HKJC CEO Blog

I'm sure that most of you have been taking a close interest this week in the unfolding story about our discovery of Zilpaterol in the urine samples of some horses over the past few days, as well as in two brands of horse feed.   With Zilpaterol being a banned substance under our Rules of Racing,…

Over the past fortnight I have paid much attention to the news concerning the serious floods affecting central Europe, including my home country Germany.  The scale and severity of the flooding this time has been the most serious in the past century, leaving some cities in the eastern part of the country submerged under water…

Wednesday at Happy Valley racecourse offered some entertaining contests for all racing fans to enjoy.  Among them, the most fascinating was the Happy Valley Vase.  As I said before the race, the fact that most runners in the field had posted decent performances in pattern races this season gave it the quality of a G2…

After their successes in the Bundesliga and Champions League, Bayern Munich became the 7th European club team to seal a “treble” in a season late on Saturday when they defeated Stuttgart to win their third trophy of the campaign, the DFB-Pokal.  They also rewrote the German football record books by becoming the first German side…

I have been the Club’s CEO for a number of years now and this has given me the opportunity, through different Club-sponsored projects, to regularly engage with the community, meeting with various community leaders and local people to the extent that I have been able to gain a deeper understanding of the characteristics of the…

I’m sure many of you will have watched the exciting Champions League final last Saturday night, which saw reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich defeat Borussia Dortmund to be crowned European champions for the fifth time.  It was an enthralling game which Bayern only secured late on thanks to Arjen Robben’s deciding goal in the 89th…

After last weekend’s historic results in Singapore we have another big weekend of exciting sport to look forward to, with the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday coinciding with our simulcast of the Japanese Derby from Tokyo.Before we get to those big races, football fans will no doubt pay close…

It was my good fortune to have been in Singapore on Sunday to enjoy what was the best ever performance by a Hong Kong contingent overseas. It was an extraordinary night as Military Attack and Lucky Nine triumphed impressively and confirmed again their world-class status in the Singapore Airlines International Cup and KrisFlyer International Sprint…

I’m sure racing fans here in Hong Kong are as captivated as I am by the hot competition in this season’s trainers’ premiership.  Local hopeful Dennis Yip made a strong charge to the top in recent weeks, sending out 13 winners in the past seven race meetings.  His run to the top bucks the trend…

As is usually the case, last week was full of racing and other business engagements but I was pleased that I was still able to squeeze in a short trip to Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, to attend the opening ceremony of the Sichuan University – Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institute for Disaster…