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Dylan Mo after Wah May Star’s win on international day. Photos: Kenneth Chan.

Mo’ jockeys, no problems as apprentice strikes rich vein of form

Apprentices can suffer a form dip during early December but the 24-year-old has been flying at Sha Tin and is in the box seat for Jockey Challenge success

16 Dec 2017

Pakistan Star ridden by Matthew Chadwick during a trial at Happy Valley. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Managing expectations: jockey Matthew Chadwick cautious ahead of Pakistan Star’s return

14 Sep 2016 - 2:30 PM

Super Jockey and Karis Teetan in Seoul. Photos: Lo Chun Kit

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Scintillating: Hong Kong’s Super Jockey claims dominant win in Korea Sprint

11 Sep 2016 - 4:21 PM

Jack Wong gives a fist pump after winning his first race of the season on Adventurer. He later made it two wins on Flying Moochi. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Jack Wong takes inspiration from Singapore’s swimming sensation Joseph Schooling with Sha Tin double

3 Sep 2016 - 9:55 PM

Roundabout races away to win at his first start comfortably. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Douglas Whyte

Roundabout rising: second season sees Chris So’s grey break through

3 Sep 2016 - 9:27 PM

Hong Kong chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Off with a bang: record turnover and a bumper crowd welcome new season at a sunny Sha Tin

3 Sep 2016 - 9:30 PM

The returning galloper collided with a plastic rail after shying at a passing truck, while the afternoon on the racetrack was hardly any better

John Moore

Moore manure: horror day for leading trainer as Able Friend escapes major injury before string of favourites struggle

3 Sep 2016 - 9:07 PM

Joao Moreira drives Lucky Year through to win the Chief Executive’s Cup at Sha Tin on Saturday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Danny Shum

Say what? Danny Shum stuns all, including Joao Moreira, with Japan plans for Lucky Year after Chief Executive’s Cup victory

3 Sep 2016 - 8:48 PM

The Australian looks to have the team to win the championship once again but Hong Kong’s handicap system may prove his toughest hurdle

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Back-to-back titles? More meetings doesn’t make task any easier, says reigning champion trainer John Size

2 Sep 2016 - 8:18 PM

Rich Tapestry has travelled the world, only racing at Sha Tin twice since the start of 2014. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

End of the road? Retirement looms large after trailblazer Rich Tapestry withdrawn from Korea Sprint

2 Sep 2016 - 1:30 PM

Pakistan Star went viral after his stunning last-to-first debut in July. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Tony Cruz

Viral sensation: exciting galloper Pakistan Star set for return to races after easy Happy Valley trial

2 Sep 2016 - 12:00 PM

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Hong Kong jockeys and trainers

2 Sep 2016 - 12:15 PM

The two young Australians came through the ranks together in Sydney, and after beginning their careers in 2010, now have graduated to the big leagues

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Test of time: six years and 7,500km later, Chad Schofield and Sam Clipperton prepare to do battle in Hong Kong

31 Aug 2016 - 7:00 PM

Hong Kong could have its second runner ever at the rich November meeting with the trainer looking to aim his specialist at the US$1 million Dirt Mile

Caspar Fownes

American dream: Caspar Fownes looking at Breeders’ Cup for Gun Pit after Korean plans shelved

31 Aug 2016 - 6:10 PM

Rich Tapestry drops out during his trial at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Rich Tapestry in doubt for Korea Sprint swansong after poor trial effort; could face immediate retirement

30 Aug 2016 - 4:07 PM

Dr Brian Stewart, pictured at the Asian Racing Conference in 2014, will rejoin the Hong Kong Jockey Club after five years at Racing Victoria. Photo: HKJC

Hong Kong Jockey Club

Top vet Brian Stewart returns to Jockey Club to focus on China’s Conghua training centre and South Africa regulations

30 Aug 2016 - 3:15 PM

The retired South African star, now the chief riding instructor for the Jockey Club’s Apprentice Jockeys’ School, says last term’s most popular rider has to go to a new level this time around

Hong Kong Jockey Club

Fan favourite Kei Chiong under enormous pressure to repeat breakout season, says riding legend Felix Coetzee

29 Aug 2016 - 7:15 PM

Jockey Club chief Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges addresses the media at Saturday’s pre-season press conference at Sha Tin. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing 2016-17 season opening

Hong Kong Jockey Club to focus on customers, China and commingling in 2016-17, says chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges

27 Aug 2016 - 10:30 PM

Australian journalist Michael Cox had considerable experience as a writer and radio broadcaster in his homeland, covering thoroughbred and harness racing as well as other major sports, before making the move to the Post in 2011. Michael has adapted seamlessly to writing and reporting on Hong Kong racing and his blog, Happy Lucky Dragon Win, has become a popular feature of the Post’s online coverage.

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