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I'm sure that our racing fans will be paying closer attention than ever to the keen contest for this year's trainer’s premiership, following our Hong Kong Reunification Cup meeting last Friday.Until then it appeared that Tony Cruz almost had the title sewn up, but a well timed treble from John Moore, on a day when…

Today is HKSAR Establishment Day, the 14th Anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China.  I expect many of you will have arranged activities or gatherings to make the most of the long holiday weekend.  For the Club's part, we've organised a special Hong Kong Reunification Day race meeting at Sha Tin this afternoon, with three…

To many people in Hong Kong, and even to friends overseas, the Club is best known for its status as one of the world’s most successful racing and sporting entertainment operators, and as the largest charity contributor in Hong Kong.  But I believe relatively few would be aware that we are also one of the…

Every so often we get sharp reminders of how fragile life can be, underlining the importance of treasuring our relationships with families and friends.  This was brought home to me again last Wednesday when I was watching news coverage of the tragic fire in Ma Tau Wai Road, Central Kowloon, which hit residents of a…

Earlier this week, a number of our overseas racing counterparts gathered at Belmont Park in New York to attend an international racing summit focused on the raceday medication of horses.  Our Executive Director of Racing William A Nader was among the participants.  The discussions have since attracted a lot of international coverage in the mainstream…

If you were one of the racing fans who watched our Royal Ascot simulcasts last night, I believe you would have been very satisfied with the performance of Hong Kong runner Sweet Sanette in the King's Stand Stakes.  This outstanding mare made a clean jump at the start to take the lead and still led…

Having attended major race events in Singapore and Japan over the past few weeks, it's now England's turn as I've just arrived in London and will be off to join the first day of Royal Ascot this afternoon.This year our speedy mare Sweet Sanette will be representing Hong Kong in the G1 King’s Stand Stakes…

An interesting sports story that caught my eye in midweek was the final game played by Brazilian superstar Ronaldo in a friendly international between Brazil and Romania in Sao Paulo.  He actually retired from league football in February, but turned out to play one final match for his country before officially hanging up his boots. …

I expect many of you watched our Yasuda Kinen simulcast from Tokyo Racecourse last Sunday.  Unfortunately, neither of our Hong Kong runners Beauty Flash and Thumbs Up were able to produce their best performances, and both finished unplaced.  Perhaps the circumstances were just not right for them, as Beauty Flash appeared to be positioned not…

You might have heard from the TV or newspapers in recent weeks that our former champion miler Fairy King Prawn is being taken to New Zealand in September to enjoy a relaxing and well-earned retirement there.  Although he ended his racing career in 2003, this very popular horse has never really “retired” up to now,…