Monthly Archives: 07/2013

Though we are now in the summer weeks, there is no shortage of horse racing and football action either overseas or in Hong Kong.  Last weekend the focus of European racing was on Ascot Racecourse in the UK, which hosted one of the most important summer-time G1s in Europe – the King George VI &…

The summer months are usually a bit quieter for local football fans, but that's all changed over the past few days as four English Premier League teams are currently visiting Hong Kong – Manchester City, Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur for the Barclays Asia Trophy this week, and Manchester United for an exhibition match on Monday. …

Our season is over and I have to say that it was a night of high drama at our season finale last Wednesday.  The atmosphere was electric from the more than 26,000 racegoers that joined us at Happy Valley for the races, and it is a long while since the racecourse was so full.  Those…

Despite a heavy downpour midway into our race meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday, the enthusiasm of thousands of racing fans on course could not be dampened and we had a very successful day race finale. It was great to see those fans cheer for their heroes at the Champion Awards presentations held throughout the…

The season end seems to have come around quickly and we now find ourselves heading into the climax, with the Champions Awards presentation ceremony to be held in our penultimate race meeting of the season at Sha Tin tomorrow.  It has been another exciting season and tomorrow some of the top performers will receive well-deserved…

Yesterday was a special day for the Club and an important milestone for racing development in Hong Kong.  The Legislative Council passed a law amendment bill on the Betting Duty Ordinance, which has given us the green light to set up two-way commingled pools with our partner jurisdictions overseas. The Club was in fact the first…