Monthly Archives: 07/2015

Our racing season ended on a high on Sunday, with over 42,000 racegoers joining us at our racecourses to seek racing excitement, and to give a great send-off to all trainers, jockeys and horses before we all commence the eight-week summer break.It has been a fantastic and incredible season for the Club, with many significant…

We have come to the end of our current racing season and the curtain will fall following the season finale meeting at Sha Tin tomorrow.  The Club hosted the Champion Awards ceremony last night as a way to recognise the achievement of some of the top racehorses who excelled throughout the season.  The evening was as glamourous…

Some of you might know that alongside my passion for racing and for football, I’m also a genuine car lover.  Not so much the pursuit of speed, but more the enjoyment, satisfaction and all-round pleasure that driving a really nice car can bring. In recent years, there has been a lot of pioneering development in the…

There are just three more race meetings until the current racing season ends but as always the Jockey Club is already looking ahead and over the past few weeks we have been finalising plans for next season.  This is a crucial period of time and a lot of people have been working to ensure everything…

There was no racing here in Hong Kong last Sunday as our weekend action took the form of a Saturday fixture. That rare schedule gave me the chance on Sunday to focus my attention on two big international Group 1 contests, Japan’s Takarazuka Kinen and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in France.  As those of…