By Michael Guerin John Dunn thinks his team have the ideal horse for a new series of mares races set for the second half of the season in Canterbury. Dunn suggests there will be a series of six mares races, usually run at two week intervals, in the region starting late August. “We have been told there will be six races, three of them worth $60,000 and going through until mid November,” says Dunn. “I think it is a great idea because it is important to give these good mares…
Day: 12 July 2025
Season’s unbeaten star Ka Ying Rising claims Horse of the Year title at Hong Kong’s Champion Awards
Ka Ying Rising’s outstanding performance during the 2024/25 racing season saw the record-breaking speedster earn the Horse of the Year title at a special presentation held at the Grand Ballroom of the Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong tonight (Friday, 11 July). In addition, he was also named Champion Sprinter and Champion Four-Year-Old at the ceremony. Owned by Ka Ying Syndicate and trained by David Hayes, last season’s Champion Griffin improved sharply in his sophomore season, scoring one of his biggest wins of the season in the HK$26 million G1 LONGINES…