Zac Purton has declared Ka Ying Rising’s outstanding win in the HK$3.72 million (approx. £350,000) Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap at Sha Tin on Sunday, September 7 was the equal-best of the champion sprinter’s stunning career.

Fresh from an impromptu riding cameo in Great Britain, Harry Bentley hopes to spark a successful start to the 2025/26 Hong Kong season when he partners Victor The Winner in the HK$3.72 million (approx. £350,000) Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap at Sha Tin on Sunday (7 September).

David Probert will take his first rides in Hong Kong on Sunday at the 2025/26 season-opening meeting at Sha Tin, while fellow British rider, Richard Kingscote, who rode four winners from 42 rides in a short stint last season, has been booked for six rides.

Ratings experts Timeform have questioned the decision not to give A Dream To Share an official handicap mark.

The well-fancied second favourite for the Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap at Newmarket on October 11, has been deemed ineligible to run in the race by the British Horseracing Authority because he does not have an official handicap rating.

World Pool has confirmed fixtures for the remainder of 2025, with the globally commingled pools set to be in operation on new race days from Australia and the UK in the final quarter of the year.

William Hill ambassador Gavin Cromwell has revealed that Stumptown is set to head to Czechia in October to run in the Velká Pardubická.

A two-year-old has not won the Nunthorpe since Kingsgate Native scored in 2007 but juveniles are far from at a disadvantage, according to the ratings experts at Timeform.

Two-year-old colts and geldings receive 22 lb from three-year-olds and 24 lb from four-year-olds and up to account for their lack of physical maturity. However, Timeform believes this weight-for-age allowance is too generous and that a concession of 16 lb would be fairer.

Long-standing Great St Wilfrid sponsors William Hill will donate all profits from this year’s race to the MND Association, with a minimum of £30,000 to be donated.

An impressive win for Field Of Gold in Sussex Stakes could see the John and Thady Gosden-trained three-year-old exceed his sire Kingman’s peak Timeform rating of 134.

One of the best performances at the July Festival last week came from the Aidan O’Brien-trained Scandinavia (118+ from 104) who won the Bahrain Trophy Stakes by eight and a half lengths.

Two new World Pool races from York are set to be globally commingled alongside eight World Pool races from Ascot on King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day on Saturday 26 July.

Delacroix has earned a Timeform rating of 129+ (from 116p) following his dramatic victory in the Coral-Eclipse on Saturday and is now rated only 3 lb behind leading three-year-old Field Of Gold (132p) who is also the highest-rated horse in Europe.

Impressive Prince of Wales's Stakes winner Ombudsman is 5lb clear on Timeform's weight-adjusted ratings for the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday.