Monthly Archives: 10/2012

There were some UEFA Champions League group matches in midweek and I’m delighted to see that all three German teams won their matches, including Bayern Munich and Schalke who secured away victories at Lille and Arsenal, respectively.  But I think the most impressive of the trio was Borussia Dortmund as they edged the extravagant Real…

I’m sure very few of you would have missed the live simulcast action of Frankel last Saturday evening, as this super horse ended his magnificent career on a high note with his comfortable victory in the G1 Champion Stakes.The sold-out crowd at Ascot, and his huge legion of worldwide fans watching via TV broadcast, had…

Here in Hong Kong we have 10 or 11 races each race-day at Sha Tin, and eight for every midweek race night.  All of those races are incredibly competitive and that’s why it’s a very good day for any trainer or jockey if they manage to get three or four winners at a race meeting. …

As ever, Sunday’s Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Raceday at Sha Tin was a fantastic afternoon, with many racegoers dressing up brightly and elegantly for this special event.  If you watched our live broadcast or read some of the racing papers, you will know that even trainer Sean Woods decided to join the fun by wearing…

The dust is still settling in the aftermath of last Sunday’s sensational Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris and there has been quite a bit of comment about jockeyship following that famous victory. A lot of deserving praise has been heaped upon Olivier Peslier, justifiably so, for his skillful horsemanship and determined drive to…

For those racing fans who tuned in to watch the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe from France via our simulcast on Sunday night, I am sure you would agree that this year’s race ended in most unbelievable fashion. When the Japanese champion Orfevre surged past almost the entire field of runners in the home straight,…

As has been the case on the first weekend in October for the past few years, I flew from Hong Kong to Paris on Friday night to prepare for the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities’ meetings, and for sure, to attend the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe day at Longchamp Racecourse today.  Racing fans in…

I'm sure you will have been as saddened as I was to learn of the unfolding tragedy off the coast of Lamma Island last Monday evening, when a Hongkong Electric vessel travelling to the fireworks display sank after colliding with a passenger ferry.  It was the worst marine accident in Hong Kong since 1971, claiming…