HKJC CEO Blog

I'm sure many of you watched our live simulcast of the Centaur Stakes from Japan last Sunday, and were as delighted as I was to witness the fine performance of Hong Kong sprinter Green Birdie in this 1200m event. Although pocketed along the fence on entering the home straight, his jockey Mark Du Plessis was…

There was a great party atmosphere as always for our first Happy Valley night meeting of the season on Wednesday, though it was a great shame that the mood was dampened a bit by the huge thunderstorm and heavy rainfall that broke shortly after Race 7.  I can tell you that our rain gauge at…

Hi all!  Let me first offer my thanks to all those of you who came to our racecourses to join our first raceday of the season on Sunday, despite the unstable weather condition early in the morning.  In total, there was an attendance of some 48,500, which created a great atmosphere.  I was glad to…

It's been a shorter racing break than usual this summer, but I know that even seven weeks seems a long time to wait for our dedicated racing fans.  Anyway, your patience will be rewarded tomorrow as a new, and hopefully very exciting, racing season gets under way at Sha Tin Racecourse.During the break, our Club…

Earlier today my web team colleagues hosted a press conference at Sha Tin Racecourse, introducing to the media the latest web enhancements we're launching for our racing fans this season.  These improvements form an integral part of our ongoing plan to uplift the online experience for our web users, and are something I've been eagerly…

It's been a very sad time for everybody in Hong Kong over the past few days, as Monday’s bus hostage saga in Manila claimed the lives of eight Hong Kong citizens and left seven others injured. I felt as saddened and aggrieved by the tragedy as I'm sure many of you did.  On behalf of all…

It's been a while since I posted my last blog here. I hope you've all been keeping well in these midsummer days. I’m currently in France, along with Club’s Executive Director of Racing William Nader. Later today, we'll be heading for Deauville Racecourse, which is hosting a special Hong Kong Jockey Club raceday. This is part of reciprocal arrangement…

The 2009/10 racing season came to a successful end last Wednesday. Overall, it has been a good season for us, and the addition of extra racedays and simulcasts took the total amount of racing gross margin retained by the Club for its operating expenses and charity contributions, to nearly HK$3.4 billion for the full season, showing…

This year’s World Cup has come to an end, and now we look forward to the next tournament in Brazil in four years' time. I expect many of you stayed up to watch this year's final in the early hours of Monday morning HK time, when Andres Iniesta scored the only goal deep in the second…

I hope you've all enjoyed the exciting racing and World Cup action over the past week as much I have. For me, I was sad of course to see Germany miss the chance to challenge for their fourth World Cup title, after losing to Spain 0-1 on Thursday morning. I felt it was a very tactical match…