Author Archives: Priscilla Chan

The Year of the Horse last week opened in magnificent fashion with spectacular community events and KA YING RISING’s stunning record-breaking feats and the New Lunar Year highlights are set to continue on Sunday (1 March) with a fantastic race meeting featuring champions ROMANTIC WARRIOR and VOYAGE BUBBLE and the cream of Hong Kong’s Four-Year-Old…

Hong Kong’s long and decorated racing history is filled with the spectacular deeds of champions – horses, trainers and jockeys – but it is difficult to imagine a more perfect performance than that delivered by KA YING RISING in Sunday’s (22 February) G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin. Following in the illustrious…

After a highly productive week of dialogue and discussion on issues crucial to horse racing’s future at the Asian Racing Conference in Riyadh, our attention turns this weekend to the sport’s strongest selling point – our amazing equine heroes and champion jockeys and trainers competing at the highest level around the world. Flemington, Sha Tin…

In countries with breeding industries, the Triple Crown is run as three-year-old series and, in Great Britain, Ireland and Germany, the three legs are contested over distances of 1600m, 2400m and 2800m. I was lucky during my time living in Germany to be associated with the only German Triple Crown winner, KONIGSSTUHL, who later became a…

The Bank of China (Hong Kong) Race Day at Sha Tin is always a blockbuster fixture on the Hong Kong horseracing calendar and tomorrow’s meeting (23 November) holds even more significance with the appearance of KA YING RISING, ROMANTIC WARRIOR and VOYAGE BUBBLE on the same card. The decorated trio dominated Bank of China (Hong…

I would like to congratulate Japan on the incredible win of FOREVER YOUNG in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic (2000m, dirt) at Del Mar Racecourse in California this morning with a stunning performance, which makes the G1 Saudi Cup (1800m dirt) effort of ROMANTIC WARRIOR even more impressive. With his feat to beat SIERRA LEONE…

After 85 meetings and 818 captivating races, a truly extraordinary Hong Kong horse racing is now in its final phase as we prepare to celebrate a string of unique accomplishments with the 2024-25 Champion Awards on Friday night (11 July). Even by Hong Kong racing’s world-class standards, this season has been unique with the stellar…

Sustained excellence is the hallmark of champion athletes across the entire sports spectrum and Zac Purton stands among an elite coterie of sportspeople with the rare ability to consistently deliver exceptional performances. With a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (28 June), Zac secured an eighth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship by boosting his lead over…

With an outstanding Royal Ascot meeting coming to a close overnight, the focus returns to Hong Kong’s world-class racing with a quality Group 3 double-header at Sha Tin today (22 June) with the running of the G3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m) and the G3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m). Royal Ascot has again been a wonderful…

Recruiting the best available talent across a diverse range of fields is of the utmost importance to the Hong Kong Jockey Club and, with this in mind, we are delighted to welcome James Cummings as a trainer for the 2026/27 season. The Cummings name has been synonymous with high achievement in Australian horse racing for…