Monthly Archives: 02/2008

I'm sure you were all very impressed with Viva Pataca's flawless performance in Sunday's Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup. It looked so easy as he romped past his opponents with a dazzling finish, winning in style to demonstrate once again that he undoubtedly Hong Kong's strongest current middle-distance runner.It didn't surprise me to hear trainer John…

Back in midweek, I had a brief chance to get involved in a different sport when I did some cycling with top Hong Kong rider Wong Kam Po. The occasion was our reappointment of Ah Po as Ambassador for this year's Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby.  This was my first cycling experience in 38 years and I…

I'm sure you all greatly enjoyed seeing our sprint champion Sacred Kingdom return to his best on Sunday with his emphatic win in the Chairman's Sprint Prize, and Green Birdie defeat a field of four-year-old elites in the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby Trial.I was also thrilled by the terrific performance of Helene Mascot, who finished…

Another top local horse will bid farewell to local racing fans at Sha Tin tomorrow, as Vengeance Of Rain, the 2005 World Racing Championship winner, will soon return to his birthplace in New Zealand to start a new life of leisure following his recent retirement from racing.I'm sure you'll agree with me that it was…

I'm sure you all enjoyed a lot the 11 races and varied entertainment programmes we arranged for the Chinese New Year race meeting at Sha Tin last Saturday. It made a very auspicious start to the Year of the Rat as some 86,000 people came along to enjoy the festivities, while turnover reached a season high…

I've been in Hong Kong already for a decade and the Chinese New Year has always been the local festival that I love the most.  The city is filled with a joyful atmosphere as everybody dresses up smartly to meet their relatives and friends, and offers their greetings for prosperity and good luck in the…

The many of you who have followed our races for over a decade may well remember the time in the 1990s when we had several female jockeys riding in Hong Kong. I've recently gone through the Club's almanac and learned that we once invited Julie Krone – then the most successful female jockey in North America…