HKJC CEO Blog

I know that a great number of people in Hong Kong are interested in jogging and distance running. This can be seen by the large number of participants in the Hong Kong Marathon held annually in February. I like to go jogging myself early in the morning as it not only helps me tune my body and…

During this week when I was scanning through the news clippings in my office, I noticed a number of stories concerning latest developments in the gaming industry in the region. These included the Taiwan government's decision to agree in principle on the development of casino business in its offshore islands of Penghu. Although I believe this project…

I hope you've all been doing well with the wintry atmosphere in Hong Kong these past few days as the city has been affected by an unusually cold spell, with the Observatory recording the coldest day this winter last Sunday. Although I'm very used to cold weather having grown up in Germany, where snowfalls are a…

I was delighted to see how much the delegation of Chinese Olympic athletes enjoyed their visit to the races at Happy Valley last Wednesday. I explained to them how a race meeting was operated and the intense training that racehorses as well as riders have to undergo. Their enthusiasm and appreciation for the sport of horse racing…

Although we have only just put away the Christmas decorations, it's already time to start thinking about Chinese New Year, which falls unusually early this year. Later I had a briefing for the media to tell them about some of the plans the Club is putting in place to celebrate the new Year of the Ox…

We had a busy but meaningful start to 2009 on Thursday, with two special events taking place at our traditional New Year's Day race meeting. First, we bid farewell to legendary horse Bullish Luck, who has brought tremendous enjoyment to our racing fans in the past six years, as well as much glory and honour to…

Hi all, I hope you had a great time with your families and friends during the Christmas holiday.  Although there was a week-long break in our racing fixtures over Christmas, that was not sufficient time for me to head back to Germany to visit my father.  I hope I can make it up one day…

The year 2008 is almost coming to an end. Looking back over the past 12 months, there are quite a few Club activities that have brought us all great memories and I think it's worth looking back at some of them here in my blog. I'm sure the Club's involvement in the equestrian events of the Beijing…

I'm sure many of you were as sad as I was to hear the news that veteran South African jockey Felix Coetzee – the longest-serving rider among our current line-up in Hong Kong – has decided to leave us and return to South Africa after today's meeting at Sha Tin.Felix has had a phenomenal record…

It was great to see more than 47,000 people coming to Sha Tin for our International Races meeting last Sunday. If you were among them, I hope you enjoyed the racing action and on-course programmes as much as I did. Your enthusiasm and support created a terrific atmosphere at the racecourse. I’m pleased to see the International Race…