Sam Agars

Sunday's top tips from the Post's racing team WINNING OVATION - R7 (3) Impressed last campaign and strikes an ideal race first up

The first week of the 2026-27 Hong Kong racing season is in the books and there are plenty of reasons to be excited about what lies ahead this campaign.

Champion Hong Kong galloper Ka Ying Rising has created history by achieving the highest rating ever for a sprinter for his stunning victory at Sha Tin last Sunday.

Brenton Avdulla has declared he has no intentions of returning home to Australia this season as he bids to prove himself worthy of a licence extension beyond February....

Mark Newnham has made a strong start to the new season and will be looking to keep the momentum rolling with a team that includes promising Australian import Money Games at Sha Tin on Sunday....

The first two meetings of the new season have been run and won and racing continues at Sha Tin on Sunday with a competitive 10-race card.

Sunday's top tips from the Post's racing team LUCY IN THE SKY - R9 (5) Backs up off a solid return and drops in weight with the apprentice claim in play

After a testing start to the campaign, Ellis Wong Chi-wang righted the ship with a brilliant double at Sha Tin on Sunday, headlined by Alpha Strike's wayward win in the Class Three Wah Fu Handicap (1,000m).

David Eustace has high hopes a minor change to his early season approach will pay off when he takes a strong team of four to Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

Jedi Spurs' $1.10 defeat was the “biggest shock” of last season for David Hayes, but “even Ka Ying Rising got beat” when he was young says his trainer, and he is relishing the chance to show it was just a blip for his highly-regarded sprinter.