Monthly Archives: 02/2011

Last Wednesday we saw a thrilling battle in the 1O1O Million Challenge finale at Happy Valley after Fun Rider, lying second in the Challenge rankings, added another six points to go top by finishing runner-up in the penultimate race.  It left previous leader Turbo King needing a result in the night's final event, the Briar…

Last weekend proved a very entertaining one for local sports fans, as the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon attracted record participation of some 65,000 runners, while our Sunday race meeting at Sha Tin featured the second round of this season's four-year-old series, the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Classic Cup.  There were also some fascinating football matches…

Besides being a leading provider of sporting entertainment, the Club plays an important role in the local economy as a major employer.  In total, we have over 26,000 staff, many of them working in part-time positions which are especially appreciated by, for example, housewives who have to fit their working hours around the needs of…

I guess many of you watched the Jebsen Centenary Vase at our Sha Tin race meeting last Saturday. I was glad to see Mighty High – one of the horses I picked for the season – finally living up to my expectations by snatching this Hong Kong Group 3 event. It will now be interesting to…

Our midweek Happy Valley races – which we themed as a “Joy Luck Party” to mark the Chinese tradition of “everybody’s birthday” on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year – gave us further cause for encouragement, with turnover reaching a season high for a night meeting of HK$933 million.  In fact, it was…

I hope you all enjoyed our Chinese New Year raceday on Saturday, which attracted a total attendance of 96,000 – nearly 90,000 of them at Sha Tin.  Our racing turnover also reached a season high of HK$1.26 billion, which is the highest CNY raceday figure since 2001.  Taking together some thrilling races, great entertainment programmes,…