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The Longines Hong Kong International Races, known as the "turf world championships", will be run on December 10 at Sha Tin. Horses from all over the world flock to the New Territories to run in the HK$25 million Hong Kong Cup (2,000m), HK$23 million Hong Kong Mile (1,600m), HK$18.5 million Hong Kong Sprint (1,200m) and HK$18 million Hong Kong Vase (2,400m).
Boasting its third record turnover in a row, the sport continues to flourish in Hong Kong, benefiting charities, government coffers and responsible punters.
Buoyed by Lim’s Kosciuszko’s fighting ninth behind the brilliant Golden Sixty at Sha Tin on Sunday, the trainer could be back for Champions Day in April
Jurisdiction’s three true superstars shine as the biggest crowd since 2018 converges on Sha Tin on Sunday
Romantic Warrior joins California Memory as a two-time winner of the city’s richest race, pipping Luxembourg six weeks on from his Cox Plate triumph
Second-season handler joins Danny Shum, Ricky Yiu and Manfred Man with a brace on international day to maintain his double-figure championship lead
Racing for the first time since April, the city’s most successful galloper joins Good Ba Ba as a three-time international day winner
Manfred Man-trained, Zac Purton-ridden speedster becomes the first galloper to win all four of the city’s Group One dashes in the same calendar year
Trainer Andre Fabre and rider Maxime Guyon combine to great effect in the stamina test again, following up their success with Flintshire in 2014
Eight-year-old makes his last appearance at the Longines Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on Sunday
James McDonald loses his ride in Sunday’s HK$24 million race at Sha Tin after narrowly missing out on Group One glory at Ascot in Australia on Saturday
The 32-year-old jockey makes his belated first appearance in a Sha Tin Group One and hops aboard four last-start winners on Sunday’s 10-race programme
British rider’s acceptance of Warm Heart ride at 117 pounds surprises Irish trainer: ’Since he came to us, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do that’
Champion jockey seeks his third win in the city’s top sprint following his 2014 and 2016 victories aboard the Paul O’Sullivan-trained globetrotter
By completing an enormous year in style at Sha Tin on Sunday, Danny Shum’s star can show success abroad does not have to come at a cost at home
Winner of the 1995 Hong Kong International Cup looks to spring another surprise on the city’s biggest race day
Owner Kamel Chehboub thinks his galloper could dethrone Romantic Warrior, while trainer Andre Fabre runs Junko in the Vase and Tribalist in the Mile
Australian has been working with Danny Shum’s star since before his Cox Plate adventure and is rapt with how he is tracking ahead of Sunday’s Hong Kong Cup
Despite leaving this year’s International Jockeys’ Championship empty-handed, racing’s glamour couple could one day swap Hungerford for Happy Valley
Owner Peter Lau draws same numbered Hong Kong Cup gate as the one from which James McDonald rode the Danny Shum-trained star to his two greatest wins
Nine-time Group One winner’s momentous international day task becomes even more complicated
Navigating international form can be a minefield for punters, but the Post is here to help you back a winner at Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races
Navigating international form can be a minefield for punters, but the Post is here to help you back a winner at Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races
Navigating international form can be a minefield for punters, but the Post is here to help you back a winner at Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races
Navigating international form can be a minefield for punters, but the Post is here to help you back a winner at Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races
Latest withdrawal from the first of Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races feature events reduces the HK$24 million stamina test’s field to nine
After pipping Zac Purton in Wednesday’s prestigious competition, the superstar rider remembers asking his idols for autographs on Happy Valley’s night of nights
Toshi Onikubo believes Hiroyasu Tanaka’s young galloper represents Japan’s top shot at extending its streak of Hong Kong International Races successes
Legendary Irish trainer is the only handler with runners in all four of Sunday’s Group One events at Sha Tin’s marquee meeting
Three of the Post’s seven-strong panel think Kiwi superstar James McDonald will either take out Wednesday night’s competition on his own or tie for first.
Four-time Group One-winning speedster’s owner, John Fairley, ran British free-to-air television broadcaster’s coverage of his favourite sport