Determined to eclipse last season’s impressive debut performance, Pierre Ng moved to the top of the Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (18 October) to lead Francis Lui and Caspar Fownes in the 2023/24 standings.
Ng’s excellent campaign continued when the young handler struck with Tattenham’s upset victory for Antoine Hamelin in the Class 4 Flying Handicap (1200m) before combining with Harry Bentley to land the Class 4 LONGINES Cup Handicap (1200m) with Healthy Healthy.
With 11 wins and 14 placings from 11 meetings, Ng has quickly laid the foundations for another strong season after he saddled 41 wins in his debut campaign and holds sway over Lui, who also has 11 wins and 13 placings, and Caspar Fownes, who has 11 wins (including a dead-heat) and 15 placings. Danny Shum also has 11 wins so far this season.
“Definitely, it was our plan from the stable, the whole staff, to make a good start and the team has worked very well to prepare for these two months and hopefully we can achieve more and that it will better than last season,” Ng, 40, said. We’re just looking for better results – there is no target, no number – if we do better than last season, I’ll be happy.”