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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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Not since John Size’s Super Kid beat home 12 rivals in 2004 have more than 10 gone to post for the final Group One of the Hong Kong season.
Trainer sails past last campaign’s win tally and ensures he won’t receive another strike.
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Local jockey has been on a roller-coaster ride of late but two winners in quick succession have the 31-year-old approaching the rest of the campaign with confidence.
While Zac Purton is coasting to an eighth jockeys’ title and John Size is sitting pretty in the trainers’ premiership, the final Group One of the season should be a cracker and there is change afoot in riding ranks.
Dazzling Fit breaks through at start three with a commanding performance on Sunday.
Ricky Yiu’s stable star is ‘likely’ to push onto next month’s Group One Champions & Chater Cup (2,400m).
Officials hail Sha Tin spectacular a success, with crowd numbers up 37.5 per cent, but death of Liberty Island casts shadow over proceedings.
‘Magic Man’ kept good times rolling as Craig Williams and Francis Lui also got on the scoresheet.
World’s best sprinter clean sweeps Hong Kong Speed Series with 12th straight victory at Sha Tin on Sunday.
International superstars Mr Brightside and Goliath join local heroes Voyage Bubble and Ka Ying Rising on stacked Sha Tin card.
As Hong Kong government promotes racing tourism, Champion Circle and Inner Circle improvements can enhance race-going experience for all.
The last time the Group One QE II Cup (2,000m) was run without the Hong Kong superstar, gallopers from the Land of the Rising Sun filled the first four placings.
Ka Ying Rising lands stall four for the Chairman’s Sprint Prize, while Mr Brightside will jump from gate two in the Champions Mile.
Voyage Samurai and Bottomuptogether headline handler’s all-out assault on this weekend’s 10-race card.
Jamie Richards’ two-year-old has ‘improvement to come’, while 65-1 chance shocks at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Swashbuckling front runner signs off with 13 wins and HK$83,796,256 in prize money.
Veteran handler expecting Patch Of Theta and Divano to make their presence felt this weekend.
Twenty individual Group One winners will vie for a share of the HK$74 million in prize money on April 27.
