Monthly Archives: 10/2019

This week marks the end of the second month of a new racing season and already several things are clear both at home and abroad. Joao Moreira is clearly determined to seize the champion jockey title back from Zac Purton after another Sha Tin treble took him ten clear at top of the table, while…

This has been a busy week both at home and abroad, with the publication of the 2019 LONGINES HKIR entries followed by a trip to South Africa after racing at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The purpose of the trip was to discuss the preparation for next year’s Asian Racing Conference and one important topic on…

One by one, the longest winning streaks at racing’s top table have been broken. Enable’s amazing run stalled at 12 with her defeat in the Arc and Beauty Generation’s winning run ended at ten on Sunday when he could finish only third behind Rise High and Waikuku in the G2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy.…

One of the most intense racing weekends of the season awaits but this has also been a notable week for the Jockey Club in other ways as Tai Kwun has received the Award of Excellence in this year’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. There is no question that Tai Kwun has been one…

There was no shortage of headlines over the latest racing weekend, with Joao Moreira continuing his fine form with a Saturday five timer at Sha Tin highlighted by a very exciting young horse indeed. Joao has been on a hot streak, riding 13 winners from just 36 rides during four October meetings, and the fact…

The racing news continues to come thick and fast as we approach the 10th meeting of a new season. As most of you will be aware, the Club has been granted approval to reverse the fixtures scheduled for Happy Valley and Sha Tin on October 27th and 30th. This wasn’t a decision we took lightly…

The international racing season is in full flow now and two European visitors from last year’s LONGINES HKIR meeting were firmly in the spotlight at Longchamp on Sunday. All eyes were on Enable and Frankie Dettori in their bid to win a historic third Arc but John Gosden’s mare was worn down at the end…

It is hard to know where to begin when describing the emotions of a highly significant day at Sha Tin on Tuesday. As has happened so often, Beauty Generation stole the show on the track and our dual Horse of the Year looked as good as ever in breaking his third track record in the…

And so we come to one of the first real flagship days of the Hong Kong racing season. The shape of our National Day race programme has changed over the years but in recent times it has become the natural starting point for some of our very best horses. We have to accept that the…