Monthly Archives: 07/2011

Football is taking centre stage in Hong Kong this week as three English Premier League teams, namely Chelsea, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers, have joined local league champions Kitchee to contest the Barclays Asia Trophy at the Hong Kong Stadium.  In the two opening matches played on Wednesday night, Aston Villa defeated Blackburn Rovers 1-0…

Back in May, I told you all through this blog that the Club was preparing to launch a mobile betting App for iPhone and iPad users.  Two months on, I'm pleased to report that the App is now ready, and can be downloaded free from Apple's App Store.I know many of you have been eagerly…

The racing season came to an end a week ago and I was delighted that we were able to report quite encouraging end-of-season figures, particularly for the racing turnover which reached a 10-year high of HK$80.4 billion.  The betting tax on racing we contributed to the Government also rose to an eight-year high, coming very…

Some may feel it’s been a long season, but for a horse lover and racing enthusiast like me, it always seems as though the season’s way too short.  No matter how you think though, after ten months and 82 race meetings, the current season will come to a finale tomorrow at Sha Tin.When Lucky Nine…

I'm sure that our racing fans will be paying closer attention than ever to the keen contest for this year's trainer’s premiership, following our Hong Kong Reunification Cup meeting last Friday.Until then it appeared that Tony Cruz almost had the title sewn up, but a well timed treble from John Moore, on a day when…

Today is HKSAR Establishment Day, the 14th Anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China.  I expect many of you will have arranged activities or gatherings to make the most of the long holiday weekend.  For the Club's part, we've organised a special Hong Kong Reunification Day race meeting at Sha Tin this afternoon, with three…