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The exciting Galaxy Patch is expected to be one of the stars of the 2024-25 Hong Kong season. Photos: Kenneth Chan

The Post’s predictions for the 2024-25 Hong Kong racing season

Can Galaxy Patch become a Group One star? Will Karis Teetan reach a century of winners? Is it another John Size year?

7 Sep 2024 - 10:40AM

Yiu backs Voyage to burst Warrior’s Bubble in Japan: ‘Otherwise I wouldn’t come’

1 Jun 2024 - 9:13AM

Yiu becomes latest trainer to celebrate 1,000 wins: ‘I’m glad to have this achievement’

13 May 2024 - 9:28AM

Yiu confirms Bubble will be aimed at Champions Day after torrid Dubai Turf trip

Star five-year-old suffers some scratches in an incident in the Meydan straight but has pulled up fine ahead of a likely Group One Champions Mile tilt

4 Apr 2024 - 2:32PM

Voyage Bubble finishes back in the field in last weekend’s Group One Dubai Turf (1,800m). Photo: Kenneth Chan

‘Good draw’ gives Voyage Bubble best chance in strong Group One Dubai Turf

Ricky Yiu’s star will jump from the inside alley on Saturday night, while Straight Arron cops gate 12 and California Spangle’s connections are hoping history repeats

28 Mar 2024 - 11:43AM

Why Yiu chose Barzalona to partner Voyage Bubble in the Dubai Turf

While James McDonald, Zac Purton and Alexis Badel have all ridden the reigning Hong Kong Derby champion this season, the veteran trainer is confident the Godolphin jockey is the man for the job

7 Mar 2024 - 3:49PM

Lane and Yiu target maiden Classic Cup wins with Simply Maverick

Veteran trainer hopes his decision to call upon the Australian ace is vindicated in Sunday’s feature

29 Feb 2024 - 4:44PM

Damian Lane returns to the winner’s enclosure after taking out last season’s Group One Hong Kong Vase aboard Win Marilyn. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Voyage Bubble ‘most likely’ to head to Dubai after Gold Cup tilt under Purton

Trainer Ricky Yiu confirms World Cup night at Meydan is very much on the cards for his stable star

16 Feb 2024 - 10:30AM

Shum and Bentley land doubles while some familiar colours salute at Happy Valley

Veteran trainer and British jockey taste success as a duo for the first time since 2022 thanks to the victory of Eighteen Palms

8 Feb 2024 - 1:30AM

Red-hot Ricky Yiu looks to extend purple patch with Happy Valley specialist

Last-start winner Watch Buddy contests the second section of the Class Three Victoria Park Handicap (1,200m) on Wednesday night

5 Feb 2024 - 1:44PM

Watch Buddy leads in the closing stages for a third career win at Happy Valley last month. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Atzeni bags more Group Three success and delivers aboard Hong Kong Derby hopeful

Italian jockey takes out the Centenary Vase with Nimble Nimbus and also gets the best out of Ka Ying Generation at Sha Tin on Sunday

4 Feb 2024 - 7:43PM

Andrea Atzeni boots Nimble Nimbus home in Sunday’s Group Three Centenary Vase (1,800m) at Sha Tin. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Voyage Bubble begins changing of the guard with commanding Stewards’ Cup success

While there’ll never be another Golden Sixty, the future is in safe hands thanks to Ricky Yiu’s dynamic miler: ‘He’s going to be a force to be reckoned with’

21 Jan 2024 - 7:20PM

Yiu warns Valley rivals to Watch out for Buddy: ‘I think he’ll go very close’

Progressive galloper aims for back-to-back wins over 1,200m at the city circuit in Friday night’s Class Three High West Handicap

28 Dec 2023 - 7:39PM

Maverick’s wing man Atzeni shoots for second kill aboard this season’s top gun

The Ricky Yiu-trained miler recorded the campaign’s widest winning margin two weeks ago when he won by four and three-quarter lengths at Happy Valley

19 Dec 2023 - 2:06PM

Simply Maverick bolts in at Happy Valley on December 6 under Andrea Atzeni. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Yiu bubbling with confidence ahead of Derby winner’s return: ‘I can’t fault him’

Two promising trials have Voyage Bubble’s trainer bullish that last year’s Classic Series hero can serve it up to California Spangle and Beauty Eternal

16 Nov 2023 - 7:03PM

Voyage Bubble (right) gets the better of Beauty Eternal (centre) in last season’s Hong Kong Derby (2,000m). Photo: Kenneth Chan

Running treble to wrap up card makes Yiu Happy at the Valley on Splendid Sunday

Former champion trainer saddles the winners of the final three races on the city circuit’s only daytime programme this season

29 Oct 2023 - 8:29PM

Yiu finds reason to be Cheery despite barren run ending championship chase

Comeback galloper is one of several good chances on Saturday for the 2019-20 title-winning trainer, who has fired blanks at 13 of the past 15 meetings

9 Jun 2023 - 4:02PM

Avdulla gunning for happier Valley debut than his only Sha Tin experience

Thirteen-time Group One-winning Australian jockey kicks off short-term Hong Kong contract with three rides at the city circuit on Wednesday night

1 May 2023 - 3:48PM

Australian jockey Brenton Avdulla. Photo: HKJC

Derby hero Voyage Bubble might bypass a Group One for a Class One

Ricky Yiu considers setting his star for the Hong Kong Macau Trophy instead of the Champions Mile as he saddles four last-start winners at Sha Tin on Sunday

25 Mar 2023 - 8:38AM

Derby winner Yiu is Hong Kong’s hottest handler – no matter how you do the maths

Voyage Bubble’s buyer and trainer has saddled more winners this month and this year than any other conditioner, plus he’s outperforming the market

20 Mar 2023 - 8:07PM

Yiu’s daring Derby win on par with his trainers’ title: ‘I’m very, very happy’

Voyage Bubble, who the veteran handler bought for A$380,000 three years ago, supplies the 2019-20 champion with his first victory in the race

19 Mar 2023 - 8:59PM

Trainer Ricky Yiu (left) celebrates Voyage Bubble’s BMW Hong Kong Derby win with his son Eric at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Yiu propels himself to second in the championship with Sha Tin four-timer

Wins to Excellent Fighter, Colonel, Darci Joy and Adefill mean the veteran trainer is all but on track to match his 2019-20 title-winning haul of 67

5 Mar 2023 - 8:06PM

Ricky Yiu’s Excellent Fighter salutes under Silvestre de Sousa at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Alacrity eager to impress Teetan before Derby-winning jockey makes big-race call

Mauritian rider is leaning towards partnering Flagship Warrior in this month’s HK$24 million feature, but the Group One-winning import intrigues him

4 Mar 2023 - 10:53AM

Yiu savours Splendid night at Happy Valley and Soars up premiership with treble

In-form trainer’s three wins at the city circuit improve his seasonal tally to 31 and put him on the coattails of John Size and Frankie Lor

16 Feb 2023 - 2:15AM

Yiu ‘optimistic’ he’ll take another Mighty Stride up trainers’ premiership ladder

Hong Kong’s hottest trainer saddles a strong squad to Sha Tin on Sunday, including one of this season’s unluckiest losers on his recovery mission

2 Feb 2023 - 3:33PM

Mighty Stride wins under Christophe Lemaire on the Hong Kong International Races undercard at Sha Tin on December 11. Photo: Kenneth Chan

History-making Kah rates Classic Mile winner Voyage Bubble to perfection

Australian rider makes all aboard Ricky Yiu’s front runner to become the first female jockey to win one of the city’s principal feature races

29 Jan 2023 - 8:34PM

Voyage Bubble takes the Classic Mile under Jamie Kah. Photos: Kenneth Chan

De Sousa grabs Ascendency in Chinese New Year Cup but win comes at a cost

Brazilian jockey gets the best out of Ricky Yiu’s British import to land Tuesday afternoon’s feature, but is also hit with his fifth careless riding ban of the season

24 Jan 2023 - 8:19PM

Yiu lands the services of Kah and a 110-1 winner on the same day

Bulletproof’s victory at $111 is the veteran trainer’s longest-priced success in more than a decade, while Zac Purton lands a quartet at Sha Tin on Saturday

21 Jan 2023 - 6:36PM

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Ricky Yiu Poon-Fai

Ricky Yiu is a famous racehorse trainer in Hong Kong. Born in 1957, he is the first Chinese trainer to have won at Group One level on foreign soil, taking out the Sprinters Stakes in Japan with Ultra Fantasy and the KrisFlyer Sprint in Singapore with Sacred Kingdom.

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29 July, 2024