HKJC CEO Blog

Beauty Generation was a transcendent figure on the Hong Kong racing stage throughout a glorious career and it is only fitting that the Club should farewell this marvellous horse with a special ceremony. Champion horses have the capacity to quicken the pulse and gladden the heart and Beauty Generation fits comfortably into that category. For…

International racing has lost one of its greatest and most influential figures with the sad passing of Prince Khalid Abdullah. As a measure of his towering influence, Prince Khalid’s famous green, pink and white colours were carried to victory in 118 G1 races around the world, most notably by champions such as the unbeaten Frankel…

Hong Kong’s challenges appear in many different shapes and forms and the circumstances of the past year obliges the Club to remain vigilant. Unfortunately, for too much of the past year, COVID-19 has been a common theme – and a lingering test – for all of us. But, with the cooperation of all Club staff,…

A new chapter will be written at Happy Valley on Wednesday with the first meeting of the year at the famous city circuit and, with the running of the G3 January Cup, it is a significant occasion. As the only Pattern race at Happy Valley, the January Cup honour roll features familiar names, including some…

The start of the new year heralds the start of new beginnings and new opportunities and that, for me, holds true as much for horse racing as life itself. The pandemic means 2020 is a wretched year we would prefer to forget but, after 12 months of turmoil and disruption, it is with a fresh…

Who would have thought Christmas 2020 would involve people all over the world being asked to stay at home instead of heading off to celebrate with family and friends? All our lives have changed dramatically since the Covid-19 pandemic began to spread early in 2020 and there are still some tough times ahead before society…

And so, we come to the final Happy Valley meeting of 2020. There is no question this has been one of the strangest and most confronting years in the history of our spectacular city track. If ever a racecourse was built to welcome a party crowd then this is the one, but Covid-19 concerns have…

One champion departs as another announces himself. It is a theme that has repeated itself throughout the history of Hong Kong racing and it has come around again with the news that Beauty Generation is to retire in the very same week that Golden Sixty finally replaced him as the highest rated horse in town.…

The Bubble stayed intact and Hong Kong racing can now take pride and reflect on what can be learned from the most challenging and rewarding LONGINES HKIR week in history. Amazingly, it is now almost 11 months since the risk level for Coronavirus moved from Serious to Emergency – forcing us to go Behind Closed…

And so we come to a day that everyone in Hong Kong racing has been working towards. LONGINES Hong Kong International Races has showcased the best of Hong Kong racing to the world through four decades now and the build-up to the 2020 renewal has been the most challenging on record. From the moment we…