Monthly Archives: 11/2012

I returned from Japan earlier this week and I have to say that this year’s Japan Cup was as exciting as ever.  As I predicted before the race, the Japanese horses proved very difficult to beat on their home turf, helped by the strong pace and fast ground that made life even tougher for the…

On Wednesday we unveiled the list of selected runners for the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on 9 December. I’m not sure whether the local and overseas horses you expected to see are all named, but I do know this year’s event will be as exciting as ever.  With the international racing action now looming…

Last Sunday we staged three fabulous Group 2 events at Sha Tin.  These three important lead-ups enabled us to study the credentials and the condition of our home runners ahead of the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on 9 December.  It appears that our two very own defending champions – California Memory in the Cup…

Earlier this week, the annual Cartier Racing Awards were held in London and unsurprisingly the all-time great Frankel was again crowned Europe’s Horse of the Year.  This racing ambassador therefore became the first horse to win this coveted title successively in the event’s 22-year history.  It was certainly a well-deserved compliment for Frankel who has…

Before last Saturday’s Sha Tin races, we arranged simulcasts of the Patinack Farm Classic and the Emirates Stakes from Australia.  Some of you know that in the minutes before the start of the Emirates Stakes, the TV signal provided by our Australian partner was still showing a live band performance at Flemington Racecourse.  The camera…

I believe a lot of you will have been enjoyed the host of exciting races – both locally and simulcast races from Australia – we offered over the past week.  It was the kind of exhilarating sport that leaves us wanting more of the same, and so I can understand why I received messages from…

I expect many of you watched our Melbourne Cup Day simulcast yesterday and were as delighted as I was to see Brett Prebble achieve a career highspot by claiming his first Melbourne Cup aboard Australian runner Green Moon.  I know that it will have been extra-special for Brett to secure this famous win at Flemington,…

Every year, the first Tuesday in November is a very special day for Australia, and of course the Australian community in Hong Kong, as attention turns to Flemington Racecourse and Australia’s premier racing event, the 152nd Melbourne Cup. There are some aspects of the Melbourne Cup which are unique to Australia.  They call it “the race…

Although there was not any race meeting arranged on Wednesday, giving everybody a midweek break from racing, it has still been a very eventful week of sport, including on the football side.  I watched the highlights of two pulsating matches from the English League Cup, with Arsenal recovering from being 0-4 down to beat Reading…