Monthly Archives: 10/2013

I’m sure I’m not the only one to be impressed by the progress and improvement that Gold-Fun has shown so far this season.  His victory in Sunday’s Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy was very exciting and had all the hallmarks of a top-class effort – now it will be interesting to see whether the four-year-old…

In the past two days in Hong Kong, one of the prominent news stories was the government’s public consultation on population policy.   An ageing population is a problem that is now affecting many developed countries and regions worldwide and that includes Hong Kong.  The Club has been involved in looking at ways to address the…

It’s been a busy few days, travelling between the UK and Hong Kong to attend the British Champions Day meeting at Ascot last Saturday.  I had only a brief 24-hour stay in the UK because I wanted to return to Hong Kong for the Happy Valley meeting on Sunday, but it was certainly worthwhile as…

I always think it’s important for me to find time whenever possible amongst my various duties to keep on top of the local racing action and this week I made sure to watch the Sha Tin barrier trials, which took place on Tuesday morning.  Two of our stars used one of the trials to gear…

It is no secret to anyone who knows me or who reads this blog that I love football, so you can imagine how pleased I was on Friday night when my home country, Germany, sealed a place in the World Cup Finals in Brazil next summer. The German team was always in control against the…

I’m sure you all know by now that we have a very exciting new recruit to our already impressive jockey roster – Joao Moreira. Making trip in preparation for his imminent relocation to our city, Moreira took the chance to meet local media at Sha Tin on Thursday morning, and talked about his background and…

It has been a whirlwind few days and I only got back to Hong Kong from France on Wednesday afternoon.  It was a great trip and I have many good memories from the Arc weekend.   It was a shame that a fever prevented German runner Novellist’s participation in this year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe,…

Our National Day race meeting on Tuesday proved to be very entertaining. Apart from the excellent racing action, the celebratory pre-race performances in the Parade Ring were enjoyed by many, and more than 30,000 racegoers turned up to create a fantastic racecourse atmosphere.  Those who came along saw two impressive winners in the day’s two…

Although we didn’t have any local race meeting at the weekend, we did have our first simulcasts of the season on Sunday – six races from Sprinters Stakes day in Japan and two races from Australia’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes day.  I paid particular attention to the big Japanese race as it featured last year’s LONGINES…