Monthly Archives: 11/2011

I expect many of our racing fans will have seen from the news reports these past two days that one of our main contenders in the International Races, Snow Fairy, has been withdrawn from the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase after sustaining a leg injury in trackwork on Monday.  It's a great shame to see…

A few of you may remember from earlier blogs that my home town is Mönchengladbach, a city of about 250,000 people in the western part of Germany.  Most local football fans will be familiar with the name through the city's famous football club, Borussia Mönchengladbach.  The club has been established for more than a century…

Last Sunday, in the three Cathay Pacific Jockey Club races, we saw a glimpse of some of the major local contenders ahead of our December internationals.  But intriguingly these three Group 2 events may have raised more questions than they answered, as all three of the heavily-backed favourites – Entrapment, Ambitious Dragon and California Memory…

On Tuesday, the German national football team defeated another European powerhouse the Netherlands, winning 3-0 in a friendly match held in Hamburg.  Having watched the match highlights, I must say the team played quite well.  In particular, I'd pick out striker Miroslav Klose, who produced an industrious, all-round performance for his team in the front…

Yesterday, I learnt the very sad news that our veteran Owner Mrs Cynthia Pong passed away on Monday.  Mrs Pong had been a staunch supporter of Hong Kong racing for decades and owned at least a dozen racehorses over the years, many of them carrying names involving “iron” or “steel” in recognition of the family…

Our racing season has now been under way for two months and we’re now moving towards the first climax of the racing season, as our annual “Turf World Championships”, the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races, will be held in just under a month's time on 11 December.  Over the past fortnight, both the local…

Racing has always been a very competitive sport and it’s not easy for any trainer or jockey to stay at the top of the game for more than a few years, let alone for a quarter of a century.  In Hong Kong racing, I think trainer John Moore is one of the few who can…

If you were watching our simulcast of the Melbourne Cup last Tuesday, you will have witnessed an absolutely thrilling finish, in fact the closest finish in the 151-year history of this top Australian race.  The margin by which French contender Dunaden was eventually declared winner over British-trained Red Cadeaux was no more than a few…

On Sunday we staged back-to-back HKG2 events at Sha Tin, with Rich Unicorn winning the sprint event, the Premier Bowl, and California Memory emerging the victor of the Sha Tin Trophy over the metric mile.  In the former race I suppose some racing fans would have been a bit saddened to see Entrapment finishing third…