Francis Lui is hoping high-class sprinter Lucky Patch can consign a nightmare outing in the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) to a distant memory when the son of El Roca returns to action at Sha Tin on Sunday.

New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) stands alone as the highest prize money earner in Hong Kong racing history after the faultless defence of his HK$20 million Gr.1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) crown at Sha Tin on Sunday.  

Hong Kong racing will offer record total prize money and incentives of HK$1.62 billion across the 2022/23 season with the overall purse bolstered by a record single-season increase of 11.5% (HK$167.2 million) and featuring an exciting range of innovations, including stunning increases in prize money across distance races and a new bonus system.

Victory in Sunday’s HK$20 million Gr.1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) would elevate Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) to status as the highest prize money earner in Hong Kong racing history and, if his latest win wasn’t convincing enough, trainer Francis Lui has issued an ominous warning to rivals that Hong Kong’s champion is back in a very, very big way.  

Accelerating a push for a fifth jockeys’ championship, Joao Moreira surged to a century of winners in a Hong Kong season for the seventh time with a double at Sha Tin on Sunday when exciting New Zealand bred Running Glory (NZ) (Kermadec) swept home in the Class 3 Sha Lo Wan Handicap (1800m) for trainer John Size.

Joao Moreira created racing history at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, reaching the 1,200-win milestone in Hong Kong record time while also over-taking Zac Purton in the battle for the 2021/22 jockeys’ championship after posting a double.

Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) will be out to score his first win in Hong Kong at Happy Valley on Wednesday when he contests the Class 2 Chater Handicap (1800m).

NZ-bred Sakewin made the perfect start to his racing career when winning the Class 4 Peel Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

He came, he saw and he silenced doubters with an unanswerable burst of speed. 

Richard Gibson will attempt to crown Wellington’s season in familiar fashion by chasing victory in the G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) in three weeks after the speedster snared the G2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday with another outstanding display of power.