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I can truly understand the feeling of disappointment among racing fans at the decision to cancel the Happy Valley race meeting last Sunday, in particular with the subsequent improvement of weather conditions that day. Also, I'm sympathetic to the different views expressed in the past few days. I'd like to update you that I've been in touch…

Due to the cancellation of our race meeting last Sunday, we've rescheduled the launch of the Club's first fixed-odds betting pool on the horse racing side, the Jockey Challenge, to our Happy Valley race meeting tonight. This creative new betting pool responds to the voices of many local racing fans after last year's International Races, with…

It's so unfortunate bad weather has forced us to call off our race meeting at Happy Valley today.  I understand that some of you may feel a bit frustrated for having no races this afternoon, while a few others would wonder why we made such an early decision on Saturday night. But I can tell you…

It's now April and we are again drawing close to the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup day – our second international race meeting of the season. The AP QEII Cup was originally a domestic trophy race inaugurated to mark Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Hong Kong in 1975. It was subsequently held annually and…

Some of you may know that my son Kai arrived in Hong Kong last weekend and came to watch our races at Sha Tin on Sunday. As he has just completed his military service in Germany, I've not seen him for a long while. He's had a great time in Hong Kong in the past few days,…

After enjoying the exciting international races in Dubai last week, the directors of many top racing clubs and jurisdictions moved on to Paris in midweek to attend the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' meeting. I'm no exception as I was also among those who attended the session. We discussed a number of global racing issues there, including…

I believe many of you who watched our Dubai World Cup day simulcast would agree with me that the four Hong Kong horses involved all gave creditable performances there last Saturday night. It's especially regrettable that Viva Pataca could only finish second in the Dubai Sheema Classic, missing the chance to become our second Hong Kong-based…

Hi all, I've just finished my breakfast here in Dubai, but I can't wait to see our Hong Kong horses performing their bests in the Dubai World Cup race day at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse tonight.From the time when our top miler Fairy King Prawn sadly suffered a narrow defeat to French runner Jim And…

It was a joyful evening at our Happy Valley race meeting last Wednesday as our veteran trainer John Moore snatched his 1,000th career win in Hong Kong. I think you all would agree with me that it's not an easy target to achieve as unlike other racing jurisdictions like the United Kingdom and Australia where races…

I believe many of you have witnessed the rising of a new star horse in Hong Kong last Sunday, as Helene Mascot defeated a crop of fellow four-year-old elites and crowned this year's Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby winner.  The brilliant performance of this classy gelding, together with the way he resisted the strong charge of…