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Ricky Yiu is a famous racehorse trainer in Hong Kong. Born in 1957, he is the first Chinese trainer to have won at Group One level on foreign soil, taking out the Sprinters Stakes in Japan with Ultra Fantasy and the KrisFlyer Sprint in Singapore with Sacred Kingdom.
Ricky Yiu’s star will jump from the inside alley on Saturday night, while Straight Arron cops gate 12 and California Spangle’s connections are hoping history repeats
While James McDonald, Zac Purton and Alexis Badel have all ridden the reigning Hong Kong Derby champion this season, the veteran trainer is confident the Godolphin jockey is the man for the job
Veteran trainer hopes his decision to call upon the Australian ace is vindicated in Sunday’s feature
Trainer Ricky Yiu confirms World Cup night at Meydan is very much on the cards for his stable star
Veteran trainer and British jockey taste success as a duo for the first time since 2022 thanks to the victory of Eighteen Palms
Last-start winner Watch Buddy contests the second section of the Class Three Victoria Park Handicap (1,200m) on Wednesday night
Italian jockey takes out the Centenary Vase with Nimble Nimbus and also gets the best out of Ka Ying Generation at Sha Tin on Sunday
While there’ll never be another Golden Sixty, the future is in safe hands thanks to Ricky Yiu’s dynamic miler: ‘He’s going to be a force to be reckoned with’
Progressive galloper aims for back-to-back wins over 1,200m at the city circuit in Friday night’s Class Three High West Handicap
The Ricky Yiu-trained miler recorded the campaign’s widest winning margin two weeks ago when he won by four and three-quarter lengths at Happy Valley
Two promising trials have Voyage Bubble’s trainer bullish that last year’s Classic Series hero can serve it up to California Spangle and Beauty Eternal
Former champion trainer saddles the winners of the final three races on the city circuit’s only daytime programme this season
Comeback galloper is one of several good chances on Saturday for the 2019-20 title-winning trainer, who has fired blanks at 13 of the past 15 meetings
Thirteen-time Group One-winning Australian jockey kicks off short-term Hong Kong contract with three rides at the city circuit on Wednesday night
Ricky Yiu considers setting his star for the Hong Kong Macau Trophy instead of the Champions Mile as he saddles four last-start winners at Sha Tin on Sunday
Voyage Bubble’s buyer and trainer has saddled more winners this month and this year than any other conditioner, plus he’s outperforming the market
Voyage Bubble, who the veteran handler bought for A$380,000 three years ago, supplies the 2019-20 champion with his first victory in the race
Wins to Excellent Fighter, Colonel, Darci Joy and Adefill mean the veteran trainer is all but on track to match his 2019-20 title-winning haul of 67
Mauritian rider is leaning towards partnering Flagship Warrior in this month’s HK$24 million feature, but the Group One-winning import intrigues him
In-form trainer’s three wins at the city circuit improve his seasonal tally to 31 and put him on the coattails of John Size and Frankie Lor
Hong Kong’s hottest trainer saddles a strong squad to Sha Tin on Sunday, including one of this season’s unluckiest losers on his recovery mission
Australian rider makes all aboard Ricky Yiu’s front runner to become the first female jockey to win one of the city’s principal feature races
Brazilian jockey gets the best out of Ricky Yiu’s British import to land Tuesday afternoon’s feature, but is also hit with his fifth careless riding ban of the season
Bulletproof’s victory at $111 is the veteran trainer’s longest-priced success in more than a decade, while Zac Purton lands a quartet at Sha Tin on Saturday
Trainer turns to Brazilian and French jockeys because Jye McNeil and Derek Leung cannot continue their winning associations with his rising stars
Connections of Hong Kong’s highest-rated galloper without a local victory are hoping he switches off early, switches on late and wins at Sha Tin on Sunday
It hasn’t been an easy six-week stay for the Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, but he finally tastes success with Excellent Fighter at Sha Tin on Sunday
New Zealander secures his first victory at headquarters as Lyle Hewitson guides the four-year-old home in the Class Four Lukfook Jewellery Wedding Collection Handicap (1,200m)
Ricky Yiu’s galloper racks up his fourth victory of the season and is on the verge of reaching a triple-figure rating.