Author Archives: KH Lau

Our international guests are arriving in Hong Kong for the APQEII Cup week and will surely join us at the races tonight in Happy Valley. We will also have many friends from Korea here tonight for the annual running of the Korea Racing Authority Trophy. Korea is a growing jurisdiction in Asian racing, promoted last…

The European football season is coming to its climax. I’m sure many fans have seen the Champions League matches of late and it was certainly sad for me to see two German teams, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, crash out in the quarterfinals. In particular, I think it’s luckless for Bayern as they managed to…

Our Monday meeting at Sha Tin was capped by the emergence of Magic Legend. This talented young private purchase earned his fourth consecutive win since arriving in Hong Kong, an incredibly rare feat for a horse which must jump straight into our incredibly competitive upper handicap classes. While trainer John Moore originally intended to face…

Many of us in the Club joined with about 47,000 participants in the Riding High Together Festival over the past three days. I was there on the opening day on Friday and was glad to meet so many happy faces at Sha Tin Racecourse. Our theme this year is “Let’s Kindle Our Creativity”. For sure arts…

The quality of our elite four-year-olds was put to the test at Sha Tin last Sunday and they passed with flying colours. Mr Stunning was the first who impressed me as he took the Sprint Cup in style, scoring a comfortable win over Peniaphobia. His win has confirmed the John Size trainee as a major…

Earlier this week, the Licensing Committee announced the granting of a trainer’s licence to long-time assistant Frankie Lor for next season. Frankie has worked in the local racing industry for many years, initially as a jockey and more recently as the assistant trainer with John Moore and John Size, where he accumulated significant training experience…

Last Sunday at Sha Tin was what I would call, a meeting for our more dedicated, hardcore racing fans as the feature race on the day was a competitive Class 2 handicap, but yet we set a new record for turnover from commingling at HK$159.5 million. The main driver of this growth has been the…

The Hong Kong football team commenced their Asian Cup qualifier campaign on Tuesday but they suffered a 0-2 loss away to Lebanon in Beirut. Despite not getting the best start as they would have wished, I’m sure fans will be supportive and hopeful for their upcoming matches. For the Club we also hosted a football-related…

Following my productive meetings on Friday in Dubai, it was a real pleasure to be present for the annual Dubai World Cup meeting, and in particular, witness the tremendous talent of American dirt champion Arrogate in the US$10 million race. As the world’s top rated horse of 2016 according to the IFHA’s Longines World’s Best…

On Wednesday we announced the entries for the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup in April and also the Champions Mile and Chairman’s Sprint Prize in May. We are delighted to receive strong support from various local and overseas connections, including 111 horses entered, including 38 G1 winners. Apart from three of the four winners…