HKJC CEO Blog

I hope you are all enjoying your summer to this point.  I am now on my vacation in Europe. It’s always an enjoyable experience attending the key races and catching-up with some of my racing friends and colleagues here.  More importantly, it’s a trip that I look forward to as I can spend some time…

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…

Hong Kong is one of the world’s top racing jurisdictions. As with any leading jurisdiction it’s important that we have new stars coming through to sustain the quality of our sport. Each new season brings with it the excitement of potential new heroes; some of those talented youngsters will have raced overseas before arriving in…

This year’s Royal Ascot meeting came to an end last Saturday with an international result in the day’s big Group 1 contest.  It was legendary jockey Frankie Dettori, the British-based Italian, who rode the American runner Undrafted to success in the Diamond Jubilee. The win was a second of the week for American trainer Wesley…

Despite having been back from England to Hong Kong for two days, part of my mind was still somewhat in Ascot, as it’s always an exciting and a pleasant experience to be part of the royal meeting.   The races were definitely great, and it’s even more enjoyable to feel the ambience and atmosphere.It was very…

I believe many of you have watched the Queen Anne Stakes through our simulcast last night.  It’s a regret that Able Friend could not perform to his top level in this straight mile contest.  I watched this John Moore-trained gelding in the parade ring and he appeared to be very relaxed, but looked a different horse when he got to the…