HKJC CEO Blog

The adverse weather last weekend put a damper on many activities including our Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup raceday, as persistent downpours in the Sha Tin area on Sunday afternoon created extremely wet track conditions. We recorded an incredible 138.8 millimetres of rainfall during the afternoon.  In such an extreme environment, both the jockeys and horses…

I'm sure you all have vivid memories of the massive earthquake that battered Sichuan two years ago this month, claiming more than 200,000 lives in this south-western province of the Mainland. Hong Kong citizens were deeply shocked by the severity of the disaster.  We felt that the Club too, being Hong Kong’s largest charity contributor, should…

Those of you who follow Hong Kong racing news closely will know that three of our top milers – Fellowship, Beauty Flash and Sight Winner – set off for Japan early yesterday to prepare for the final leg of this year’s Asian Mile Challenge – the Group 1 Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday…

In the early hours of tomorrow morning, Hong Kong time, millions of football fans from all over the world will be focusing their eyes on the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, where two of the most established football clubs in Europe, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich will battle it out to become new European champions. Thanks to…

It was another proud moment for Hong Kong on Sunday as our seasoned sprinter Green Birdie defeated Singapore champion Rocket Man to win the KrisFlyer International Sprint at Kranji Racecourse.  Following the victory of world champion sprinter Sacred Kingdom in the same race last year, Green Birdie has become the second Hong Kong runner in…

By the time you log on to the website and read this blog, I will have already arrived in Singapore, where tomorrow night I'll be attending the Lion City's annual flagship racing event at Kranji Racecourse – the Singapore Airlines International Cup raceday.  This will be the 10th year that the Singapore Turf Club has…

It's now been a week since we launched a new version of the Club’s website. Each time you visit the site, I hope you're finding that you get more used to the new layout and design. I've been encouraged to receive so many of your views and comments on the changes through this Blog. Others of you have…

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day in Hong Kong and I imagine that many of you have already made plans to celebrate with your family on this special day. I have enormous admiration for local mothers, as many of them have full- or part-time jobs in addition to taking care of their children as well as their families’…

Some of you who frequently visit the Club’s website might have noticed that it now has a fresh new look, as we launched an upgraded version of the site yesterday. The changes that you see now are in fact only the first phase of a major series of improvements and enhancements we are making to the…

For the past two years, we've brought you simulcasts of the Breeders' Cup races from Santa Anita, giving those of you who closely follow overseas horse racing a chance to watch some of the world's leading horses in action at one of America's premier international meetings.In the early hours of tomorrow morning, following our Labour…