Monthly Archives: 05/2017

Werther was the star at Sha Tin on Sunday as our reigning Horse of the Year took his second Group 1 of the season, which also happens to be our final Group 1 of the current campaign, with a handy three-length score in the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup. Narrowly beaten in this race…

During tomorrow’s Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup meeting we will bid farewell to Able Friend, a champion and great warrior of Hong Kong racing. He amassed four Group 1 wins including a Hong Kong Mile and Champions Mile double, 12 overall wins, and over HK$61 million of prize money in his five wonderful seasons.…

Jockey Zac Purton experienced a wonderful weekend as he rode a hat trick in Macau, including Romantic Touch’s victory in the Macau Hong Kong Trophy, before returning to Hong Kong on Sunday and winning the 18 Districts Cup aboard Chung Wah Spirit, which was also his 700th win in Hong Kong. This is a great…

Joao Moreira, Zac Purton and Neil Callan, each rode a winner at Happy Valley on Wednesday and will hope it is a good omen before they are to ride in the races on Macau Hong Kong Trophy day at Taipa today. I’ve arrived Macau for the races in support of the day and will be…

I hope you enjoyed a good time with family on Mother’s Day last Sunday. Yet again, the Club hosted an enjoyable event for all at the Tuen Mun Public Riding School on the same day with more than 5,000 people joining us for the annual open day there. Guests participated in various riding-related activities and…

Our Happy Valley Million Challenge winner from this season, Packing Dragon, earned his fourth win of the season at Happy Valley on Wednesday, and made it a sixth career win – all of them earned at the city track. That was quite a feat for this late bloomer, also the half-brother to our two-time Horse…

Our spring internationals came to a close last weekend following wins from Lucky Bubbles and Contentment and many congratulations to their deserving connections. Unfortunately, though, I was shocked and saddened to see Rapper Dragon suffered a rare pelvis fracture during the race, and passed away later due to the severe complications of this injury. As…

It is an eventful time of the year in global racing and much attention will be paid to the three-year-olds this weekend, on both dirt and turf. Our racing fans in Hong Kong will witness the famed 2,000 Guineas meeting from Newmarket tonight. Churchill, riding a five-race win streak through last October’s Dewhurst Stakes, is…

Sunday’s Audemars Piguet QEII Cup was of the most exciting renewals in recent memory. Our champion jockey Joao Moreira produced a masterful ride, making a decisive move midway through the race to steer Neorealism to the front. The Japanese runner fended off the late lunge of Pakistan Star, giving Japan their fourth win in the…