Author Archives: KH Lau

I am really disappointed that I could not make it to the HKJC Community Cup on Friday because, unfortunately, the once reliable Cathay Pacific was not able to bring me back in time. I went to Shanghai on Thursday to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and booked the early CX 365 flight back to Hong Kong…

I’d like to wish all of our fans a very Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Friday is our third annual HKJC Community Cup for social wellness at Mongkok Stadium featuring the Eastern Long Lions and Kitchee. This match begins at 17:30 and I’m sure it will be a competitive affair as usual. The overall action commences at…

Persistent rain did not dampen the strong enthusiasm of our fans in the season’s first meeting at Happy Valley. This was the first occasion since our modern recordkeeping began in the late 1990s that turnover for the first midweek meeting of the season topped the $1 billion mark, and overall, turnover was up more than…

A superb Saturday crowd of more than 63,000 joined us and helped create a sensational atmosphere at the season opening meeting at Sha Tin Racecourse last weekend. The turnover for our 10 races reached a record high for a season opening meeting at HK$1.214 billion, which was up by more than five per cent when…

The wait for the new season of racing is over.  Soon we will gather at the parade ring of Sha Tin Racecourse and our officiating guests will strike the gong to officially kick start the 2016/17 racing season. The new season also symbolizes a new stage for the Club.  This season our racing fixtures have…

We are rapidly approaching the end of our summer break and I hope it has been enjoyable for all of our racing fans. I have spent some time in Europe and was in America this week as the keynote speaker for the 64th annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, hosted by The…