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Lucky Sweynesse and Zac Purton (centre) team up to win the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint (1,200m) at Sha Tin on November 20. Photo: Kenneth Chan

That was the year that was 2022 in Hong Kong racing

Lucky Sweynesse, Zac Purton and Frankie Lor win the most but Danny Shum’s Romantic Warrior is the most impressive of all

29 Dec 2022

Zac Purton returns to the Sha Tin winner’s enclosure aboard Beautyverse on November 6. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Zac Purton hopes for Beautyverse bounce after horse ‘got it all wrong second time’

23 Dec 2022 - 8:14 PM

California Spangle (left) and Golden Sixty (right) battle to the line in the Group Two Jockey Club Mile (1,600m) at Sha Tin on November 20. Photo: Kenneth Chan

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Form analyst tips Golden Sixty to be the Stewards’ Cup outsider of the big three

19 Dec 2022 - 10:01 PM

Whizz Kid breaks Happy Valley’s 1,000m Class Two track record under Zac Purton on November 9. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Whizz Kid straight to Sha Tin off Valley class record and Tony Cruz isn’t Happy about it

15 Dec 2022 - 4:49 PM

California Spangle (left) beats Golden Sixty by a neck to win the Group One Longines Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

California Spangle and Zac Purton improvise to stop Golden Sixty scoring Hong Kong Mile hat-trick

11 Dec 2022 - 9:36 PM

Matthew Chadwick honours his commitment to ride Rewarding Together in Wednesday night’s Class Two Glasgow Handicap (1,200m) at Happy Valley. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Champion trainer solves star jockey Matthew Chadwick’s dilemma: ‘Frankie asked me first’

28 Nov 2022 - 4:58 PM

Beauty Eternal and Zac Purton run into the last of several dead ends at Sha Tin on November 6. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Beauty Eternal and Superb Capitalist lock horns in Class Three cracker

26 Nov 2022 - 1:28 PM

Angus Chung celebrates his first Hong Kong double at Sha Tin on Saturday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Angus Chung lauds ‘best day of my career’ after Sha Tin double aboard wide-margin winners

12 Nov 2022 - 8:38 PM

Whizz Kid surges to victory under Zac Purton on Wednesday night. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Whizz Kid lives up to his name with scintillating Happy Valley victory in near-record time

9 Nov 2022 - 11:11 PM

Angus Chung gets to know Viva Popcorn ahead of his Happy Valley race debut aboard the Tony Cruz-trained horse on Wednesday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Angus Chung thinking Happy thoughts about Australian adventure ahead of Valley debut

7 Nov 2022 - 2:30 PM

Zac Purton urges Beautyverse (left) to victory at Sha Tin. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

South Australian Derby winner stakes claim for Sha Tin version with impressive Hong Kong debut

6 Nov 2022 - 8:50 PM

Glorious Forever wins the 2018 Group One Hong Kong Cup five weeks after placing second in the Group Three Ladies’ Purse. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

No Ladies’ Purse winner has bagged Hong Kong International Races victory in same season

5 Nov 2022 - 2:14 PM

Zac Purton makes it five victories from six rides aboard Beauty Joy, the dynamic duo winning the Group Three Premier Cup (1,400m) at Sha Tin on June 19. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Tony Cruz says Beauty Joy’s rider Zac Purton is ‘the only jockey who can handle this horse’

3 Nov 2022 - 2:57 PM

California Spangle extends effortlessly under Zac Purton in winning the Group Two Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy (1,600m). Photos: Kenneth Chan.

Hong Kong racing

Sha Tin Trophy winner California Spangle calls out Golden Sixty for must-see November 20 rematch

16 Oct 2022 - 9:14 PM

Beauty Joy’s dam, Impressive Jeuney, and her three-week-old foal by California Spangle’s sire, Starspangledbanner. Photo: Darren McAuliffe

Hong Kong racing

Breeder cheers for Joy-Spangle quinella to fund his Jeuney to HKIR

15 Oct 2022 - 12:55 PM

Everest outsider Joyful Fortune (right) records his last Hong Kong win before his return to Australia. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz on Everest outsider and ex-HK hype horse Joyful Fortune: ‘time healed him’

14 Oct 2022 - 4:25 PM

Zac Purton and Tony Cruz celebrate one of California Spangle’s seven career victories. Photo: HKJC

Hong Kong racing

Triple-handed Cruz loves the map for Sunday’s Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy

13 Oct 2022 - 3:52 PM

California Spangle wins the Celebration Cup under Zac Purton. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Spangle targets Golden Sixty rematch after ‘easiest race he’s ever had’

25 Sep 2022 - 6:10 PM