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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.
Born
5 Dec 1989
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last updated:
7 October, 2024
Vincent Ho celebrates his Happy Valley treble. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Ho roars to life with Valley treble: ‘Hopefully the winners can keep coming’

Leading home-grown jockey returns to top form at city circuit with first three-timer since October 1 last year.

Badel hopes to strike Gold with hat-trick-seeking Spicy: ‘He’ll run a good race’

Chiu Chow Spirit aims to join impressive roll of honour in Celebration Cup

Hong Kong racing

Happy Together ready to thrive in Group Two test: ‘I can’t fault him’

Alexis Badel believes the last-start winner is well placed to notch his sixth victory of the season in Sunday’s Chairman’s Trophy (1,600m)

Alexis Badel celebrates Happy Together’s win in the Group Three January Cup (1,800m) at Happy Valley. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

Badel snares January Cup in far happier circumstances than his first win in the G3

After tumbling from Simply Brilliant and breaking his wrist five years ago, the Frenchman again teams up with Frankie Lor for a far more traditional victory in Happy Valley’s biggest race

Hong Kong racing

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

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Hong Kong racing

Happy Badel to get Together with Lor and discuss targeting G3 January Cup

French jockey thinks the former Hong Kong champion trainer’s in-form recent recruit could be worth setting for Happy Valley’s only black-type race

Happy Together wins the Class Two Saturn Handicap (1,650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday under Alexis Badel. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

Badel begins week off Wellington and ends it back aboard champ and riding double

French jockey warms up for next weekend’s Hong Kong International Races with Sunday successes on Ping Hai Galaxy and Summit Cheers at Sha Tin

Hong Kong racing

History against Catcher as he looks to double his Money in the Ladies’ Purse

Defending champion looks to join Viva Macau in winning back-to-back editions of the Group Three feature

Hong Kong racing

Badel eyes another Celebration in National Day Cup: ‘I expect him to be close’

Frenchman out to add to his impressive Group-sprint CV with Adios at Sha Tin on Sunday

A jubilant Alexis Badel after his win aboard Adios last season. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

Badel and Healthy Happy reunite to celebrate G3 win and snap losing streaks

Celebration Cup (1,400m) delivers French jockey’s first success this season and Frankie Lor-trained galloper’s first triumph since January 2022

Alexis Badel looks for non-existent dangers aboard Group Three Celebration Cup (1,400m) winner Healthy Happy at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong Derby-winning jockey Alexis Badel on the secrets of his success

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Hong Kong racing

Size of gap between leader and chaser may be too big to breach after Sunday

As Zac Purton prepares to seal his sixth jockeys’ title, another Australian hopes to move closer to his 12th trainers’ championship

Hong Kong racing

Versatile Erimo backs up off Saturday all-weather win seeking Sunday turf triumph

John Size runs his durable galloper in Sunday’s Class Two race on the grass eight days after the Street Boss gelding’s Class Three victory on the dirt

Alexis Badel steers Erimo to his four-length win over 1,650m at Sha Tin on May 10. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

Size quinellas HK Macau Trophy as Red Lion roars louder than Beauty Eternal

Brown lamped late in betting, veteran trainer’s second stringer relishes Sha Tin’s wet conditions to turn the tables on his odds-on stablemate

Red Lion wins the Class One Hong Kong Macau Trophy (1,400m) under Alexis Badel at Sha Tin on Saturday. Photos: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

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

Hong Kong racing

Another first for HK Classic Mile fourth Cordyceps: ‘maybe 1,400m might be best’

Richard Gibson’s speedster locks horns with Beauty Joy in Sunday’s Class One TVB Yan Oi Tong Charity Show Handicap at Sha Tin

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Hong Kong racing

Badel reunites with Wellington: ‘he’s by far the best sprinter I’ve ever ridden’

Frenchman chases more Group One glory aboard Richard Gibson’s speedster in Sunday’s Centenary Sprint Cup (1,200m) at Sha Tin

Alexis Badel savours Group One glory aboard Wellington. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

Connections gambling on Cordyceps Six mirroring 2001 winner Charming City

Alexis Badel concedes it is ‘a bit of a gamble’, but there is a precedent of a galloper winning the four-year-old series opener off a Bauhinia Sprint Trophy run

Hong Kong racing

Badel’s ‘calculated risk’ pays off and he’s looking to kick on after Sha Tin win

Frenchman heads to Happy Valley on Wednesday night with six rides and says November’s nasty fall is very much in the past

Hong Kong racing

Purton warns Hong Kong Sprint form ‘might be a little bit misleading’

Champion jockey advises punters to treat the result of December’s Group One race with caution when they are assessing Sunday’s Group Three event

Wellington (pale blue cap) wins the messy Group One Hong Kong Sprint (1,200m) at Sha Tin on December 11. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

Badel to miss Hong Kong International Races, Wellington ride

Frenchman is ruled out for a minimum of four weeks after suffering shoulder and ankle injuries in his fall at Sha Tin on Sunday

Alexis Badel celebrates Wellington’s victory in last month’s Premier Bowl. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

Badel attributes Wellington’s HK-best winning streak to professional growth

Star speedster’s regular rider says Jockey Club Sprint favourite’s increasing maturity makes it ‘even easier to use his great ability’ on the track

Hong Kong racing

Sweet Encounter and Badel bring contrasting form figures to Sha Tin on Saturday

Horse seeks to extend his unbeaten record to three races, whereas jockey wants to snap his season-longest losing run of 35 rides

Hong Kong racing

Maiden miler tops and champion sprinter tails Badel’s first treble since November

Accelerando and Wellington deliver the first and third of the French jockey’s three Sha Tin wins, with victory for Rise Brethren sandwiched between them

Accelerando accelerates to register the first of Alexis Badel’s three wins at Sha Tin. Photo: Kenneth Chan
Hong Kong racing

Can Cordyceps give Badel something to think about? ‘It’s a good problem to have’

Frenchman is in the enviable position of being the incumbent rider of three-time Group One winner Wellington and the rising star, who runs at Sha Tin on Saturday

Cordyceps Six (red and yellow cap) wins the Sha Tin Vase in May. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Badel ending season on a high as he receives Size seal of approval

Frenchman has ridden more Group winners than any other jockey in Hong Kong this term and has some good mounts at Sha Tin on Sunday

Badel delivers on Diamond to continue feature-race feast

Frenchman has won eight of Hong Kong’s 31 Group races this season after victory in the Premier Plate at Sha Tin on Sunday

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