Monthly Archives: 01/2013

English FA Cup football was on TV at the weekend and I managed to briefly watch some of the action while at home.  With the tournament being famous for seeing minnows producing giant-killing performances in defeating top-class opponents, you could naturally foresee some unexpected results, and sure enough, the weekend saw a total of five…

Like many local sports fans, I was pleased to learn that our track cycling queen and Olympic medalist Sarah Lee Wai-sze gave us something to cheer for once again last weekend.  Adding to the bronze medal she won at the London Games last summer, Sarah was crowned the overall champion in the Women’s Sprint and…

Most racing fans would have been very satisfied with the double Hong Kong Group 1 action at Sha Tin last Sunday. A great performance by rising star Gold-Fun in the Hong Kong Classic Mile brought trainer Richard Gibson his first G1 triumph since his move to Hong Kong, while John Size produced the outstanding miler…

It has been said Hong Kong is a blessed place, with its exceptional transformation from a small port to a world-class city over the past century.  I would say that applies to our horseracing too.  Even though we have only two racecourses and a relatively small racehorse population, we have had staunch support down the…

At the turn of the year, many racing jurisdictions would have already gone through the process of selecting and announcing their annual award winners, recognising the outstanding performances of their top horses and horsemen in 2012.  Last night the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities also unveiled the year-end ratings of the world’s top thoroughbreds in…

In midweek we staged the first night meeting of 2013 at Happy Valley, where we registered a high turnover well over the billion dollar mark, reaching HK$1,064 million. This figure was even higher than the turnover we registered at the special season finale meeting on the same track back in July 2010.    A strong momentum has…

Across international sport’s wide and varied spectrum, this week’s spotlight surely falls brightest on Barcelona star footballer Lionel Messi. He was remarkably crowned winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or for the 4th time in a row for his exceptional performances last year.  Banging in a record total of 91 goals in all competitions in the…

As one of the major enterprises in Hong Kong, the Jockey Club has long advocated the importance of corporate responsibility.  One area in which we have actively been working to take up a leading role in recent years is that of promoting a green culture in local society, especially among the Club’s 26,000-strong workforce. We…