HKJC CEO Blog

At the Jockey Club, we never stop looking for ways to advance Hong Kong racing, and so one of our standard off-season practices is to review issues from the previous season, identifying areas where we can improve. However, in light of some of the recent issues and criticism over the last two weeks, I have…

I was excited to see the performance of Now We Can in America early this morning, running third in the G3 Belmont Gold Cup, beaten just more than two lengths. He was a fast finisher after having been eighth with 300m to run. After a close second last year and a tough field this year,…

We are back to Happy Valley tonight with an eight race card after a full weekend of our local racing at Sha Tin, the simulcast of the Derby meeting from England, Sunday night’s exciting Prix du Jockey Club and of course, the Yasuda Kinen. While I missed Sunday’s racing at home, I was in Tokyo…

I am on my way to Tokyo and am looking forward to another exciting renewal of the great mile race, the Yasuda Kinen, held here tomorrow and of course, simulcast to Hong Kong for many years. This top Japanese event has been a keystone in the development of Hong Kong’s global racing ambitions and has…

Werther was the star at Sha Tin on Sunday as our reigning Horse of the Year took his second Group 1 of the season, which also happens to be our final Group 1 of the current campaign, with a handy three-length score in the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup. Narrowly beaten in this race…

During tomorrow’s Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup meeting we will bid farewell to Able Friend, a champion and great warrior of Hong Kong racing. He amassed four Group 1 wins including a Hong Kong Mile and Champions Mile double, 12 overall wins, and over HK$61 million of prize money in his five wonderful seasons.…

Jockey Zac Purton experienced a wonderful weekend as he rode a hat trick in Macau, including Romantic Touch’s victory in the Macau Hong Kong Trophy, before returning to Hong Kong on Sunday and winning the 18 Districts Cup aboard Chung Wah Spirit, which was also his 700th win in Hong Kong. This is a great…

Joao Moreira, Zac Purton and Neil Callan, each rode a winner at Happy Valley on Wednesday and will hope it is a good omen before they are to ride in the races on Macau Hong Kong Trophy day at Taipa today. I’ve arrived Macau for the races in support of the day and will be…

I hope you enjoyed a good time with family on Mother’s Day last Sunday. Yet again, the Club hosted an enjoyable event for all at the Tuen Mun Public Riding School on the same day with more than 5,000 people joining us for the annual open day there. Guests participated in various riding-related activities and…

Our Happy Valley Million Challenge winner from this season, Packing Dragon, earned his fourth win of the season at Happy Valley on Wednesday, and made it a sixth career win – all of them earned at the city track. That was quite a feat for this late bloomer, also the half-brother to our two-time Horse…