Monthly Archives: 09/2010

On Thursday we hosted the first Happy Valley day race meeting of the season, and it proved very successful.  We're always mindful of Chinese traditions when doing our race scheduling, and I know that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important date for family gathering, so that's why we moved the normal Wednesday night meeting…

No matter how busy I am with my schedule, I will always find some time to read the comments you leave me here through this blog, as I often find them to be very thoughtful and insightful.  I ask my colleagues to follow up on the issues you raise where appropriate, and to reply to…

I believe many of you know that the 2010 Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou in November. As part of the final preparations, the venue for the equestrian competitions in Conghua, which has been designed and built by The Hong Kong Jockey Club, is currently staging its debut equestrian event. I attended the second…

I'm sure many of you watched our live simulcast of the Centaur Stakes from Japan last Sunday, and were as delighted as I was to witness the fine performance of Hong Kong sprinter Green Birdie in this 1200m event. Although pocketed along the fence on entering the home straight, his jockey Mark Du Plessis was…

There was a great party atmosphere as always for our first Happy Valley night meeting of the season on Wednesday, though it was a great shame that the mood was dampened a bit by the huge thunderstorm and heavy rainfall that broke shortly after Race 7.  I can tell you that our rain gauge at…

Hi all!  Let me first offer my thanks to all those of you who came to our racecourses to join our first raceday of the season on Sunday, despite the unstable weather condition early in the morning.  In total, there was an attendance of some 48,500, which created a great atmosphere.  I was glad to…

It's been a shorter racing break than usual this summer, but I know that even seven weeks seems a long time to wait for our dedicated racing fans.  Anyway, your patience will be rewarded tomorrow as a new, and hopefully very exciting, racing season gets under way at Sha Tin Racecourse.During the break, our Club…

Earlier today my web team colleagues hosted a press conference at Sha Tin Racecourse, introducing to the media the latest web enhancements we're launching for our racing fans this season.  These improvements form an integral part of our ongoing plan to uplift the online experience for our web users, and are something I've been eagerly…