HKJC CEO Blog

Peak fitness is essential for peak performance in all sports. We see that in our racehorses and our jockeys here in Hong Kong where they have to be hard fit to make the grade in such a competitive environment. A glance on our website at the trackwork schedules for our horses here will give you…

It is less than a week since we held the second of our two major springtime G1 events here in Hong Kong, the Champions Mile, and a little under two weeks since the first, the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup. The pace at which the horseracing calendar moves along is such that we’re already on the verge of the Singapore Airline International Cup…

Last weekend was a very entertaining and potentially busy time for all die-hard sports fans. In America there was the Kentucky Derby and the much-hyped boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, both on Sunday morning for those of us in Hong Kong. In Britain Ryan Moore was on the mark with a brilliant…

Our star runner Able Friend was one of the two world-class horses given the top rating of 125 in the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings announced by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities last month.  Perhaps some of you will have noticed that the other horse, Shared Belief, ran in a G2 in the US a fortnight ago. It was a huge drama, however, as the four-year-old was eased down by his jockey midway through the contest.…

Tony Cruz was a happy man after the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup on Sunday. Although he had twice won this race in his past career as a jockey he had never won it as a trainer, but his stable runner Blazing Speed changed that as he blitzed to success against international opposition in the HK$20…

Joao Moreira returned from suspension on Wednesday and it didn’t take much time for him to ride his 100th winner of the season.  He landed a victory with the aptly-named Win It in the third race of the card that evening to achieve this special feat.  This was also the fastest century of wins by…

During the Community Day races last Sunday the Club officially announced the launch of CLAP for Youth @ JC, our HK$500 million five-year career and life adventure planning programme aimed at local youths, which also represents part of the Club’s efforts and special focus on youth development in the coming three to five years.Commencing in…

The Audemars Piguet QEII Cup is just a week away.  It is an exciting time, but as we all look forward to this year’s race, I’m sure many racing fans will feel a bit sad that a past winner of this race, two-time Horse of the Year Ambitious Dragon, was retired earlier this week.   It…

I’m sure many racing fans, like me, can sense in the air that another big Group 1 race is almost upon us as the G1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup will be held in less than two weeks’ time.  Five of the local selected runners took an important step in their preparation ahead of the event…

Some of you might remember that earlier this year the Club announced a HK$500 million five-year career and life planning programme, with the aim of helping local youths – regardless of their education or family backgrounds – to realise their potential and develop confidence in themselves.  Yesterday I was pleased to attend an event of…