HKJC CEO Blog

In the past couple of years the Club has been a staunch supporter of local football development, sponsoring a couple of youth training programmes and academy projects. As well as collaborating with local football teams, Premier League champion Manchester United is also one of our working partners; together we launched the Jockey Club Elite Youth…

So our international racing action at home this season has come to an end following the running of Champions Mile last Sunday.  More than 24,000 racegoers were entertained by an exciting contest as Dan Excel, who had been knocking on the door repeatedly this season, finally landed a major prize. I must say that he…

Our spring international racing action here in Hong Kong continues for the second consecutive weekend with Sunday’s G1 Champions Mile at Sha Tin Racecourse tomorrow.  As is usually the case, we have a decent line-up for this latest renewal, with four G1 winners in our nine-strong field.  These include two solid top level performers from…

Dramatic is how I would describe Sunday’s Audemars Piguet QEII Cup day – dramatic in a way that only an exciting top international sports event could be.  Nearly 30,000 racegoers joined us for international racing action at Sha Tin and were treated to fine weather and a great sporting show as a field of Group…

After Bayern Munich outplayed Barcelona, another German outfit, Borussia Dortmund, produced a stunner of their own as they completed a 4-1 rout against Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday.  As a German, it’s stupendous to see two German teams put a combined eight goals past those two great…

Last weekend race fans were able to enjoy two simulcast events from Macau and Australia.  As alike in the past, I travelled to Taipa racecourse on Sunday for the Macau Hong Kong Trophy day, and this time witnessed Noble Alpha become the third Hong Kong winner of the Macau leg of the inter-port series. Noble…

On Wednesday we unveiled the list of selected runners for the Champions Mile on 5 May.  Again we still have a very strong field of runners as for our home team flagbearers we have Stewards’ Cup winner Glorious Days and impressive Chairman’s Trophy hero Packing Whiz, who have both been in promising form recently. The…

One of the things I enjoy about my job is that I regularly have opportunities to represent the Club at various community events and activities. Last week, I attended the countdown ceremony for the 4th Hong Kong Games, an event in which the Club has involvement as a major sponsor, and while there I was…

Many football fans in my home country Germany have been buzzing about the “Dortmund miracle”. In midweek, Borussia Dortmund pulled off what seemed an impossible comeback against Malaga in the Uefa Champions League quarter-final.  Trailing 2-1 late in the second half and facing exit from the tournament, the team scored two quickfire goals in stoppage…

Packing Whiz notched up his first victory since joining Caspar Fownes’ yard with a stylish performance in the HKG2 Chairman’s Trophy last Sunday, capping a fascinating race day from the sporting perspective.  But champion jockey Douglas Whyte seemed to steal the limelight at Sha Tin racecourse that day as he snatched a wonderful six-timer, which…