Monthly Archives: 04/2008

I hope you all enjoyed our Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup race meeting last Sunday a lot, though I'm sure some of you were caught out by the impressive way that South African galloper Archipenko laid claim to the main event. His great performance at Sha Tin well reflects his improvement during the season, and…

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…