Monthly Archives: 06/2009

Tomorrow at Sha Tin Racecourse we shall be hosting our annual Community Day race meeting. This is the fifth year we've organised this event, which gives us the opportunity to express our gratitude to our community partners for helping to make possible our Club-funded charitable and community programmes. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Matthew Cheung, and 180…

As you all probably know by now, Hong Kong challenger Sacred Kingdom finished fifth in the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot last weekend. Actually, this wasn't a bad performance in the circumstances, as the horse was sweating a bit before the start and the pacing of the race didn't suit him much.  I was at Ascot…

Hi everybody. By the time this article gets posted my blog, I should have reached London's Heathrow Airport, en route to Ascot Racecourse where I plan to attend the final day of this year's Royal Ascot meeting later today. I've attended this historic meeting a couple of times before and always look forward to it as it…

I hope you all enjoyed our exciting race night at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Generally speaking, with Happy Valley being a smaller and tighter track, races there tend to be more competitive and the fields more compact, as riders will be anxious to secure favourable positions in the early stages of the race before getting into…

It's great to be back to Hong Kong after an exciting visit to Japan for the Yasuda Kinen over the past few days. Although our local horses Sight Winner and Armada finished only 6th and 8th respectively in this International Group One event, I would say these were still very creditable performances in regard to…

By the time you read this article, I will already be in Tokyo to attend tomorrow's Yasuda Kinen race meeting at Tokyo Racecourse.  This International Group One event has long been one of the most important springtime events in Japanese racing, as tens of thousands of racing fans flock to the Fuchu track each year…

I hope you all got a lot of enjoyment out of our Citi Champions and Chater Cup race meeting at Sha Tin last Sunday. The weather was perfect and we saw a really gripping battle between Viva Pataca and Thumbs Up as they fought tooth and nail in the feature race the whole way down the…