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Alexis Badel
Alexis Badel is a talented Frenchman with a rich racing background with his mother Myriam Bollack-Badel a trainer and his father Alain Badel a jockey. He first started coming to Hong Kong in 2016, having winter stints for four seasons before making the full-time move to Sha Tin in 2020-21.
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5 Dec 1989
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Max Que (centre) ridden by Alexis Badel won the class 3 over 1400m at Sha Tin. Silver Breeze (second right) finished the second. Photo: Kenneth Chan.
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Harry Bentley will bid for Group One glory at York this week. Photos: Kenneth Chan
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Alexis Badel has been firing in the winners in Japan. Photo: Kenneth Chan
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