HKJC CEO Blog

And so we come towards the end of a very busy and positive week in the Hong Kong season. Of course, I appreciate concern voiced about having only two days between meetings at Sha Tin and Happy Valley. This places an additional burden on our people in the Club and the media but we hope…

Everyone I spoke to at Sha Tin on Monday felt they had been part of a day that stepped the season up to a new level and I completely agree with that view. It was fantastic to see so many top horses in action for the first Group races of the campaign and I was…

Yesterday, I was at Mong Kok Stadium to witness our annual football event, the HKJC Community Cup, featuring last season’s Hong Kong Premier League champions Kitchee and runners-up Wofoo Tai Po. It was a tight match as both teams showed that they have already found great form early in the season. It was Kitchee who…

Our new South African jockey Grant Van Niekerk continued the promising start to his Hong Kong career when racing resumed at Sha Tin last Saturday, scoring a double to match Champion Jockey Zac Purton at the top of the premiership table. The same applied to our new trainer Jimmy Ting, as he was another horseman…

The Jockey Club’s two-day Philanthropy for Better Cities Forum concluded yesterday and the feedback I have received suggests it was considered a resounding success. It was great to meet so many local and overseas policy makers, with over 1,000 thought leaders and delegates exchanging strategic views as well as sharing their experiences in creating a…

Very early in the week, the Hong Kong Observatory alerted the public to the huge threat posed by super typhoon Mangkhut this weekend. We have closely communicated with the Observatory over the past few days as this severe storm has edged closer to Hong Kong. Considering the forecasted deteriorating weather conditions, and more importantly, the…

It was great to see Hong Kong represented on the world stage for the first time this season when our dirt sprinter Fight Hero featured in the Korea Sprint, which the Jockey Club simulcast from Seoul on Sunday. I must say he produced a terrific run in defeat as he went toe to toe against…

After the first Happy Valley meeting of the season midweek, it was satisfying to see the Danny Shum-trained Most Beautiful leading the headlines and being the toast of racing fans, both on track and away from the course. The six-year-old became the first ever Conghua-trained horse to win, sweeping from near the rear under a…

Although an amber rainstorm hit Hong Kong on Sunday morning, it didn’t deter the thousands of race fans who flocked to Sha Tin racecourse for our Season Opening. In fact, more than 74,000 people were trackside to ring in the 2018/19 season, the second-highest attendance figure for the first meeting of the season in over…

All of us at the Hong Kong Jockey Club are gearing up for our season to commence tomorrow. First, though, on Thursday, the Club held its Annual General Meeting, with Anthony Chow succeeding Dr Simon Ip as the Club Chairman. The Club enjoyed immense success under Dr Ip’s chairmanship, when he oversaw the crucial final…