Little Avondale Stud stallion Per Incanto continued his good run in Hong Kong on Wednesday when he scored a double at Sha Tin.

Duke Wai’s stunning consistency has earned Paul O’Sullivan’s flagbearer a tilt at the G3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) in May after victory in the Class 1 Silvermine Bay Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin’s all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night.

Wellington banished early season setbacks with a classy win in last month’s G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) and, this Sunday at Sha Tin, the talented bay tackles the G2 Sprint Cup (1200m) as he gears up for his shot at joining elite company with the defence of his G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) crown next month.

Jimmy Ting stunned Sha Tin last year when Amazing Star landed the G2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at odds of 178/1 and this Sunday the handler is out to do it again, taking aim with Computer Patch — a recent big-name acquisition to the stable hunting an overdue win.  

Delivering a reminder of talent and ambition, Jerry Chau shared riding honours at Sha Tin on Sunday with Joao Moreira to keep alive hopes of snaring the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading local jockey with a double.

An emerging wave of talent will square off with Hong Kong’s elite at this year’s FWD Champions Day on Sunday, 24 April at Sha Tin, all vying for a share of the HK$65 million up for grabs across three stellar Group 1 contests. 

Impressive sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) lodged a third consecutive win to maintain his unbeaten record with success in the first section of the Class 3 Sheung Hei Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday.

The big guns appeared at Sha Tin’s barrier trial session on Tuesday morning with Golden Sixty (Medgalia d’Oro) dazzling in an opening heat for Vincent Ho and Francis Lui as preparations launched for next month’s FWD Champions Day.

Romantic Warrior has forged into BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) history as the first triumphant graduate of the Hong Kong International Sale after crowning a meteoric rise by snaring the HK$24 million Classic with dramatic victory over California Spangle at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Zac Purton, Joao Moreira and John Size featured prominently on the undercard of the BMW Hong Kong Derby meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday with trebles, while Ricky Yiu posted a double.

The remarkable run of form of the progeny of young Windsor Park Stud stallion Turn Me Loose extended to Sha Tin on Sunday, where his three-year-old son Eternal Bloom (NZ) landed the opening event.

Bidding for a third BMW Hong Kong Derby, Caspar Fownes laid down a positive sighter for the HK$24 million Classic at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 March) as the reigning champion trainer edged closer to 1,000 Hong Kong wins with Kokushi Musou’s (NZ) (Bullbars) victory in the first section of the Class 4 Hereford Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

Unleashing a decisive move in quest of a record 12th Hong Kong trainers’ title, John Size stamped familiar mid-season authority on the championship with a treble – highlighted by success in the two Class 1 features – at Sha Tin on Saturday.

Galaxy Witness has emerged as an early contender for next season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series after brilliant victory for Caspar Fownes and Joao Moreira as Leading Fortune upstaged a cluster of this month’s BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) hopefuls to continue the championship-leading seasons of Zac Purton and John Size at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Will Power validated Blake Shinn’s pre-race claim that the Power gelding is Hong Kong’s premier dirt course performer with victory under 133 pounds in the Class 1 Cornflower Handicap (1650m, dirt) at Sah Tin on Sunday, the six-year-old’s eighth win on the surface.