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Sam Agars
Racing Editor
Sam Agars started his career in South Australia before moving to Hong Kong in 2014. He spent three years covering rugby and golf for the Post, before joining the horse racing team in 2018.
Sam Agars started his career in South Australia before moving to Hong Kong in 2014. He spent three years covering rugby and golf for the Post, before joining the horse racing team in 2018.
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Tony Cruz Award and Champion Griffin will also be decided at the city circuit on Wednesday night.
French jockey reflects on friendships made and that ‘crazy’ five-timer as he prepares to head home after five years in Hong Kong.
Superstar sprinter edges Voyage Bubble and Romantic Warrior in thrilling fight for the title.
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With two meetings remaining in his career, the softly spoken handler is hoping to add to his 360 winners.
Star Australian jockey sits one win away from equalling his biggest haul in the city with three meetings remaining in the term.
Apprentice jockey boots Dancing Code to victory for boss Caspar Fownes for Saturday night’s Class Two Philip Chen Trophy (1,200m) at Sha Tin.
Not since the 75-rated Bear Hero took the gong at the end of the 2010-11 season has a horse on a mark below 80 been crowned.
Australian jockey salutes aboard Wonderstar and Pakistan Legacy during his best day in the city.
Hat-trick seeker Light Years Charm headlines the trainer’s hopes but Swift Ascend also enters the race in good order.
Star Australian is 59 wins clear at the top of the premiership table with only 50 races left in the season.
In-form rider heads to Sha Tin two wins behind Matthew Poon in the race for the leading local jockey.
South African jockey hoping to be fit and firing for the start of the 2025-26 season after suffering wrist and ankle fractures.
English jockey enjoys success in Sunday’s finale and is hopeful he’ll be right in the thick of things again at the midweek meeting.
Eight-year-old warhorse helps jockey Brenton Avdulla celebrate a new arrival with Premier Plate victory.
Jockey Matthew Chadwick hopeful his mount can overcome a 21-point jump in the ratings in Sunday’s Group Three Premier Plate (1,800m).
Victorious under Joao Moreira and then Zac Purton, Francis Lui’s improving galloper chases a hat-trick in Sunday’s Group Three Premier Cup (1,400m) at Sha Tin.
The number of overseas meetings offered for betting to Hong Kong punters will rise from 37 to 70 in the next two years.
All seven races from the third day of the prestigious meeting will be simulcast by the Jockey Club on Thursday night.
Bottomuptogether chases a deserved win in Saturday’s Class Two HKU Business School And Faculty Of Engineering Handicap (1,200m) at Sha Tin.
The 37-year-old describes racing in the city as ‘something of a Holy Grail’ as he prepares to move to Sha Tin ahead of 2026-27 season.
