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Race 10, Gonna Run, ridden by Vincent Ho, won the class 3 over 1600m at Sha Tin on 01Jan16.

Absent Caspar Fownes rings in new year with French flavour

Leading trainer is on holidays in Australia but claims a double with one-time Prix du Jockey Club fifth Gonna Run and ex-Brit Double Point, who was a stakes performer across the English Channel

1 Jan 2016

Race 6, Gun Pit, ridden by Zac Purton, won the class 1 over 1650m(all weather track) at Sha Tin on 18Nov15.

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Caspar Fownes hopes HK dirt star Gun Pit learns from experience after failing to fire in Japan

6 Dec 2015 - 3:45 PM

Peace Combination scores an effortless win on Wednesday night and looks bound to win again in Class Four. Photo: Kenneth Chan

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Peace Combination to head higher after Happy Valley win

4 Dec 2015 - 12:34 AM

Gun Pit is heading for Japan and Sunday's Champions Cup, having run out of races for him in Hong Kong. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Happy Lucky Dragon Win

All-weather worries: what to do with Hong Kong's best dirt horses at home?

1 Dec 2015 - 1:45 AM

Gun Pit will be on a plane on Tuesday as he begins his overseas campaign in Chukyo, Japan. Photo: Kenneth Chan

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Gun Pit confirms start for Champions Cup in Japan

21 Nov 2015 - 1:17 AM

Zac Purton stands up as Gun Pit records an effortless win on Wednesday night. He will now target the Champions Cup in Japan. Photos: Kenneth Chan

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Gun Pit to shoot for Japan glory after easy win on the dirt at Sha Tin

18 Nov 2015 - 11:45 PM

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Dirt freak Gun Pit shoots for seven straight ahead of Japan trip

17 Nov 2015 - 10:37 PM

Lucky Double Eight has been in Hong Kong for two years but can finally break through. Photo: Kenneth Chan

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Lucky Double Eight's long wait can come to an end for Caspar Fownes

21 Oct 2015 - 8:43 PM

The Sprinters Stakes is no longer on the agenda for Lucky Nine. Photos: Kenneth Chan

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Scratched from Japan: Lucky Nine not going to Sprinters Stakes after sixth in barrier trial

18 Sep 2015 - 10:13 PM

I'm In Charge (Matthew Chadwick) takes advantage of his light weight to win the HKSAR Chief Executive's Cup, a third win in the race for trainer Caspar Fownes. Photos: Kenneth Chan

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Chief Executive's Cup a changing of the guard as Caspar Fownes takes Charge

6 Sep 2015 - 11:29 PM

Veteran sprinter Lucky Nine could make his reappearance in the HKSAR Chief Executive's Cup on September 6. Photos: Kenneth Chan

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Veteran sprinter Lucky Nine could line up at opener to racing season

25 Aug 2015 - 11:30 PM

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Reigning champion trainer Caspar Fownes aims for another title

15 Jun 2015 - 11:29 PM

Keith Yeung returns on Travel Brother after the five-year-old returned to something near his best to win the Class One mile. Photo: Kenneth Chan

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Travel Brother more than just 'two stones lighter' but slowly finding best

25 May 2015 - 12:15 AM

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Lucky Nine not just in Singapore to make up the numbers

15 May 2015 - 11:34 PM

Zac Purton gets to work on Renaissance Art who finishes strongly to breakthrough for a win. Photos: Kenneth Chan

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Masterstroke as Fownes' Art brushes aside field

1 Mar 2015 - 11:30 PM

Military Attack will run again in the Centenary Vase on February 7. Photos: Kenneth Chan

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Caspar Fownes keeps powder dry with Military Attack and Lucky Nine

19 Jan 2015 - 11:30 PM

Zac Purton crosses the line aboard Gun Pit an easy winner, the horse's fourth on the trot on the dirt. Photos: Kenneth Chan

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Conundrum for Gun Pit - Dubai or the classics?

20 Dec 2014 - 11:30 PM

Military Attack (Zac Purton) gets up on the inside to just get the better of Gold-Fun (Douglas Whyte). Ambitious Dragon (Gerald Mosse) was third. Photo: Kenneth Chan

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Champions of old on the Attack as Rome crumbles

26 Oct 2014 - 11:30 PM

Alan Aitken has worked in all facets of the media and was the master of the famous AJC Punters Podium at Sydney racecourses for many years. He was one of Australia's most respected racing journalists over almost two decades with The Sydney Morning Herald before joining SCMP in 2001. Alan also has extensive magazine and radio experience and is a respected racing form analyst.

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