Monthly Archives: 06/2010

Every year sees hundreds of racehorses being imported to Hong Kong and making their maiden appearances on our home turf. Though they are of different pedigree and possess different levels of ability, some will always emerge as our new rising stars and become the bright new hopes of Hong Kong racing.  This season we again have…

Tonight at Ascot Racecourse the third leg of this year’s Global Sprint Challenge will be run – the 1200-metre Golden Jubilee Stakes. I was hoping to be there in person and cheer on our two Hong Kong runners – Happy Zero and Joy And Fun – but I've had to change those plans as there is…

So, World Cup 2010 is under way, but so far it's been the news about illegal bookmaking operations that have caught my greatest attention. Over the weekend police in both Hong Kong and the Mainland arrested dozens of people suspected of being linked with a bookmaking syndicate, as part of a large-scale crackdown against illegal football…

I hope you all enjoyed watching the World Cup opening match last night.  Although South Africa lost a late equaliser to Mexico and the match ended in a 1-1 draw, it was very entertaining and I enjoyed watching it. The host team showed a lot of promise and I think they are capable of getting a…

I'm sure that most local sports fans will be eagerly awaiting the FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in Johannesburg in South Africa tonight.  This quadrennial football tournament, first hosted in Uruguay back in 1930, has now become established as one of the most popular sporting events in the world, matched by the summer Olympic…

I know that many of you gave your support last Sunday to our three runners in the Yasuda Kinen, which we simulcast to Hong Kong. Unfortunately, none of them managed to find their top form on the day, the best being Sight Winner who finished fifth in this Group 1 Japanese mile event. But they all gave…

I feel certain that our racing fans are going to find this weekend a very exciting one, as apart from our regular racing action at Sha Tin on Sunday, we will be simulcasting the Investec Derby raceday from Epsom Racecourse tonight, followed by Japan's top springtime mile event, the Yasuda Kinen from Tokyo Racecourse, tomorrow.…

The adverse weather last weekend put a damper on many activities including our Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup raceday, as persistent downpours in the Sha Tin area on Sunday afternoon created extremely wet track conditions. We recorded an incredible 138.8 millimetres of rainfall during the afternoon.  In such an extreme environment, both the jockeys and horses…