HKJC CEO Blog

It’s been a bit longer than usual since I last updated this blog.  I hope you'll understand that, as for the past week or so I've been taking time out to see my family in Germany and enjoy some travelling around Europe.  It’s always pleasant to get away from the hustle and bustle of Hong…

Although it has been more than a day since the final took place, I’m still enjoying the happy glow following the excitement of Germany clinching their 4th World Cup with a 1-0 extra-time win against Argentina on Monday morning.  As expected, it was a tight and nail-biting contest between the two sides.  Although Die Mannschaft…

I believe that many of you may have left a few messages on social media forums expressing your views about the results of the World Cup semifinals this week. As a German I can say that we earned an extraordinary, in fact freakish result, defeating Brazil 7-1 in the first semi-final early on Wednesday morning…

Whether you were at Sha Tin racecourse or not, I hope you managed to watch and enjoy our exciting season finale on Sunday.  Caspar Fownes and John Size ensured a thrilling climax to the Trainers’ Premiership, which marked a fitting end to what was a record-breaking season – I stand by what I said on…

We have almost reached the end of our current racing season with only the finale meeting at Sha Tin racecourse remaining. Anyone thinking tomorrow’s concluding race day will be a quiet wind down before the summer holidays is very much mistaken though! It promises to be a really exciting occasion and a fitting finale to…

Although the World Cup has held the attention of most sports fans in recent weeks, there was enough going on last weekend to distract racing fans away from events in Brazil.  Here in Hong Kong Caspar Fownes ensured there would be another exciting season-end climax to the champion trainer’s title, as he landed a win…

As I had thought, trainer Caspar Fownes had a good evening at the Sha Tin race meeting on Wednesday, as he notched a winning double thanks to Good Times Roll and Gun Pit.  The results placed him just a single win behind championship leader John Size, who also had a winner that evening with Silly…

Due to the Government’s drainage work at Happy Valley, we have had two midweek night meetings at Sha Tin in the past fortnight with one more to come, namely the season’s final night meeting there today.  Last Wednesday night I took the opportunity to have a walk around the racecourse, to take in the atmosphere…

Over the past few years, through our implementation of the Racecourse Master Plan we have carried out many renovation and refurbishment projects to improve our facilities at both Happy Valley and. Sha Tin.  As well as new facilities for the racing public, some of the projects have also been undertaken for the benefit of Club Members.Our primary aim in refreshing these older venues was to create…

I trust all of you football fans out there are enjoying the World Cup as much as I am! It has been a fascinating tournament so far, and it’s still such early days. All of the 32 participating teams have at least played their first group match and that includes my home team Germany.  I…