Fight out of the Zipping Classic

Imported galloper Without A Fight has been ruled out of the Group 2 Zipping Classic at Caulfield after Racing Victoria vets ruled him unsuitable to race. As part of RV’s strict veterinary protocols for horses coming to Australia for the Melbourne Spring Carnival,...

Kings Consort backs up for Sandown Guineas

Success in a rich restricted two-year-old race at Caulfield has seen the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Kings Consort pay a hefty price. But with the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday run under set-weights, the time may be right for Kings...