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Business Insider
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Jefferies Sticks to Their Sell Rating for Nestlé SA (NSRGF)
Jefferies analyst David Hayes maintained a Sell rating on Nestlé SA (NSRGF – Research Report) today and set a price target of CHF77.00. The company's shares closed last Friday at $107.30. Confident Investing Starts Here: According to TipRanks, Hayes is ranked #3370 out of 9536 analysts. Nestlé SA has an analyst consensus of Hold, with a price target consensus of $105.51. Based on Nestlé SA's latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $46.49 billion and a net profit of $5.24 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $46.71 billion and had a net profit of $5.56 billion Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 11 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is neutral on the stock.
South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
David Hayes hopes draw is no barrier to success with Chateauneuf at Happy Valley
Chateauneuf and Luke Ferraris win at Happy Valley on May 7. Photos: Kenneth Chan David Hayes has high hopes for Chateauneuf making barrier 11 look insignificant when he lines up in the Class Three Seine Handicap (1,200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The Fastnet Rock gelding snapped a losing run of nine races when he blazed home to win the Class Three Parislongchamp Handicap (1,200m) three weeks ago. From the inside draw, Luke Ferraris pinged him out into the box seat along the rail and angled out his mount as the field turned into the home straight. When asked, Chateauneuf engaged the afterburners and scorched clear by just over two lengths. The handicapper had his say with a nine-pound rise and drawing barrier 11 is not ideal either, but Hayes is hoping another smash break could help his four-year-old overcome his car-park draw. Chateauneuf spanks 'em! 🔥 Easy win in the finale for David Hayes' galloper and @LukeFerraris at Happy Valley tonight... #HappyWednesdayu | #HKracing — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) May 7, 2025 'He got a beautiful run from the inside gate last time, but now he's got a wide gate and topweight,' said Hayes. 'His trackwork suggests he's held his form and his last couple of starts he's been a fast beginner, so if Luke jumps well he'll angle him outside the leader. 'The time before when he went to the front, his instructions were actually to go back to last, but he jumped so fast that he improvised and it was the right decision. 'If he shows that gate speed again, the 11 gate might not be as bad as it first looked. Though I'd be more concerned about the barrier than the weight he's carrying. 'The way he's been training lately, he's been training like he's an 80-rated horse.' HK Racing News Get updates direct to your inbox Sign up Best Bets Racing News By registering you agree to our T&Cs & Privacy Policy Error: Please enter a valid email. The email address is already in use. Please login to subscribe. Error, please try again later. THANK YOU You are one the list. UNBELIEVABLE! 🤯 31 years since River Verdon won the #TripleCrown for the first time, Hong Kong has a second winner of the series in Voyage Bubble, who makes light work of his Champions & Chater Cup rivals... 🏆🏆🏆@WorldPool | @mcacajamez | #HKracing — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) May 25, 2025 Hayes was given a big reason to smile on the weekend when Rubylot ran a mighty race to finish second to Voyage Bubble in the Group One Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2,400m). Settled towards the rear of the field, Rubylot skimmed the paint throughout under Hugh Bowman and lashed home in the final 200m to pick up the second-place cheque. Any stamina doubts were quickly cast off and has left Hayes with plenty of options for next season, though he will be mindful who Rubylot goes up against. 'We don't count Voyage Bubble as a local – he's an international horse – and of the locals who ran in the QE II, we were confident he could beat them all,' said Hayes. 'It was a great effort to run second to a true champion. 'We'll go where Romantic Warrior and Voyage Bubble ain't next season! We'll put him away now for a well-deserved rest and he'll be raring to go for the new season.' Ka Ying Rising thumps his rivals on Champions Day under Zac Purton. And Hayes also gave a positive update on superstar sprinter Ka Ying Rising, who was last seen extending his winning sequence to 12 in a dominant Group One Chairman's Sprint Prize (1,200m) performance on Champions Day at Sha Tin. 'Ka Ying Rising has been holidaying and going out in the paddock every day. He's starts trotting next week, ready to peak in October,' said Hayes. Hayes remains in contention for the trainers' title with just 14 meetings to go before the curtain comes down, sitting five winners behind John Size.
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
John Size shrugs off mini-drought to land Hong Kong win 1,600: ‘I've taken my time'
It was all smiles for John Size after bagging his 1600th winner at Sha Tin. Photos: Kenneth Chan John Size ended a frustrating mini-drought at Sha Tin on Sunday to celebrate his 1,600th Hong Kong victory and boost his claims of holding off a surging David Hayes in the trainers' championship. Size joined fellow Australian John Moore (1,735 wins) as the only trainers to reach the major milestone in the city when Stellar Express romped home in the Class Three Indigenous Handicap (1,000m). Relief was the overwhelming emotion for the 70-year-old, who halted his winless streak at 36 runners while claiming a crucial win as his battle with Hayes heats up. 'I've taken my time, but finally got there. It's always nice to get some sort of milestone or number up – that's the one today,' said Size, who last tasted success with Perfect Pairing at Happy Valley on May 7. 1⃣,6⃣0⃣0⃣ HONG KONG WINS FOR JOHN SIZE! 👏 Stellar Express brings up a major milestone for our 12-time champion trainer, who becomes the second in history to reach the mark... 🍾 @brentonavdulla @WorldPool | #TripleCrown | #HKracing — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) May 25, 2025 Since landing his first premiership in his debut season in the city in 2000-01, Size has become a legend of Hong Kong racing with a record 12 titles and a host of star gallopers and Group One successes. The Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee's bid for another title strengthened when he overcame a sluggish start to the campaign to establish a double-digit lead. However, Hayes cut the deficit to four wins when Shamus Storm won Sunday's Class Four Exultant Handicap (1,400m) before Size struck back. 'I'm hanging on by the skin of my teeth. We'll just keep trying,' Size said. HK Racing News Get updates direct to your inbox Sign up Best Bets Racing News By registering you agree to our T&Cs & Privacy Policy Error: Please enter a valid email. The email address is already in use. Please login to subscribe. Error, please try again later. THANK YOU You are one the list. Brenton Avdulla celebrates on John Size's 1600th winner Stellar Express. Jockey Brenton Avdulla was thrilled to help deliver Size his milestone triumph when Stellar Express made all to bolt in by two lengths from the Hayes-trained Metro Power. 'It's worked out well because I was a bit upset, thinking I would miss out on riding it for him because John has gone three or four meetings without a winner when I wasn't riding,' said Avdulla, who has served careless riding suspensions while Size was stranded on 1,599 wins. 'I thought he might have got it when I was off but it's actually an honour to ride the winner that brings up the 1,600th for John and it's great that it's for [owner] Larry Yung [Chi-kin], who's a big supporter. 'It's a brilliant result and hopefully we can help John onto another premiership.' Stellar Express added Sunday's win to his Class Two triumph down the straight in December. A double for Brenton Avdulla took him to the 40-winner mark for the season. Hayes managed to keep pace with Size after Shamus Storm was given a brilliant ride by Zac Purton to win the Class Four Exultant Handicap (1,400m). It was fifth-time lucky for the Shamus Award galloper, who settled towards the rear of the pack before Purton made a move off the turn to box in his main rival Max Que heading into the straight. It was a move that proved crucial, with Shamus Storm getting first run and justifying $2.2 favouritism in the process. The win had Hayes keeping one eye on the championship, while admitting the task had been made a bit tougher after today. 'It's been a bit of a frustrating day. Ka Ying Glory ran faster than the Class One and got beaten, and Fortune Boy I thought was my best of the day and he got scratched at the gate,' said Hayes. 'I need to have a day where I sneak up on him – if I was further away then I wouldn't be able to win.' The win formed part of Purton treble, with Packing Hermod saluting in the Class Two River Verdon Handicap (1,400m) and Top Dragon ending the card in style by claiming the Class Three Oriental Express Handicap (1,400m).
South China Morning Post
19-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
David Hayes hopes for a Champions & Chater upset with Rubylot against ‘horse to beat' Dubai Honour
Trainer praying for some rain to help his Classic Cup (1,800m) winner measure up at the elite level Dubai Honour is the 'horse to beat' in Sunday's Group One Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2,400m) but David Hayes is relishing the chance to try and cause an upset with Classic Cup (1,800m) winner Rubylot. Rubylot ran sixth in the first leg of the Classic Series, the Classic Mile, before defying $14 odds to come from nearly last to first to mow down My Wish and win the Classic Cup. The four-year-old ran another stormer when finishing strongly into fifth in the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2,000m) and was last seen finishing an unlucky sixth in the Group One FWD QE II Cup (2,000m) on Champions Day. Rubylot was shuffled to the back of the field after an inside trip and his rider Hugh Bowman had to take the daring route between horses, copping a sizeable bump before lashing home. Rubylot mows them down in the Hong Kong Classic Cup at Sha Tin! My Wish is brave in defeat as @brentonavdulla and David Hayes combine for victory... 🏆#4YOSeries | #LoveRacing | #HKracing — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) March 2, 2025 Hayes reports Rubylot is in flying form in the mornings as he prepares to watch the Rubick galloper have his final piece of work. 'We're up at Conghua for his final piece of work on Tuesday before Sunday's big day,' said Hayes. 'He's working like a horse that's really peaking and not going off. 'He's by Rubick so some people would say he wouldn't run a mile and a half, but if you look at the dam's side, it's a very dour European type. 'With luck, I think he could have easily placed in the QE II Cup and that's the elite level. Hugh [Bowman] is very confident he can run a placing and be competitive with the locals.' The race has been billed as a clash between the Triple Crown-seeking Voyage Bubble and top-class foreign raider Dubai Honour, with the rest of the runners making up a supporting cast. Voyage Bubble will bid to become just the second Hong Kong Triple Crown winner on Sunday after wins in the Group One Stewards' Cup (1,600m) and the Group One Hong Kong Gold Cup (2,000m), but like a vast majority of the locals he has stamina to prove on his first try at the trip. No such reservations are held for William Haggas' Dubai Honour, who is a two-time Group One winner at the 2,400m distance, most recently when flashing home to collect the Group One Tancred Stakes at Rosehill (2,400m). He is proven at Sha Tin by virtue of his narrow second in the Group One Hong Kong Vase (2,400m) back in December and Hayes is under no illusions about who is the horse to beat. A fourth Group 1 for Dubai Honour! 🏆@TomMarquand's mount protected his 100% record in Australia earlier this morning, seeing off Duke De Sessa to land the Tancred Stakes for @WilliamHaggas... — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) April 1, 2025 'Dubai Honour is the horse to beat, he's got nothing to prove compared to the local horses,' said Hayes. 'People have billed it as a clash between him and Voyage Bubble and I do see it that way as well. 'If there's a horse that can cause an upset, maybe that's us, but realistically I'd be over the moon to run in the first three. I have incredible respect for Voyage Bubble. 'I haven't looked at Voyage Bubble's pedigree but he's very good at 2,000m – if it rains then Rubylot will love it and it will make things very interesting.'
South China Morning Post
18-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
David Hayes fires in treble to create ‘glimmer of hope' in title race
Apprentice Ellis Wong and trainer David Hayes are all smiles after Solid Shalaa's Sha Tin victory. Photos: Kenneth Chan David Hayes admits a late-season charge at the trainers' title is a long shot, but the champion handler hasn't given up all hope after reducing John Size's lead to six wins with a treble at Sha Tin on Sunday. Hayes reached a half-century of winners for the season after Oriental Smoke, Solid Shalaa and World Hero scored to potentially add some spice to the premiership battle. 'It is a long shot but there is a glimmer of hope,' said Hayes, who won Hong Kong trainers' championships in 1997-98 and 1998-99. 'I've got a lot of young horses that are going to start running that are trialling well, but basically I have to keep going and John has to stop winning. Every time John trains a winner, it's hard, but it's worth giving it a go. 'I'd definitely love to run second and if John doesn't train a winner or two in the next few weeks and I get a couple, it will get interesting. It's a big margin, but you can dream.' World Hero leads throughout and David Hayes has a treble at Sha Tin! 🔥#LoveRacing | #HKracing — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) May 18, 2025 Hayes credited support from owners for his superb campaign, which has been headlined by superstar sprinter Ka Ying Rising's record-equalling eight wins from as many starts. 'I had a very strong team of young horses but they kept leaving my stable. I lost 40 horses in 18 months and that's almost career-destroying,' Hayes said of his stable departures two seasons ago. 'Luckily we've recovered and we're not losing horses now. That's the only difference that I've seen – that owners I have now are staying, not moving, and some of the big ones are coming back.' HK Racing News Get updates direct to your inbox Sign up Best Bets Racing News By registering you agree to our T&Cs & Privacy Policy Error: Please enter a valid email. The email address is already in use. Please login to subscribe. Error, please try again later. THANK YOU You are one the list. Oriental Smoke kick-started Hayes' three-timer with his first victory since March last year when Zac Purton booted him home in the Class Four Members' Care@HKJC Handicap (1,800m). After a perfect trip in the box seat, the seven-year-old cruised to the lead early in the straight and was eased down late by Purton to cling on by a neck from the fast-finishing Double Win. Oriental Smoke scores under Zac Purton. Solid Shalaa handled the rise to Class Three to make it back-to-back victories with a barnstorming display under Ellis Wong Chi-wang in The Members Cup (1,200m) on dirt. Taken back to third last after a slow start, Solid Shalaa saved ground along the inside rail in the straight and gunned down tearaway leader Packing Bole to score by a neck. The five-year-old has made a strong return from multiple leg injuries with a close second and two wins from three starts this term. 'His form all season really has been terrific and he's an elite dirt horse, I think,' Hayes said. Solid Shalaa (outside) chases down Packing Bole to score. 'He loves this track, loves this distance and Wong rides the horse really well. I have to say it was a great ride. 'I like supporting the younger riders and when they get confident, their seven and 10lbs [claim] is a huge help. At the moment, he's confident on my horses and I'm very happy to use him.' Brown-lamped from $21 to $7.2 late in betting, World Hero landed a plunge when making all under Alexis Badel in the Class Four Sha Tin Clubhouse Handicap (1,400m).
