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Legendary trainer Tony Cruz. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Cruz cops HK$100k fine for working too many horses: ‘I had to gallop them’

Legendary trainer breaches Jockey Club directive, exercising 15 gallopers – including Group One star California Spangle – instead of the permitted three

23 Apr 2023

Trainer Tony Cruz and jockey Zac Purton celebrate California Spangle’s Chairman’s Trophy victory. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton lifts California Spangle off the canvas to complete Group Two double

9 Apr 2023 - 8:04 PM

Atomic Energy wins Wednesday’s Class Four Elgin Handicap (1,000m) and ends Angus Chung’s four-month wait for his second Happy Valley victory. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Apprentice jockey Chung remembers how it feels to ride a winner at Happy Valley

22 Mar 2023 - 11:51 PM

California Spangle wins the Group Three Celebration Cup at Sha Tin on September 25 in this season’s fastest 1,400m time. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Spangle’s cruising speed poses new 1,400m challenge for Sweynesse and Wellington

13 Mar 2023 - 4:07 PM

Viva Chaleur and Vincent Ho head out to trial. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Ho and Bowman rate Derby hopeful’s Collection Stakes chances very differently

4 Mar 2023 - 9:46 AM

California Cible (green cap) passes the winning post first before losing on protest to Humble Star (red cap) at Happy Valley on December 28. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz backs Chung to make amends for costly mistake aboard California Cible

13 Feb 2023 - 2:23 PM

Tony Cruz celebrates his 1,000th Sha Tin win with Circuit Stellar’s jockey, Zac Purton, following Sunday’s Class Two Belcher Bay Handicap (1,400m). Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz trains 1,000th Sha Tin winner: ‘he’s the biggest legend in Hong Kong’

12 Feb 2023 - 6:42 PM

Caspar Fownes celebrates Nearly Fine’s win at Happy Valley on September 14. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Nearly there at Valley, Fownes offers Qatar ride to Bowman after Moreira mix-up

6 Feb 2023 - 6:48 PM

Yo Beauty wins under Antoine Hamelin at Happy Valley on December 21. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Excellent Peers and Yo Beauty shoot for top of Million Challenge leader board

30 Jan 2023 - 2:43 PM

Golden Sixty wins the 2021 Stewards’ Cup under Vincent Ho. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Ho determined to enjoy Stewards’ Cup: ‘horses like this don’t stay forever’

28 Jan 2023 - 10:57 AM

Hugh Bowman gallops Caspar Fownes-trained imported entire Viva Chaleur at Sha Tin on Thursday ahead of today’s Class Three (Restricted) Lung Fu Shan Handicap (1,600m). Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Fownes wants Bowman to take heat out of Classic Series candidate Viva Chaleur

7 Jan 2023 - 9:32 AM

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

Column

That was the year that was 2022 in Hong Kong racing

29 Dec 2022 - 8:27 PM

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

Hong Kong racing

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

Column

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 record and 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

Spangle and Purton improvise to stop 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 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

Topic / Tony Cruz

Tony Cruz

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.