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With the international racing week having ended, I took the opportunity to catch up with recent football news.  One point of interest that caught my eye was about FIFA Player of the Year Lionel Messi, who with his last weekend brace has increased his scoring tally to 86 goals in this calendar year, surpassing the…

It was a sensational race day on Sunday as over 70,000 race fans witnessed the local contenders and overseas runners finish all-square with two victories from the four international G1 events at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races.  It was a tremendous day of competition. With winning horses coming from the UK, Japan and Hong…

A mere nose was the deciding margin in Wednesday’s LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship, as Singapore’s ace Joao Moreira pipped Zac Purton in the final strides of the last leg race to clinch the IJC title for the first time. His success also denied Purton’s dream to complete an international jockeys’ series double within a fortnight.I…

Finally we have entered the international week and a top-class selection of the world’s best horsemen and racehorses will be in action in tonight’s LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley and Sunday’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin. It’s a week that I have long been looking forward to as not only are…

The war drums are beating, the contenders are assembling, and we are just days away from Group 1 international racing action on our home turf.  Many of my Club colleagues have long been preparing for this showcase event.  Among them, our horse transportation team, stable staff and vet department colleagues will endure a particularly busy…

I returned from Japan earlier this week and I have to say that this year’s Japan Cup was as exciting as ever.  As I predicted before the race, the Japanese horses proved very difficult to beat on their home turf, helped by the strong pace and fast ground that made life even tougher for the…

On Wednesday we unveiled the list of selected runners for the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on 9 December. I’m not sure whether the local and overseas horses you expected to see are all named, but I do know this year’s event will be as exciting as ever.  With the international racing action now looming…

Last Sunday we staged three fabulous Group 2 events at Sha Tin.  These three important lead-ups enabled us to study the credentials and the condition of our home runners ahead of the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on 9 December.  It appears that our two very own defending champions – California Memory in the Cup…

Earlier this week, the annual Cartier Racing Awards were held in London and unsurprisingly the all-time great Frankel was again crowned Europe’s Horse of the Year.  This racing ambassador therefore became the first horse to win this coveted title successively in the event’s 22-year history.  It was certainly a well-deserved compliment for Frankel who has…

Before last Saturday’s Sha Tin races, we arranged simulcasts of the Patinack Farm Classic and the Emirates Stakes from Australia.  Some of you know that in the minutes before the start of the Emirates Stakes, the TV signal provided by our Australian partner was still showing a live band performance at Flemington Racecourse.  The camera…