Round 2 of the 2025 F1 world championship takes us to Shanghai and the Chinese Grand Prix. The event is the first of six weekends this season to feature the Sprint format, with a single practice session on Friday before Sprint qualifying in the afternoon. Saturday will feature the Sprint itself before grand prix qualifying…
Mikaela Shiffrin will fight for a historic 100th World Cup win on Sunday after topping the times in the first run of the Sestriere slalom, with world champion Camille Rast crashing out. The two-time Olympic champion has a slender lead after clocking 53.79 seconds and could yet claim a landmark victory following a difficult weekend…
Zac Purton broke Douglas Whyte’s all-time record for Hong Kong wins at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, creating history with a double at the city circuit. Needing two wins to surpass Whyte’s figure of 1,813, Purton struck with his first ride of the night on Spirit Of Peace in race three, but he had to…
Blake Shinn and his mount Antino were right in the thick of the tangle that made life hard for Galaxy Patch in December’s Group One Hong Kong Mile, and now the gun Australian jockey will be tasked with helping Pierre Ng Pang-chi’s exciting galloper snare that elusive elite-level success in Sunday’s Group One Stewards’ Cup…
Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has hailed “one of the best, if not the best” Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) after almost 70,000 people descended on Sha Tin for the city’s biggest race day. Among the 69,916 on course were roughly 10,000 tourists – including a record 6,511 from the mainland, up 40…
Voyage Bubble looks to have Hong Kong’s mile division at his mercy after a scintillating victory on the city’s biggest race day. Sent off a $2.6 favourite for the Group One Longines Hong Kong Mile, Voyage Bubble was always in control after jumping well and eventually settling outside leader Beauty Eternal in a race run…
It’s not often a galloper yet to salute at the top level overshadows an eight-time Group One winner with the second-most prize money ever. But that’s what has happened in the build-up to Sunday’s Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR), with Ka Ying Rising the talk of the town despite the fact Romantic Warrior stands…
Chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has spoken of the “massive stimulus” that could come with a bona fide horse racing and breeding industry in China, as the Jockey Club continues to work with mainland authorities in areas such as integrity, horse welfare and disease control. While Conghua Racecourse is the centrepiece of the club’s efforts on…
One week to the Volvo Hong Kong to Hainan Race 2024 by Vivian Ngan 7 Nov 20:38 AEDT 14 November 2024 Volvo Hong Kong to Hainan Race © Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club After a hiatus of six years, the Hong Kong to Hainan Race returns. Eight boats will set sail from Hong Kong’s…
Volvo China Coast Regatta 2024 Preview by Vivian Ngan 9 Oct 20:09 AEDT 11-13 October 2024 Volvo China Coast Regatta 2023 © RHKYC/ Guy Nowell The Volvo China Coast Regatta, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club‘s premier ‘Big Boat’ event, is scheduled to take place from 11 to 13 October. A forecasted freshening northeasterly…