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He may not have many big races left before leaving Hong Kong at the end of the season but Blake Shinn is determined to make the most of some huge rides on FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin.…

Blake Shinn will not ride in Hong Kong next season, with the Australian jockey saying the mental stress of living under suffocating Covid-19 restrictions has become too much.…

Let’s start with a quiz question. Outside Hong Kong’s top three jockeys – Zac Purton, Joao Moreira and Karis Teetan – which rider has the best strike-rate when it comes to finishing in the…

Francis Lui Kin-wai is chasing his second BMW Hong Kong Derby victory in three seasons and the man he has enlisted to help him make it happen feels that the veteran trainer “probably owes me…

Unless your name is Joao Moreira or Zac Purton, it’s pretty rare to head into a weekend with hopes of riding a Group One double but Blake Shinn returns from suspension at Sha Tin on Sunday…

Blake Shinn makes a return to the saddle at Happy Valley on Wednesday night after completing a three-meeting suspension handed out to him after he landed the Hong Kong Sprint aboard Sky…

It was a measure of the men that Blake Shinn and Caspar Fownes were thinking more about the jockeys who had fallen during the race than the fact that they had just combined to land the rider…

He’s won some of Australia’s biggest races but remarkably Blake Shinn is yet to ride in a Group One feature at the Hong Kong International Races, something that will change on December 12.…

Hong Kong racing had its latest little reminder of the unpredictable nature of operating within a global pandemic on Wednesday, with at least three jockeys and a handful of key staff having…

He beat all but Super Wealthy under top weight in the National Day Cup and Blake Shinn feels that if Sky Field can go one better in Sunday’s Group Two Premier Bowl (1,200m), the Group One…