HKJC CEO Blog

Every footballer enjoys playing on perfect pitch conditions. Elite football clubs go to great lengths to ensure their stars play on optimum surfaces at the world’s great stadia like the Camp Nou and the Bernabeu, to name but two. I know that Arsenal invested a large sum in state-of-the-art heat lamps some years ago to…

Last Thursday we announced the 14 runners to be selected for the Audemars Piguet QE II Cup on 29 April, signifying the final countdown to our spring internationals.  Among the nominees, we have invited four selected overseas runners to compete in this HK$14 million event.  I feel delighted that, including our home contingent, there will…

I hope most of you will feel refreshed after the week-long break from local racing. I have taken this opportunity to recap the local races I missed in the past week, as well as some of the important local racing news.  I am sure most of you would have learnt about the retirement of former…

I hope you enjoyed as much as I did the Dubai World Cup day simulcast from Meydan last Saturday. The Hong Kong team, though might not perform up to a lot of racing fans’ expectation before the races, achieved fair results as our runners managed to get two third placings in the Al Quoz Sprint…

With the sport of racing being further globalised in recent years, some international racing carnivals have attracted even wider participation by runners and horsemen from different countries and nationalities.  You all can get some clues on this prevailing trend from major international race meetings such as the Royal Ascot and the Prix de l’Arc de…

Sports fans experienced a bounty of live action at the weekend. Rugby football lovers enjoyed the exciting party atmosphere at the Hong Kong Sevens at Hong Kong Stadium, while racing fans were not disappointed by the 10 local races staged at Sha Tin and the Takamatsunomiya Kinen simulcast from Japan on Sunday.As usual I chatted…

This week, the entries were announced for our two spring highlights, the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup and the BMW Champions Mile.  The quality of those entries and the fact that 12 countries or regions are represented is testament to how important these two International Group 1 races are on the global stage, and I’m very…

Great atmosphere, perfect weather, over 50,000 racegoers, fantastic and exciting races – that’s what we got on Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby day last Sunday.  It was probably one of the most thrilling Derby races in recent years, when you consider the breathtaking climax and the clever riding performance by Douglas Whyte on Fay Fay.  Starting…

We have finally entered the Derby weekend and I am delighted with how the various arrangements have gone during this eventful past week.  In this morning’s Hong Kong International Sale, 26 unraced horses passed through the Sha Tin Racecourse auction ring and were purchased by their excited new Owners. Tomorrow brings the most prestigious local…

Despite a chilling mistle in the air last Sunday, around 250 Members presented themselves at Sha Tin Racecourse for the breeze-up session for the upcoming Hong Kong International Sale; and watched with keen interest as the 26 lots due to pass through the sale ring on Saturday, took to the turf to gallop in pairs. I…