Trainer Caspar Fownes enjoys the opening-day success of The Heir. Photos: Kenneth Chan
While most of the attention late last term was on the battle between John Size and David Hayes and eventually on the indomitable Size’s 13th premiership, Caspar Fownes was in the background compiling his best season since the last time he won the premiership in 2020-21.
Any trainer who reaches a half-century in a Hong Kong season has had a successful campaign and Fownes walked away satisfied with his 52 victories, despite finishing 17 successes adrift of Size in third place in the title race.
“I was very happy with last season with what I had. I set myself a task and I was able to achieve it, so it was good,” he said.
That 2020-21 title was Fownes’ fourth and he has been remarkably consistent since, compiling win totals of 45, 51, 51 and last season’s 52.
