Monthly Archives: 07/2008

The Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong will begin in less than two weeks' time and the Olympic horses have already started to arrive. I was among those who watched the first batch of 13 horses reach their new home in the Olympic stables complex at Sha Tin last Saturday morning. Although these warmblood horses had…

In 2005, I proposed and directed the establishment of the Racing Development Board, aiming to set up a more formalised and professional training structure for talented young riders so as to help maintain Hong Kong's position as a leader in the world’s horse racing industry. Three years have gone by since then and I'm delighted…

Although our racing season was ended last Thursday, I will not stop writing this blog during our summer break. Apart from racing, it's great to have the chance to discuss more on other popular topics, and they surely include the Beijing 2008 Olympics and the Olympic equestrian events.These historical events are now less than a month…

I was glad to see that so many of you came to our Sha Tin finale raceday on Tuesday. With the weather having shown an amazing turnaround, the racing took place in glorious sunshine and I must say the atmosphere at Sha Tin was terrific. I hope you all enjoyed the special entertainment programmes we laid on,…

This time there was no dramatic finish for my home country Germany as they fell to a 0-1 defeat by Spain in the Euro 2008 Football Tournament final early yesterday. Of course, I'm a bit disappointed with the result as Germany were just 90 minutes from being crowned champions of Europe for the fourth time. But I…