HKJC CEO Blog

Secrets are increasingly hard to keep in the modern era of social media and the news that Almond Eye’s connections want to bring her to Hong Kong for the LONGINES Hong Kong Cup next month broke on Wednesday afternoon. Of course, it is not the Jockey Club’s policy to release news about HKIR running plans…

The big-race action is coming thick and fast from all over the world at present and much of it has implications for our own international showcase in December. Today’s Blog was written as the Flemington stewards started looking into the closing stages of a thrilling Melbourne Cup in which Vow And Declare found just enough…

Early November marks a very significant period with so many notable stories at home and abroad. American racing’s flagship Breeders’ Cup takes place this weekend at Santa Anita and we are looking forward to Simulcasting the Melbourne Cup from Flemington again on Tuesday. Joao Moreira clearly has high hopes of winning the race for the…

This week marks the end of the second month of a new racing season and already several things are clear both at home and abroad. Joao Moreira is clearly determined to seize the champion jockey title back from Zac Purton after another Sha Tin treble took him ten clear at top of the table, while…

This has been a busy week both at home and abroad, with the publication of the 2019 LONGINES HKIR entries followed by a trip to South Africa after racing at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The purpose of the trip was to discuss the preparation for next year’s Asian Racing Conference and one important topic on…

One by one, the longest winning streaks at racing’s top table have been broken. Enable’s amazing run stalled at 12 with her defeat in the Arc and Beauty Generation’s winning run ended at ten on Sunday when he could finish only third behind Rise High and Waikuku in the G2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy.…

One of the most intense racing weekends of the season awaits but this has also been a notable week for the Jockey Club in other ways as Tai Kwun has received the Award of Excellence in this year’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. There is no question that Tai Kwun has been one…

There was no shortage of headlines over the latest racing weekend, with Joao Moreira continuing his fine form with a Saturday five timer at Sha Tin highlighted by a very exciting young horse indeed. Joao has been on a hot streak, riding 13 winners from just 36 rides during four October meetings, and the fact…

The racing news continues to come thick and fast as we approach the 10th meeting of a new season. As most of you will be aware, the Club has been granted approval to reverse the fixtures scheduled for Happy Valley and Sha Tin on October 27th and 30th. This wasn’t a decision we took lightly…

The international racing season is in full flow now and two European visitors from last year’s LONGINES HKIR meeting were firmly in the spotlight at Longchamp on Sunday. All eyes were on Enable and Frankie Dettori in their bid to win a historic third Arc but John Gosden’s mare was worn down at the end…