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Brenton Avdulla returns to scale after The Golden Scenery’s Class Two Tai Mo Shan Handicap (1,400m) win at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Apologetic Avdulla closes opening day at Sha Tin with his best win in Hong Kong

Jockey steers The Golden Scenery to victory in the Class Two Tai Mo Shan Handicap (1,400m) after failing to make the weight to ride Vanquisher

10 Sep 2023

Hugh Bowman trials Beauty Joy at Sha Tin on March 28. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Bowman derives Joy from getting best out of defending Lion Rock Trophy champion

3 Jun 2023 - 11:01 AM

Matthew Chadwick celebrates his 500th Hong Kong win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Chadwick becomes only third home-grown jockey to ride 500 Hong Kong winners

31 May 2023 - 11:23 PM

Trainer Tony Cruz and jockey Zac Purton celebrate a win at Sha Tin last month. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton and Cruz could put themselves clear at top of interport series rankings

11 May 2023 - 7:56 PM

Winning Dragon hits the line to salute under Angus Chung at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz celebrates first treble of the season as Chung lands maiden Valley double

3 May 2023 - 11:52 PM

Legendary trainer Tony Cruz. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz cops HK$100k fine for working too many horses: ‘I had to gallop them’

23 Apr 2023 - 8:11 PM

Trainer Tony Cruz and jockey Zac Purton celebrate California Spangle’s Chairman’s Trophy victory. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton lifts California Spangle off the canvas to complete Group Two double

9 Apr 2023 - 8:04 PM

Atomic Energy wins Wednesday’s Class Four Elgin Handicap (1,000m) and ends Angus Chung’s four-month wait for his second Happy Valley victory. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Apprentice jockey Chung remembers how it feels to ride a winner at Happy Valley

22 Mar 2023 - 11:51 PM

California Spangle wins the Group Three Celebration Cup at Sha Tin on September 25 in this season’s fastest 1,400m time. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Spangle’s cruising speed poses new 1,400m challenge for Sweynesse and Wellington

13 Mar 2023 - 4:07 PM

Viva Chaleur and Vincent Ho head out to trial. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Ho and Bowman rate Derby hopeful’s Collection Stakes chances very differently

4 Mar 2023 - 9:46 AM

California Cible (green cap) passes the winning post first before losing on protest to Humble Star (red cap) at Happy Valley on December 28. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz backs Chung to make amends for costly mistake aboard California Cible

13 Feb 2023 - 2:23 PM

Tony Cruz celebrates his 1,000th Sha Tin win with Circuit Stellar’s jockey, Zac Purton, following Sunday’s Class Two Belcher Bay Handicap (1,400m). Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Cruz trains 1,000th Sha Tin winner: ‘he’s the biggest legend in Hong Kong’

12 Feb 2023 - 6:42 PM

Caspar Fownes celebrates Nearly Fine’s win at Happy Valley on September 14. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Nearly there at Valley, Fownes offers Qatar ride to Bowman after Moreira mix-up

6 Feb 2023 - 6:48 PM

Yo Beauty wins under Antoine Hamelin at Happy Valley on December 21. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Excellent Peers and Yo Beauty shoot for top of Million Challenge leader board

30 Jan 2023 - 2:43 PM

Golden Sixty wins the 2021 Stewards’ Cup under Vincent Ho. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Ho determined to enjoy Stewards’ Cup: ‘horses like this don’t stay forever’

28 Jan 2023 - 10:57 AM

Hugh Bowman gallops Caspar Fownes-trained imported entire Viva Chaleur at Sha Tin on Thursday ahead of today’s Class Three (Restricted) Lung Fu Shan Handicap (1,600m). Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Fownes wants Bowman to take heat out of Classic Series candidate Viva Chaleur

7 Jan 2023 - 9:32 AM

Lucky Sweynesse and Zac Purton (centre) team up to win the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint (1,200m) at Sha Tin on November 20. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Column

That was the year that was 2022 in Hong Kong racing

29 Dec 2022 - 8:27 PM

Zac Purton returns to the Sha Tin winner’s enclosure aboard Beautyverse on November 6. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong racing

Purton hopes for Beautyverse bounce after horse ‘got it all wrong second time’

23 Dec 2022 - 8:14 PM

Topic / Tony Cruz

Tony Cruz

After graduating, Mark joined Racing Post in 1996 and was its chief sports writer until he moved to Australia in 2001. In Australia, he was the media manager of, among others, Centrebet, Sydney FC and Tom Waterhouse, and he ran the Western Australian Turf Club's racing and wagering operations.