Monthly Archives: 08/2023

While I hope our racing fans have been enjoying the summer break, with the 2023/24 racing season commencing soon on 10 September, some of our star jockeys and horses are already gearing up in preparation for another successful term.  After returning recently from a brief summer break, last week I was honoured, in my capacity as…

Matthew Chadwick has been regarded as one of Hong Kong’s most accomplished horsemen for more than a decade and, if not for injury, his career achievements would have been even more imposing.  Matthew has always shown impressive resilience, his career tally of 504 Hong Kong wins would have been far higher. Given Matthew’s injury travails,…

Glorious Goodwood certainly lived up to its reputation this week with a host of world-class performances, particularly that of Paddington in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes with a display which underlined the colt’s undoubted quality.  Paddington’s effort to win on soft ground under Ryan Moore against a small but select field confirmed Aidan O’Brien’s high…

Hukum stamped himself as a world-class talent with narrow victory over Westover in last Saturday’s Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Relishing the rain-affected ground, Hukum showed his quality and is now expected to be prepared by Owen Burrows for the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris in October,…