HKJC CEO Blog

It was a pleasure to be in London yesterday for the announcement of the 2016 LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings which saw a record 26 horses from Hong Kong land in the premier international classifications. The subsequent race ratings were revealed showing that all 11 of our Group 1 races were in the World’s Top…

After enjoying some dirt racing action that capped with Caspar Fownes’ four-timer on Wednesday, racing fans are about to witness some of our best young talents taking to the big stage, as the season’s 4YO Classic Series will commence with the Hong Kong Classic Mile at Sha Tin tomorrow. When we discussed the strategy in…

Last Sunday, a record 3,800 athletes with intellectual disabilities and their partner runners competed in the i-Run – Hong Kong Jockey Club Special Marathon to promote social inclusion. Funded by the Charities Trust with a HK$6.82 million donation over three years, the i-Run organized by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals was a rousing success and…

It was with great sadness I learned of the passing of John Pearce, a former Club Steward and Honorary Steward, on Thursday at the age of 98. John was also the son of former Club Chairman Thomas “Tam” Pearce, who died in the defense of Hong Kong in 1941. While he owned horses here in…

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of joining the ceremony to kick off the 40th Anniversary celebrations for Ocean Park, and to receive a plaque of appreciation from Ocean Park on behalf of the Club. Ocean Park opened in 1977 following HK$150 million in funding from the Charities Trust and its operations were funded by the…

A quality field produced a frenetic finish in Wednesday’s G3 January Cup and it was Harbour Master which took the honours, winning the sole pattern race of the season at Happy Valley. It gave trainer John Moore another important win and his fourth pattern race success of the season. John has enjoyed a nice start…

It was a delightful start to the year with some exceptional results at our New Year’s Day race meeting. Total attendance between our racecourses was in excess of 86,000 and total handle topped the HK$1.57 billion mark. Both were the record figures for the day. The day’s feature, and the first pattern race of the…

After three successive defeats, viral sensation Pakistan Star was back to winning ways at Sha Tin Tuesday. Piloted by Joao Moreira he made no mistakes when taking the Griffin Trophy. However, I have to admit that he was, for me, not as impressive as I had hoped he would be, even though he won easy.…

I trust that you and your family enjoyed a sweet Christmas, and hopefully with some added enjoyment from the Arima Kinen simulcast from Japan on Sunday. This JRA year-end major feature went to Satono Diamond, the only three-year-old horse in the field. It also marked another major success for his owner Mr Hajime in a…

The Donnie Yen co-owned Bad Boy didn’t disappoint me for my pre-race prediction when he claimed the Class 2 Lukfook Jewellery Cup at Sha Tin last Saturday.  He pulled off a dominating performance in his victory and now he could face some of our top sprinters next in the G3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy in two…