Monthly Archives: 04/2010

If you were one of the 37,000 racegoers who came along to watch our Audemars Piguet QE II Cup raceday last Sunday, I hope you thoroughly enjoyed our thrilling programme. The big crowd created a great atmosphere at the racecourse and gave tremendous vocal support to our Hong Kong runners, which definitely helped inspire them to…

Before our race meeting at Happy Valley in midweek, we announced that on top of the HK$2 million emergency relief donation we made earlier that day, we would donate the net operating surplus from Wednesday’s race meeting to help victims of Qinghai earthquake. I am happy to tell you the sum reached HK$15.4 million, surpassing our…

I'm sure you've all been following closely the news about the terrible earthquake that took place in Qinghai Province on 14 April, a catastrophe that has already claimed over 2,000 lives, with thousands more sustaining serious injuries and many others still missing. Like many of you, I was especially sad to hear that Hong Kong volunteer Wong…

Hi all, while you’re reading this blog, I’m already in Macau as I will be attending the second leg of this season’s Interport event – the 7th Macau Hong Kong Trophy – at Taipa Racecourse today. We’ve been co-operating with the Macau Jockey Club on this event for some time, and the two racing clubs have…

Each year, we have hundreds of local racehorses retired from flat racing, but many of them are able to start a new chapter of their lives after their local racing careers are over. For some, they would have the chance moving to riding schools in Hong Kong or mainland China for leisure riding. In the past, the…

By the time you read this blog, we’ve just announced, at Happy Valley Racecourse today, the list of runners selected for the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup and the Champions Mile on 25 April. Dozens of top local and overseas runners will contest for the great honour of victory and the HK$26 million prize money…

Although I’m deeply involved with racing and devote all my working hours, and plenty of leisure time in this exciting sport, I still enjoy a lot of other hobbies. As you may know, apart from jogging in the mornings and enjoying different Chinese food and cuisine, I also like watching movies. Hong Kong filmmakers and movies have…