The most exciting moment in a horse race often comes in the final few strides. When two or more horses cross the winning post almost together, neither spectators at the racecourse nor viewers watching on television may be able to…
Ivan Allan was one of the most influential trainers in modern Hong Kong racing. Confident, demanding and internationally ambitious, he developed a stable capable of winning Hong Kong’s most important domestic races while also sending leading horses abroad to compete…
Brian Kan was one of the most successful and recognisable trainers in Hong Kong racing history. During his career, he trained 844 winners and captured the Hong Kong trainers’ championship five times. His total number of victories was once the…
Last Saturday’s (25 July) G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2392m) once again demonstrated why it remains one of the defining contests of the European Flat season. A year on from finding only CALANDAGAN too strong, KALPANA returned…