HKJC CEO Blog

The long wait is over for football fans everywhere as the World Cup commenced early yesterday, with host nation Brazil enjoying a winning start.  Although they gave their supporting fans an early scare by going a goal down, they managed to recover, and was lucky to have been awarded a very soft penalty which changed…

From Australia winning the Epsom Derby, to California Chrome’s near miss in his attemptto become the first US Triple Crown winner in more than 30 years in the Belmont Stakes, it’s been a weekend of rare excitement for racing fans in some of the biggest races around the world. Underlining the international scope of top…

On Thursday we hosted our final Happy Valley meeting of the season and I must say that it was a really enjoyable night, especially as we had over 16,000 enthusiastic racegoers on-course at the Valley creating a fantastic atmosphere.  I’m sure that two of our horsemen, Caspar Fownes and Zac Purton, enjoyed the evening even more…

I think many racing fans would have enjoyed our various overseas simulcasts last weekend, with the chance to see My Name Is Bond winning the Macau Hong Kong Trophy for Hong Kong at Taipa, as well as One And Only and The Grey Gatsby winning the Japanese and French Derby respectively. For myself I was very…

I have always suggested that having fresh young talent rising to the top in racing, with new equine stars for fans to follow as their careers progress, is really important to sustaining interest in our sport. This year, some of the top four-year-olds who featured in the BMW Hong Kong Derby gave us a great…

Glorious sunshine and fantastic sport are always the perfect combination and last Sunday’s Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup day was blessed with both.  The main event produced a surprise result as Blazing Speed ensured his handler Tony Cruz notched the final local Group 1 event on our calendar for the second consecutive season.  It…

You might remember in my blog here a week ago I mentioned that local football club Kitchee were crowned champions of the Hong Kong league this season.  Back on Thursday I had the chance to offer my congratulations in person to the team’s general manager and Kitchee Foundation Chairman Ken Ng, as well as some…

I’m sure those of you who watched our Singapore Airlines International Cup day simulcast on Sunday will have felt as ecstatic as I did as I watched Hong Kong runners winning the evening’s two G1 races for the second consecutive year.  I was fortunate enough to have been at Kranji racecourse and before the main…

As all of you football fans know, the local football season ended last weekend with the Jockey Club’s close partner Kitchee crowned this season’s champions.  Although the local league is entering the off season, there are some exciting times close at hand.  At the end of this month two top Spanish teams, Villareal and Valencia,…

Most football fans have enjoyed an entertaining weekend.  In the Premier League, unlike the scenario two years ago, there was no late drama for Manchester City as they were crowned league champions this season after easily overcoming West Ham.   In the Bundesliga my home town club Borussia Monchengladbach could not finish the season with a…