Monthly Archives: 04/2016

We are now on the verge of our second big spring weekend of racing with a pair of overwhelmingly compelling Group 1 features at Sha Tin. But in Europe, the flat grass racing season just commenced not long ago, and the first European classic race of the year – the 2000 Guineas – will be…

They say there’s no such thing as a racing certainty and that was certainly true last weekend with Werther’s dominant win in the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup.The world of football too has brought its share of surprises this season. The biggest is surely Leicester City’s amazing run of success in the English Premier League, well…

Our friends in the UK celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, and on Sunday, we will host the major race with a close linkage with her, the G1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup.When the Queen visited Sha Tin in 1986, some 30 years ago, the race just a handicap, but has since…

With the Olympics coming up everyone is looking forward to seeing the performance of Hong Kong’s athletes. But let’s not forget that behind every great athlete is a dedicated coach. It was to honour 135 outstanding coaches that the Jockey Club Hong Kong Coaching Awards Presentation Ceremony was held last Sunday, recognising them for their contribution…

Once again, I must commend our tracks team for presenting a sensational surface for racing on Wednesday at Happy Valley Racecourse. While there was mist and light drizzle throughout the meeting, the on-course recordings showed nearly 90mm of rain fell on course in the hours before. Still, the course was rated good-to-yielding, and there were…

Sunday was a memorable day for our sole female apprentice jockey Kei Chiong, as she created a new chapter of local racing history by becoming the first female jockey, and also the first 10-pound claimer in nearly seven years, to ride four winners in one race meeting. With the last of her winning quartet coming from…

Our leading jockey Joao Moreira landed another double on Wednesday at Sha Tin, taking his season tally to 117. The race to match or even surpass his own record of 145 wins, achieved last season, is well and truly underway. It will be quite interesting to see how he goes over the final third of…

Recently I had the chance to meet a group of leading local and overseas educators and discuss how we can better prepare our young people for the challenges of the 21st century, which is an issue very close to my heart.  They are helping us with an exciting new Club-funded project called “Coding Education for…

Yesterday, the exciting news came that Hong Kong has been promoted from a Part II to a Part I jurisdiction in the “Blue Book,” the industry’s official cataloguing standard. This recognition accurately reflects our world-class standard, and its direct impact applies to the global breeding industry as the performances from Hong Kong’s open international group…