Monthly Archives: 01/2015

After Peniaphobia won the HKG1 Kent & Curwen Centenary Sprint Cup last Sunday, the horse’s trainer Tony Cruz put forward the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen as the number one option after the horse’s next intended start in the HKG1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize two weeks later. A few racing columnists expressed that the four-year-old should instead…

Hong Kong’s keen and dedicated distance runners had their biggest day of the year on Sunday as the city hosted its annual marathon event.  The temperature was kind and although the humidity was a bit higher than it has been of late, I’m sure those of you who took part that day will have gained…

Last Wednesday we saw two decent four-year-olds winning the last two races of the evening at Happy Valley.  Romantic Touch, a two-year-old G1 winner back in Australia, who holds an entry for the BMW Hong Kong Derby in March, showed a devastating turn-of-foot to score a last to first victory, while Twin Delight looked sharp from the gate and charged away from the rest of the field to register…

Some of our elite four-year-olds squared off against each other in the HKG1 Hong Kong Classic Mile at Sha Tin last Sunday.  It was Beauty Only who drew first blood in the Four-Year-Old Series this season as the Italian import won the HK$8 million race in an impressive manner.It was similar to Able Friend’s victory…

We always consider it vital to understand the lifestyle and ways on how the younger generation uses technology and process information.  Their engagement with the sport and entertainment of horseracing is at the heart of many of our initiatives.  Only by increasing and enhancing their participation can we ensure the sustainability of racing in Hong…

I was delighted to see a big crowd of more than 68,000 people turn out for our 130th Anniversary Raceday at Sha Tin last Saturday.  Their warm enthusiasm matched the day’s weather as the sun shone down on our celebrations.  We had a fitting winner of the day’s feature event, too, as the 130th Anniversary…

At Wednesday’s Happy Valley race meeting we saw home-grown trainers winning all of the evening’s eight races, including Manfred Man who notched the evening’s feature HKG3 January Cup with Pleasure Gains.  As expected it was a hotly contested race and the runners produced an exciting blanket finish approaching the wire.  All credit to the ground…

January can be a bit of a dull time after the excitement of Christmas and New Year, but there should be no sign of the “January blues” here in Hong Kong. This month we get the chance to see our elite horses of various ages competing in major racing series. It all starts with the…

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a bright start to 2015 and picked a few winners at our first race meeting of the year on Thursday.  It’s been a good start to the year for us at the Club as more than 67,000 racegoers attended our races that afternoon, and the day’s turnover exceeded HK$1.5…