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In the past few days, some members of the media have expressed concerns about our decision to host two race meetings within three days, with a few commenting that such arrangements cause disruption to their operations. We hear the media's views on this issue and do understand the difficulties they face in meeting their normal schedules. We…

In the early hours of last Sunday, the Club brought you the simulcast of the Breeders' Cup Mile race from the Santa Anita Racetrack in California. I'm delighted with the increase in the race's turnover this year, but I can tell you we are not purely eyeing the money aspect. It is also our intention to let…

Last Sunday, the Club successfully blended the sports of golf and horse racing in its partnership with the Mission Hills Group, hosting the Mission Hills Sha Tin Trophy raceday.  At our race meeting at Sha Tin this evening, we shall be pegging racing with another sport – rugby football – and featuring the Hong Kong…

No doubt many of you are becoming increasingly worried about the economic outlook of Hong Kong, after learning about the bankruptcy of some local retail chains in the past few days and an investment loss running into tens of billions of dollars suffered by a large conglomerate. When one sees such well-known local businesses falling victim…

Last Wednesday, we have hosted the Oktoberfest for the second consecutive race meetings in the Happy Valley Racecourse. The atmosphere of the Beer Garden was great that night and I was pleased to see so many people having a good time there. It again shows that this racetrack is a great destination for people to enjoy some…

I'm glad that more than 70,000 people joined our Ladies' Purse Day race meeting Sunday and enjoyed various on-course programmes that we arranged to you all at Sha Tin. The quality of races on our Sunday's race card are as exciting as that of the Ladies' Purse Day meeting last year. But I can see that the…

Ladies have always played a significant role in our sport of racing. Over the years many of you will have witnessed a number of female jockeys showing their great riding skills, as well as some top mares and fillies gracing our home turf at Sha Tin and Happy Valley. I'm sure many of you will agree that…

I believe many of you in Hong Kong who watched the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe through our live simulcast Sunday will have been simply amazed by the stunning performance of Zarkava.  Given the style in which she romped past her older opponents in this classic race, I would say she’s the best filly that…

By the time you read this article, I will be on a plane about to land in Paris, as tomorrow I will be attending Europe's most prestigious annual classic distance racing event – the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp racecourse. This will be the first overseas simulcast race the Club has brought…

In my home country of Germany, everybody will be having great fun this Friday as they will be celebrating Germany's National Day – the Unity Day (Tag Der Deutschen Einheit). This festivity commemorates the reunification of West and East Germany on 3 October 1990, almost a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall in late…