Author Archives: KH Lau

On Wednesday, we announced the full first-stage entries for the 2017 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races in December. It was great to see the support from many overseas connections, and we have 26 more individual horses entered for our four big races when compared to 2016, while the number of individual entries for each of…

It was a short but exciting trip for me to attend British Champions Day in Britain. As you may have seen from the coverage, it was particularly windy and the going was definitely on the heavy side. I had the chance to speak with many of the top European connections and was delighted to hear…

Yesterday at Happy Valley Racecourse, our friends with the HKT Hong Kong E-Prix unveiled the plans for their 2017 event, which will take place at the purpose-built Central Harbourfront circuit on 2-3 December, and is the first of 11 stops around the world on the Formula E schedule for their 2017/18 season. The E-Prix is…

We have a quick turnaround to Saturday racing this week. With the historic Group 1 races that comprise much of the Melbourne Spring Carnival looming in the coming weeks, our simulcast schedule will also be getting quite busy. The Caulfield Cup will be carried next week along with the big Group 1 races as part…

The great Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien is edging closer to a single-season record for Group 1 wins in a season. Roly Poly’s win in Saturday’s Sun Chariot Stakes brought O’Brien his 23rd win at top level this term, requiring three more to pass America’s late Bobby Frankel. He will have plenty of opportunities with the…

We were very glad to have Mr. Karsten Tietz, Deputy Consul General of Germany in Hong Kong, join us for the kick-off ceremony of our Oktoberfest celebrations at Happy Valley on Thursday. Combined with the holiday and this being one of our most popular annual events at Happy Valley, I’m sure our fans enjoyed the…

It was a key weekend of international racing with many of the world’s racing fans focused on Chantilly. The stellar filly Enable dominating the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in classy fashion with Frankie Dettori hailing the John Gosden trainee as the best filly he has ever ridden while emerging sprinting superstar Battaash ran away…

As I said in my midweek blog, I spent some great time with more than a dozen top local athletes at the Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme ceremony on Wednesday. It was enjoyable to meet all these top sportsmen on the same occasion and offer them the congratulations they thoroughly deserved. I wish them…

If you have closely followed local sports news, I’m sure you noticed our Hong Kong athletes fared quite well in recent meets such as the World University Games held in Taipei and the National Games in Tianjin. They won a total of four medals in the Universiade and 16 medals in the National Games, representing…

Fans of Manchester United and Manchester City should be delighted recently as their beloved squads enjoyed promising starts for the season. It is especially pleasing to see Manchester United with this strong start given their being a great partner of the Club in promoting football here in Hong Kong. Both teams share the top spot…