HKJC CEO Blog

Those of you who are fond of local racing and interested in its past history may well have visited our Racing Museum at Happy Valley Racecourse, and seen some of the special exhibitions we stage there from time to time. But you may not realise that we also have a dedicated Archives team at the Club…

I believe many of you will have been as stunned as I was by the collapse of an old, five-storey building in To Kwa Wan last Friday, which claimed four lives. I watched the news reports that night and I must say it was a very sad experience. Some of the residents interviewed at the scene had…

Last Sunday some of our four-year-old elites delivered enlightening performances on the Sha Tin turf in the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Classic Mile. There'll be more top-class racing action at Sha Tin tomorrow, as we have a double Group 1 raceday on offer with the Stewards' Cup and Kent & Curwen Centenary Sprint Cup, which commence this…

Last Sunday's meeting at Sha Tin saw the first leg of our four-year-old series get under way – the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Classic Mile – and it certainly lived up to expectations. I'm sure you'll have been as enthralled as I was with the impressive way in which Beauty Flash won this Group 1 event. Overcoming a difficult outside…

Those of you who follow international racing news closely may know that five of our top Hong Kong horses have entered for different events of the Dubai World Cup race meeting on 27 March. Hong Kong horses have had some promising results in Dubai in the past, with Vengeance Of Rain winning the Dubai Sheema Classic…

During our race meeting at Sha Tin last Saturday we witnessed quite a special moment when Douglas Whyte rode Sweet Sanette to win the Pok Oi Cup. The victory made this Gary Ng-trained horse the first Hong Kong-based filly to win a local race for more than three years – the last being Almond Lee's Regal…

I'm sure most of you have seen in recent news reports that the northern part of Europe has been experiencing one of its coldest winters in the past decade, with severe snowstorms battering Great Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands as well as my home country Germany over the past fortnight. The blizzards have not only caused…

Those of you who attended our meeting at Sha Tin last Sunday were able to witness a very special moment in Hong Kong racing, as Multiglory's victory in the second race made Matthew Chadwick our fastest-ever apprentice jockey to attain the 70-win mark in Hong Kong – in just 387 days. In doing so, he also graduated…

All Owners want to see their horses performing well on track, and better still, watch them win and celebrate the victory in the winners' circle. It becomes even more special if they are fortunate enough to own a multiple winning racehorse, or a performer in pattern races. But I think many of you would agree with me…

To me, there is no better way of celebrating a New Year than watching some exciting horse racing, and it seems that a lot of you share that view. I was delighted to learn that our turnover for the New Year's Day race meeting at Sha Tin reached a staggering HK$1,117 million, 12 per cent up…