HKJC CEO Blog

This season’s competition for the popular 1O1O Million Challenge officially ended last Wednesday, with the Tony Cruz-trained Cape Canaveral crowned the series winner.  He cemented his top rank before the finale meeting with an unassailable lead.  Despite that, three of the four horses in the top 10 ran on that final evening and delivered some…

At Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday we saw Military Attack, a horse highly-regarded by John Moore last season as a Group 1 winner in the making, achieve his first win in the top grade in the second leg of our Triple Crown, the HKG1 Citibank Hong Kong Gold Cup.  This week we have another international…

During the running of every race, many of you will no doubt have noticed that two cars use the service track to follow the horses.  Actually, one of those cars carries Club vets and the other carries paramedics. This routine but important procedure means that these medical experts can offer instant assistance and medical attention…

The past weekend saw the racing spotlight shine on both Hong Kong and Australia, as Down Under the mighty mare Black Caviar made a sensational return to the races following her eight-month spell after her Ascot success last summer. She looked back to her best in winning the G1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington Racecourse for…

I hope you all enjoyed the Lunar New Year holidays with your families and friends as I did.  During the holidays, one particular event brought me extra enjoyment and satisfaction, the emphatic successes we had at our Chinese New Year race meeting on Tuesday.  The racecourse atmosphere was electric that day and the race-day attendance…

Kung Hei Fat Choy! At the beginning of the Year of the Snake, I wish you all health, prosperity and every success in the coming year.  I know that in Chinese tradition family gathering is an important element of the Lunar New Year celebration.   I’m sure many of you have soaked up the festive mood,…

Last Saturday we had a fascinating race meeting at Sha Tin, capped by the success of Pure Champion in the Centenary Vase. But we also witnessed interesting performances from some exciting four-year-old’s, which may well have boosted their chances of making it into the Derby line-up on 17 March.I chatted with some media friends after…

The Club has been committed to cultivating and promoting local arts and forwarding cultural development over the past few decades.  Apart from our donation in support of the annual Hong Kong Arts Festival, in recent years we have extended our commitment by bringing several major exhibitions to Hong Kong for the public’s enjoyment, including the…

English FA Cup football was on TV at the weekend and I managed to briefly watch some of the action while at home.  With the tournament being famous for seeing minnows producing giant-killing performances in defeating top-class opponents, you could naturally foresee some unexpected results, and sure enough, the weekend saw a total of five…

Like many local sports fans, I was pleased to learn that our track cycling queen and Olympic medalist Sarah Lee Wai-sze gave us something to cheer for once again last weekend.  Adding to the bronze medal she won at the London Games last summer, Sarah was crowned the overall champion in the Women’s Sprint and…