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Hugh Bowman determined to clean up disciplinary record after satisfactory season

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Australian ace evaluates his season as he aims to stay out of the stewards’ room next campaign

Tuesday, Jul 2

Danny Shum would ‘prefer to stay in Hong Kong’ with Romantic Warrior next season

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He has options in Australia, America and Japan, but the veteran handler may keep his superstar on home soil

08

Pierre Ng turns to Beauty Waves to snap winless streak at Happy Valley and add to championship lead

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Talented sprinter headlines premiership-leading handler’s pursuit of first city circuit win since April 24

Monday, Jul 1

18

Lyle Hewitson celebrates treble as Zac Purton secures seventh jockeys’ championship

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South African strikes with first three-timer since December while the Australian superstar retains crown with four meetings remaining

17

Pierre Ng snatches back outright lead in trainers’ championship with ‘brilliant’ Sha Tin double

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Gangnam Star and Super Bonus help second-season handler fire back in premiership duel with Francis Lui

Sunday, Jun 30

SCMP Best Bets: Bottoms up for punters at Sha Tin

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Monday's top tips from the Post's racing team

06

Frankie Lor has lofty targets for Bottomuptogether as unbeaten sprinter faces next test

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Three-year-old bids to maintain perfect record in Monday’s Class Three Sportsmanship Handicap (1,200m) at Sha Tin

05

Pierre Ng and Francis Lui’s ding-dong championship battle rolls on to Sha Tin on Monday

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Locked in a tight tussle for the trainers’ title, both handlers boast big numbers on Reunification Raceday

Friday, Jun 28

04

Will Golden Sixty again be honoured at the Jockey Club’s 2023-24 Champion Awards?

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Sentiment should see the magnificent miler recognised for a fifth straight year, while the nominees for the Champion Stayer category are anything but

Thursday, Jun 27

09

Lucky Sweynesse’s racing career hangs in the balance: ‘It’s still too early to say’

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Four-time Group One winner back walking at Sha Tin as he recovers from leg fracture

Wednesday, Jun 26

18

Copartner Prance lights up Happy Valley with sixth straight win as Francis Lui responds in thrilling trainers’ championship fight

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Emerging galloper extends incredible winning streak as veteran handler fights back in premiership race

Tuesday, Jun 25

17

SCMP Best Bets: Warrior can show the way for punters at Happy Valley

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Wednesday's top tips from the Post's racing team

08

Zac Purton backs Copartner Prance in bid for super six: ‘He can get the job done’

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Francis Lui-trained speedster aims to become the first Hong Kong horse since Lucky Sweynesse to record six straight wins on Wednesday

Monday, Jun 24

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Macau horse owners hoping to race on Down Under in limbo: ‘We need to get him out’

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Almost three months since Hennu Stall dead-heated for second at Macau’s last-ever meeting, the Fabulous Fillies Syndicate is no closer to knowing when their four-year-old will run again.

07

Cody Mo rates his first season ‘acceptable’ as he sets sights on big night at Happy Valley

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Rookie trainer assesses his debut campaign and looks to city circuit for more winners on Wednesday night

Sunday, Jun 23

16

Pierre Ng claims Group Three double and Sha Tin treble to strike back in championship battle

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Second-season handler lands both features and three-timer to reclaim premiership lead on Sunday night

Galaxy Patch explodes to snare more feature success in Group Three Premier Plate: ‘He’s a future star’

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Jockey Vincent Ho is full of praise for the electric four-year-old after he reels off a blistering final 400m to swamp his rivals at Sha Tin on Sunday night

Saturday, Jun 22

17

SCMP Best Bets: Punters can get Ahead in one easy step at Sha Tin

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Sunday's top tips from the Post's racing team

08

Vincent Ho hopes to Patch up ‘tough’ season in Premier Plate at Sha Tin

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Hong Kong’s top home-grown jockey aims to end injury-riddled campaign on a high in Sunday’s Group Three

Friday, Jun 21

06

Aidan O’Brien’s Opera Singer fancied to outclass winners of English and French Guineas

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Smart three-year-old does battle with Elmalka and Rouhiya, among others, in Friday’s Group One Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot

Thursday, Jun 20

09

California Spangle looks to finish sparkling campaign on a high in Premier Cup

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Tony Cruz hopes for a good track for his superstar, who bids to become the first top weight to win the late-season feature in seven years

06

Tendon injury could end career of Blue Diamond Stakes winner Little Brose

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Champion trainer David Hayes to make call on Australian Group One winner’s future after major setback

05

Beaten Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban tackles might of Kyprios at Royal Ascot

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Willie Mullins’ globetrotting stayer looks to bring down the well-fancied favourite in Thursday’s Group One Gold Cup (3,991m)

Wednesday, Jun 19

06

HK Cup runner Horizon Dore shapes up to Auguste Rodin and Inspiral at Royal Ascot

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One of the many gallopers put to the sword by Romantic Warrior this season, the four-year-old takes aim at Wednesday’s Group One Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2,005m)

Tuesday, Jun 18

05

Charyn out to turn tables on Audience in mouthwatering Royal Ascot opener

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Tuesday’s Group One Queen Anne Stakes (1,600m) kicks off five days of action-packed racing

Saturday, Jun 15

17

Ricky Yiu lands late running double with Sunlight Power and All Riches at Sha Tin

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Veteran handler boosts bid to claim third in championship with race-to-race brace at twilight meeting

Francis Lui snatches outright championship lead with explosive Sha Tin double

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Call Me Glorious sensationally ploughs through heavy rain to help veteran handler hit the front in tense battle for championship

Friday, Jun 14

SCMP Best Bets: Sunlight can Power his way to victory at Sha Tin

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Saturday's top tips from the Post's racing team

08

Karis Teetan bids to continue successful season with solid Sha Tin book: ‘I’m really happy’

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Mauritian rider believes he can return to the winner’s enclosure from his 11 rides on Saturday: ‘It looks like he’s capable of winning again’

Thursday, Jun 13

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Red-hot Ellis Wong continues to punch above his weight at Happy Valley

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Apprentice’s seven-pound claim and front-running tactics are proving a lethal combination at the city circuit