Author Archives: KH Lau

We all saw two highly talented young jockeys taking their chance with both hands, riding some impressive winners at Happy Valley this week. Damian Lane was one of those as he made a huge impact by scoring a double that evening, while Oisin Murphy added another win, his second in consecutive meetings.  I believe many…

On Thursday we announced the latest phase of our youth football development programme as developed in collaboration with Manchester United.  Hong Kong’s star boxer Rex Tso also came to our occasion and shared his personal experiences to all guests and attending young footballers. I think we need no introduction to Rex as he has been…

Hong Kong Jockey Club Cup Guangzhou Final. More than 30 international and Mainland-based riders competed and first and foremost, I offer my sincerest congratulations to all the winners, but most especially to Kenneth Cheng, a member of the Club’s Equestrian Team, and winner of the Elite Class competition. Teammate Raena Leung was fourth in the…

I have the pleasure of being in Guangzhou today for the Longines China Tour Hong Kong Jockey Club Cup Guangzhou Final, which includes members of the Club’s Equestrian Team. The heart of the competition will be ongoing when you are reading this. I had a chance to speak to the Club’s squad today and wished…

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the launch ceremony for CoolThink@JC, a new initiative created and funded by the Club’s Charities Trust, and co-created by the Education University of Hong Kong, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from the United States and City University of Hong Kong, with the support of the Education Bureau. There…

The major flat season in Europe came to an end about a fortnight ago and this midweek was the annual Cartier Awards ceremony, offering accolades to those thoroughbreds and horsemen who had outstanding achievements in the past year.  The top award, the Cartier Horse of the Year, went to the brilliant Aidan O’Brien-trained filly Minding.…

Horse Of Fortune produced a game run to make his pattern race breakthrough, in his victory in the G3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse at Sha Tin on Sunday. In my opinion it was also quite impressive to see the top-weighted Helene Paragon flying home from way back to get a runner-up finish in the same…

I am glad that the Independent Review Panel appointed by the Board of Stewards of the Club has identified and announced the likely causes for the partial collapse of the Married Inspectors’ Quarters of the former Central Police Station Compound happened at end of May this year. This is an important step for this heritage project…

It was a great honour to receive the Gold Bauhinia Star on Saturday during the 2016 Honours and Awards Presentation Ceremony at Government House. I invited former Club Chairman Dr. John Chan to witness the ceremony as he was the Chairman at the time of my appointment as CEO and am incredibly thankful for the…

I believe most fans are well aware of the unfortunate and very rare gate incident from Wednesday at Happy Valley. The starting gate involved was just commissioned into service this season, and it shared a slightly different structure from other models which are also used. It was our tracks team’s usual practice to place the rakes next to…