First season trainer Jimmy Ting’s flying start to the racing year continued today when he claimed a double in the first five races, all won by local trainers, at Sha Tin. He now boasts 16 winners for the racing year which takes him to the top of the trainer’s table, two ahead of Tony Millard.
Ting is certainly making a great fist of emulating Frankie Lor’s remarkable first season numbers last year. After the corresponding meeting in 2017, Lor was atop the premiership with 19 winners.
“The results have been great,’ Ting said, ‘I didn’t expect to have this many winners at this stage of the season but the horses are happy and healthy so I’m very happy. I thought the two horses today came with good chances to win.” His winners had support starting at 6.1 and 5.4 respectively.