Tom Biddington
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Caspar Fownes officially secures his fourth trainers’ title: ‘it’s been a magic season’
Caspar Fownes is officially Hong Kong’s champion trainer for 2020-21.... → Read More
Francis Lui and Joao Moreira snare trebles to steal the show at Sha Tin
Francis Lui Kin-wai and Joao Moreira stole the show at Sha Tin on Saturday, snaring a treble each. ... → Read More
Neil Callan excited to be back after ban: ‘it’s like riding a bike, you never forget’
After the longest break of his career, Neil Callan is chomping at the bit ahead of his return to race riding at Sha Tin on Sunday. ... → Read More
The blueprint is in the bin, but Champions Day will be unforgettable
Addressing your thoughts, questions and statements about Hong Kong racing. Have something to say? Send a tweet to @SCMPRacingPost.... → Read More
A gut punch or heaven: We The South delivers someone a share of HK$16.2m
The good-luck/hard-luck stories for the “six win bonus” always balance on a knife edge and, depending on your position, We The South either delivered you a swift gut punch or is now your favourite horse after helping to deliver a share of the monster HK$16,214,362 dividend on offer at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.... → Read More
The truth behind the Jockey Club’s sudden sacking of Grant van Niekerk
Addressing your thoughts, questions and statements about Hong Kong racing. Have something to say? Send a tweet to @SCMPRacingPost.... → Read More
Ricky Yiu collects 50 winners for the first time, strengthens grip on title
Ricky Yiu Poon-fai passed 50 winners in a season for the first time and strengthened his grip on the Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a treble at Sha Tin on Sunday.... → Read More
Antoine Hamelin makes his mark while Joao Moreira gets off relatively light
Addressing your thoughts, questions and statements about Hong Kong racing. Have something to say? Send a tweet to @SCMPRacingPost.... → Read More
Milestone man Joao Moreira edges out Zac Purton on and off the track
Joao Moreira v Zac Purton. It’s one of the elite world sporting contests still available to fans in these challenging times but the superstar Brazilian had the edge on his rival at Sha Tin on Sunday, bringing up his 100th winner of the season in the process.... → Read More
Desperate times means talented apprentice Jerry Chau gets early call home
Addressing your thoughts, questions and statements about Hong Kong racing. Have something to say? Send a tweet to @SCMPRacingPost.... → Read More
David Hall’s Good Shot hits a target after being trapped in quarantine for six months
After getting caught up in a deadly strangles outbreak and being trapped in quarantine for six months, a patient David Hall finally hit the target with promising galloper Good Shot on Wednesday night.... → Read More
Aethero, Waikuku failures muddy Champions Day waters, but star pair can be forgiven
Addressing your thoughts, questions and statements about Hong Kong racing. Have something to say? Send a tweet to @SCMPRacingPost.... → Read More
South African rider Grant van Niekerk sacked by the Jockey Club
Grant van Niekerk has been sacked by the Hong Kong Jockey Club with immediate effect.... → Read More
Hong Kong Jockey Club gifts A$1 million to Australian racing for simulcast
The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s late switch to simulcast Saturday’s Doncaster Mile meeting from Royal Randwick has provided Australian racing with an unexpected windfall of A$1 million [HK$4.67 million].... → Read More
Beauty Generation becomes Hong Kong’s first HK$100 million horse
Beauty Generation might be in the twilight of his career, but he remains a marvel – still winning big races and setting new benchmarks – and now he is Hong Kong’s first HK$100 million horse.... → Read More
Hong Kong racehorse owners need to stay away during Covid-19 crisis
Addressing your thoughts, questions and statements about Hong Kong racing. Have something to say? Send a tweet to @SCMPRacingPost.... → Read More
How rival racing jurisdictions affect Hong Kong during Covid-19 crisis
Addressing your thoughts, questions and statements about Hong Kong racing. Have something to say? Send a tweet to @SCMPRacingPost.... → Read More
Government allows Jockey Club owners back on track – under strict conditions
After a full lockout kept them away from Sha Tin on Sunday, Hong Kong’s racehorse owners have been granted a reprieve with the government giving the Jockey Club permission to allow them on course again.... → Read More
Jockey Club ‘optimistic’ racing will go ahead as it sweats on government approval
Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges is “optimistic” Sunday’s meeting at Sha Tin will go ahead as planned, but needs the final stamp of approval from the Hong Kong government in the wake of its tough new social-distancing measures.... → Read More
Jockey Club locks out owners to comply with new social-distancing measures
Owners will not be allowed into Sunday’s race meeting as the Jockey Club enforces a full lockout in the wake of the Hong Kong government’s tough new social-distancing measures brought in to curb the resurgence of coronavirus infections.... → Read More