Moreira a winner again in Hong Kong: it’s ‘like a dream’
Joao Moreira said it felt “like a dream” to ride his 1,235th Hong Kong winner four and a half months after what the four-time champion jockey thought had been his final competitive…
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Moreira to return for Champions Day, Russian Emperor withdrawn from QE II Cup
Joao Moreira will reunite with 2021 Group One Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) runner-up Hishi Iguazu in the Group One QE II Cup (2,000m) at Sha Tin later this month.
Moreira,…
Purton needs one win from next 13 to reach century in fewer rides than Moreira
Zac Purton will supplant Joao Moreira as the jockey to reach 100 Hong Kong wins in a season in the fewest rides if any of the Australian’s next 13 assignments end with him celebrating in the…
Nearly there at Valley, Fownes offers Qatar ride to Bowman after Moreira mix-up
Caspar Fownes, the trainer widely known as the King of the Valley, is odds on to join Danny Shum Chap-shing as the most frequent DBS x Manulife Million Challenge-winning handler on Wednesday…
Moreira to ride Senor Toba in Qatar after Fownes’ grey impresses in Centenary Vase
Joao Moreira will join forces with Senor Toba in Qatar on February 18 in spite of Hugh Bowman’s successful reunion with Caspar Fownes’ grey galloper in the Group Three Centenary Vase…
More HKIR glory evades Moreira as he says goodbye to Sha Tin: ‘I love you all’
After 1,234 Hong Kong winners, four jockeys championships and a long line of big-race victories, Joao Moreira is likely to have graced Sha Tin for the final time.…
Win Marilyn dominates HK Vase, spoiling the party for Glory Vase and Moreira
There was no fairy-tale farewell for Joao Moreira and Glory Vase at Sha Tin on Sunday, but there was more joy for Japan all the same in Sunday’s Group One Hong Kong Vase.…
Purton likens Moreira rivalry to the pressure of riding Beauty Generation
Very little is certain in racing, but there is a very real chance that Sunday’s Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) is the last time famous rivals Zac Purton and Joao Moreira lock…
Jockey Club makes Covid go away, Moreira ‘very confident’ he’ll pass test
Pretty much bang on 12 hours passed between the Jockey Club ruling Zac Purton out of Wednesday night’s Happy Valley meeting and declaring him fit to take rides at Sha Tin on Sunday.…
Jockey Club determined to farewell Moreira on its terms, not his
Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has told Joao Moreira before that Hong Kong “is not a place you can walk in and out of” and it seems there’ll be no red carpet…