Harry Bentley will join Vincent Ho Chak-yiu in action at Glorious Goodwood as the iconic five-day racing festival kicks off on Tuesday.

Fresh from a successful Hong Kong campaign with 39 wins, British jockey Bentley has two rides on day one of Glorious Goodwood - Navello in the Coral Racing Club Handicap (1,000m) and Nocturnal in the Ridgeview Fillies’ Handicap (1,608m).

Navello is in top form this campaign with victories on Wolverhampton’s all-weather track and at Windsor, as well as two placings.

The nine-time winner is trained by George Boughey, who Bentley knows well from his time riding in the UK. They teamed up with Believing in the Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1,200m) at Sha Tin in April, with Boughey’s talented filly running ninth behind Invincible Sage.

The James Ferguson-trained Nocturnal won two of her first three starts and strikes an easier assignment than last start when 10th behind Soprano at Ascot.

Ho, who kicked off his UK summer stint with a win at Pontefract on July 19, will ride Loyal Touch in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap (1,984m) and Rocking Ends in the Coral Racing Club Handicap on Tuesday.

Rocking Ends is rated a solid chance off the back of a strong triumph on the July course at Newmarket last start.

Ho also has early bookings for the following three days of Glorious Goodwood.

The Jockey Club will simulcast the first three Goodwood meetings this week, with the opening race on Tuesday jumping at 8.50pm Hong Kong time.

Jockey Club releases 2024-25 fixture

Racing will return to Hong Kong on September 8 at Sha Tin after dates for the 2024-25 campaign were confirmed last week.

The city’s biggest meeting, Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR), will be held on December 8, while FWD Champions Day has been pencilled in for April 27.

Happy Valley will host the final fixture of the campaign on July 16.

Preparations for the new season are well under way, with trainers celebrating the start of trackwork reopening on Monday morning with the annual champagne toast.

David Eustace, the latest addition to Hong Kong’s training ranks, was the only handler to make use of the reopened large all-weather track at Sha Tin.

He put a trio of unraced three-year-olds and recent stable acquisition, Swift Ascend, through their paces with some light work before leading the champagne toast.

Brazilian G1 winner arrives in HK

Danny Shum Chap-shing has acquired a potential Hong Kong Derby (2,000m) prospect in Martin Luther King, with the Group One winner arriving in Hong Kong last Thursday.

The son of Put It Back was a dominant winner of the Grand Prix Francisco Eduardo and Linneo Eduardo de Paula Machado (2,000m) at Gavea on March 3, cruising to victory by a length and three quarters.

He won two of his nine starts in his home country before he was bought by well-known Hong Kong owner, Yue Yun-hing. He has yet to be renamed.

Capulet, winner of the Listed Dee Stakes (2,100m) at Chester for champion trainer Aidan O’Brien, also joined Shum’s stable earlier this month after he was bought by Peter Lau Pak-fai. The Justify colt is also yet to be renamed.