Hong Kong’s “season like no other” ended at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 15 July with Ricky Yiu securing an odds-defying champion trainer title that was most certainly in keeping with the campaign’s extraordinary backdrop. The Hong Kong Jockey Club navigated the uncertainty of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic decisively, implementing measures that protected public and […]
The third major event on this holiday Thursday’s program in Deauville, the Prix Gontaut-Biron Hong Kong Jockey Club (Gr3) is open to aged horses over 1m2f. Leading performers such as Vision d’État, Cirrus des Aigles, New Bay and Talismanic who won the event recently. The race conditions allow former top performers to run at level weight as long as they didn’t win or […]
Furore (4g Pierro x Stormy Choice, by Redoute’s Choice) emerged as one of Hong Kong’s budding four-year-old stars with a powerful come-from-behind performance in the HK$10 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Bought for $210,000 at the 2016 NZB Premier Sale from the Haunui Farm draft by Australian Bloodstock/Lees Racing, […]
Honorius begins Second Season in Australia Knightsbridge are very keen to discuss opportunities breeding to Honorius with Mare owners or those wishing to enjoy the fun of being a breeder, we intend to breed and race as many as possible. His family have been an international success, Holy Roman Emperor was a champion 2yo, his […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: 2018 Prize Money The Stewards have decided that with effect from 16 July 2018 the rates for Prize Money, Entry Fees, Riding Fees, Training Fee, Livery Charges and Contributions to Retired Racehorse Programme are as follows :- PRIZE MONEY CLASS 1……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… $2,625,000 CLASS 2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… $1,950,000 CLASS 3……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… $1,380,000 CLASS 4………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… $920,000 […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Planning a Big 2018/19 Hong Kong will stage its 2018/19 season opener at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 2 September, the first of 88 fixtures worth a record total of HK$1.22 billion. The season will consist of 47 day meetings and 41 night fixtures at Hong Kong’s two iconic tracks, Happy […]
China Horse Racing: HKJC’s Conghua Training Centre A momentous new era in Hong Kong racing began with the arrival of the first in-training horses at Conghua Training Centre (CTC) on the Chinese Mainland, marking the integration of CTC into the Hong Kong training system. The shipment of 21 horses – seven each from the Dennis […]
2017/18 Racing Season in Hong Kong was Exceptional World class sport and incredible global growth underpinned a memorable 2017/18 racing season in Hong Kong, which concluded today, Sunday, 15 July, with overall turnover of HK$124.2 billion, representing a 5.8% increase on the previous season. A crowd of 31,903 turned out at Sha Tin for this […]
The LONGINES Hong Kong International Races Jump to HK$93 million The LONGINES Hong Kong International Races are now worth an extraordinary HK$93 million. The 10% increase to the Turf World Championships’ purse is among the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s substantial prize money rises for the 2018/19 season, which were announced today, 6 July, 2018. The […]
Following the two successful shipments of a total of 35 Racing Development Board (RDB) horses from Hong Kong to the Conghua Training Centre (CTC) on 12 June (Tuesday) and 14 June (Thursday), all horses have been settling extremely well in the Club’s state-of-the-art training centre. Mr. William A Nader, Director of Racing Business and Operations, […]
As the 2017/18 racing season draws into its final stages, it is now time to show your support for your favourite horses and jockeys. Three awards – the Most Popular Horse of the Year, Most Popular Jockey of the Year and Most Admired Overseas Horse of the Year – are chosen by racing fans each […]
Bad Boy Pakistan Star Makes Good in Hong Kong Pakistan Star recorded his second G1 victory with an impressive one-and-three-quarters length victory in the Standard Charter Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin. The talented son of Shamardal was settled second through the early stages of the race, as stablemate Exultant (by Teofilo) led the […]
Hong Kong came back, saw and reconquered at Singapore’s return to International racing on Saturday night when its two contenders Southern Legend and Horse Of Fortune stole the quinella in the $1.5 million Invitational Group 1 Kranji Mile (1600m). The former British colony have been a long-time supporter of Singapore races during the time […]
Hong Kong racing’s wagering strategy was a core point in the opening plenary session on day two of the Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in Seoul, South Korea today, Wednesday, 16 May, 2018. Mr. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Asian Racing Federation (ARF), chaired the session, titled […]
The 37th Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in Seoul, South Korea, with Asian Racing Federation Chairman and Hong Kong Jockey Club Chief Executive Officer Mr. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges calling on the sport’s stakeholders to establish racing as a global “master brand.” As Chair of the convocation’s opening plenary session, Mr. Engelbrecht-Bresges said that horseracing must create a […]
Sunday’s G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin by J A McGrath at Godolphin The international element to Sunday’s G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin is supplied by two Godolphin stables based on opposite sides of the world. Charlie Appleby sends highly regarded Blue Point (Shamardal) from Godolphin’s Moulton Paddocks, Newmarket (UK), while trainer […]
A Holy Roman Emperor half-brother to G1 Epsom Derby winner Wings Of Eagles set an all-time Hong Kong International Sale record on Friday night, as one of 26 lots put under the hammer at Sha Tin Racecourse. The British-bred gelding, catalogued as Lot 17 and a son of the G1-placed French mare Ysoldina, was bought […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: The Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year Raceday has always been one of Hong Kong’s most popular horseracing events, bringing families and friends together in festive celebration. With the Year of the Dog just around the corner, the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, hosted a […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: Happy Valley Preview Hong Kong racing features a Group 3 and several high quality races at Happy Valley tonight, here is a preview brought to you by Knightsbridge. Race 1 – PATERSON HANDICAP Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Happy Valley, 19:15 Turf, “B” Course, 1000M, Good Prize Money: $660,000, Rating:40-0, Class 5 Not much […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: New Years Day Preview Hong Kong Races returns to Sha Tin tonight with a good race card. Here are the Hong Kong Happy Valley selections from Knightsbridge home of quality race horses. Race 1. Kowloon Peak Hcp (C5) “B+2” Course, 1400M, Expected Going: Good Prize Money: $660000, Rating: 40-0, Class 5 1. (6) Scarborough Fair 2. (10) Winning […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: Happy Valley Preview Hong Kong Races returns to Happy Valley tonight with a good race card, Hong Kong racing is gearing up for some fun with Bollywood Nights to entertain the crowd. Here are the Hong Kong Happy Valley selections from Knightsbridge home of quality race horses. Race 1. Yau Kom Tau Hcp (C5) […]
Get 2018 off to a lucky start on January 1 at Sha Tin Racecourse, $80 million Mega-jackpots for the New Year The New Year is just around the corner. Racing fans can get 2018 off to a galloping start by attending the “Lucky Start January 1 Raceday” at Sha Tin Racecourse. And with a total […]
At the opening of the International Conference on the Equine Disease Free Zone (ICEDFZ) today (12 December), Hong Kong SAR and Chinese Mainland authorities signed four memoranda of understanding reinforcing policies and procedures governing the operation of the biosecurity zone in the Conghua District of Guangzhou and related horse movement arrangements between the Club’s new […]
Highland Reel Retires with 7th G1 Win Aidan O’Brien’s message was clear after the G1 Longines Hong Kong Vase on Sunday – Highland Reel (5h Galileo-Hveger, by Danehill) is “Irreplaceable” as the unique son of Galileo heads to a new career as a stallion at Coolmore Highland Reel closed out his globe-trotting career with a […]
Talismanic, Andre Fabre Strong Showing in Hong Kong Vase Talismanic, trained by Andre Fabre and ridden by Maxime Guyon, put in another very gutsy performance to finish second to Highland Reel in the G1 Hong Kong Vase over 12 furlongs on fast turf at Sha Tin, Hong Kong, on Sunday, December 10. The winner on […]
The LONGINES Hong Kong International Races Tips It is the biggest day of the year in Hong Kong with the running of the The LONGINES Hong Kong International Race Series. Here are the tips from Knightsbridge the home of quality horses, you can get the tips of the week all around Asia at www.asiaracingclub.com Race […]
Hong Kong Racing to Come to China Knightsbridge are very excited about the news in China, our 1st syndicated horses will be arriving in China in 2018 and the outlook for the sport there looks bright. By J A McGrath at Godolphin A visit to Hong Kong for the International Races in December never fails […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: Talismanic All eyes are on Hong Kong as they prepare to host some of the world best racing in the coming week. Zac Purton took the Hong Kong International Jockey Challenge last night, but now some of the best horses in the world line up for a series of Group 1 […]
Hong Kong Racing: Happy Valley Selections Tonight will be the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship Hugh Bowman will be defending his title after his victory in last year’s LONGINES International Jockeys Championship, as much as I hate to say it I donn’t think he has Buckley’s of taking out the night, he will also show Hong […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing: Dec 6 LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship Pierre-Charles Boudot Age: 24 Background: Boudot won his second French champion jockey title in 2016 with a European record of 300 wins that season. His father, the late Marc Boudot, was a trainer in central France. He attended the jockeys’ school at Govieux before joining […]
Hong Kong Racing: Happy Valley Preview Nov 28 Hong Kong Races returns to Happy Valley tonight with a good race card, Hong Kong racing is gearing up for some of the biggest races of the year in December. Here are the Hong Kong Happy Valley selections from Knightsbridgehome of quality race horses. Race 1 – TO KWA […]
Hong Kong Races: Happy Valley Selections Nov 22 There is some great racing tonight in Hong Kong and here are the selections from Knightsbridge Bloodstock Race 1 – DUMBARTON HANDICAP Wednesday, November 22, 2017, Happy Valley, 19:15 Turf, “C+3” Course, 1200M, Good Prize Money: $660,000, Rating:40-0, Class 5 1 A FAST ONE 10 GLORY HORSIE 6 TREASURE […]
Bank of China Race Day in Hong Kong Selections A very exciting Bank of China Race Day. The BOCHK Jockey Club Cup is one of three G2 features on Sunday, alongside the BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Mile and BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Sprint (1200m), which are the prime lead-up races to the LONGINES […]
Hong Kong: LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship The world’s best jockeys will compete for the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday, 6 December. A HK$800,000 prize fund makes the annual four-race showcase at Hong Kong’s iconic city track the richest jockey challenge in the world. Four Hong Kong-based riders and eight of […]
Hong Kong Racing News: Hot King Prawn is Hot By David Morgan Champion trainer John Size sealed an early double on Ladies’ Purse Day (Sunday, 5 November) at Sha Tin Racecourse thanks to a pair of bright young prospects, the unbeaten Hot King Prawn and race debutant Conte. Hot King Prawn lived up to the […]
Hong Kong Racing: G2 Premier Bowl Handicap From Knightsbridge’s John Heffernan It’s hard to go past the top 3 Mr Stunning, Thewizardofoz and Luck Bubbles. On past performances Lucky Bubbles has to come out on top, but Thewizardof oz does have “Magic” Joao Moreira on board and that is a real advantage. Thewizardofoz will be […]
Hong Kong Racing: Ladies’ Purse Day Returns Sa Sa International Holdings Limited (“Sa Sa”), and the Hong Kong Jockey Club (“HKJC”) will co-host the 13th Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on 5 November celebrating the city’s much anticipated annual event for ladies, renowned Asian actress Meng Zi-Yi is this year’s Sa […]
Hong Kong Racing News By David Morgan at HKJC Group 1 stars Beauty Only, Mr Stunning, Peniaphobia and Contentment will step out for the first time this term at Sunday’s (1 October) National Day race meeting at Sha Tin Racecourse. Hong Kong’s 2017/18 Group race programme kicks off with twin features, the G3 National Day […]
Australian Sires: Honorius Begins his Career at Larneuk Honorius is a son of Danehill’s highest ever rated 2YO Holy Roman Emperor, a Champion 2YO himself and internationally successful Group One producing sire. Holy Roman Emperor’s 54 stakes winners include Hong Kong Horse Of The Year, Designs On Rome and his progeny have also enjoyed Group […]
Hong Kong Jockey Club Buys at Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale The Hong Kong Jockey Club purchased four youngsters at Doncaster’s Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale last week (29 and 30 August), for a total outlay of £595,000 (approximately HK$6.105 million). The Jockey Club completed its transactions with Lot 295, an attractive bay colt by […]
What do WOLF CRY and WINX have in common? By Kristen Manning Winx… daughter of outstanding stallion Street Cry, one of the great shuttling success stories, the sire of 113 stakes winners including 20 Group One horses. Wolf Cry… son of Street Cry, proven sire of sires whose sons are strongly supported in both hemispheres. […]
Inglis Ready To Run Sale: The Hot Lots By Kristen Manning The Ready To Run concept has taken a bit longer to be accepted in Australia than other parts of the world but over the past few years the catalogues for such sales have strengthened and the upcoming Inglis sale to be held in early […]
Hong Kong’s Season Opening race meeting will be held at Sha Tin Racecourse this Sunday, 3 September. To usher in the new season, mega prizes totalling HK$60 million could be won. Spectacular on-course activities are planned and a new range of merchandise will be on offer. Each racegoer will receive a free 2017/18 Racing Calendar* […]
Australian Sires: Breeding Season Begins at Larneuk Picturesque Larneuk Stud in the heart of Victoria’s most fertile thoroughbred country is home to exciting stallions – Cluster, Ilovethiscity & O’Lonhro and in 2017 they will introduce two additions to their stallion roster this season. Wolf Cry who is a Magic Millions winner and G2, Listed son […]
Australian Sires: Outreach Producing Quality Foals Widden Stud based Outreach looks like he has a big future based on the high quality foals he has produced. Widden Stud’s Outreach impressed many broodmare owners at the stallion parades last year with his typically powerful bay Danehill line good looks and judging by his first foal, there […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing is About to Get Even Better Already one of the best Horse Racing Venues in the world Hong Kong is about to make racing even better for patrons and viewers. Hong Kong racing fans can look forward to a range of new initiatives from the Hong Kong Jockey Club that will […]
Hong Kong’s Centenary Sprint Cup has attained Group 1 status ahead of the 2017/18 season and will carry a purse of HK$10 million, a HK$2 million increase that aligns its value with other Group 1 events staged at Sha Tin Racecourse. The 1200m contest’s upgrade brings the total number of Hong Kong Group 1 races […]
Hong Kong Racing Returns The Season Opening race meeting will be held at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 3 September. To usher in the new season, jackpots totalling HK$60 million will be on offer for the start of the season . Spectacular on-course activities are planned and a new range of merchandise will be on […]
Australian Sires: Honorius By Kristen Manning As befitting a horse named after a Roman Emperor, Honorius is a horse of great style and presence and he is sure to impress breeders as he begins his stud career at Larneuk Stud, Euroa. The Honorius story is one of many threads, beginning way back to the The […]
Dubawi Mare Booked to Honorius Isabel Street has been booked to Knightsbridge Bloodstock‘s Stallion Honorius. “ISABEL STREET” IS A WINNING MARE BY ONE OF THE TOP STALLIONS IN THE WORLD “DUBAWI” HIS 2017 SERVICE FEE HAS BEEN SET AT $250,000.00 POUNDS, WHICH CONVERTS TO APPROXIMATELY $415,000.00 AUSSIE DOLLARS The fastest ever to sire 50 Group […]
Son of Holy Roman Emperor to Stand in Australia Champion 2yo in France, winner of the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere in record time as well as the G1 Phoenix Stakes & G2 Railway Stakes. He is Timeform’s highest rated 2yo ever by Danehill. Out of a Secretariat mare, like Storm Cat, A.P. Indy, Gone West […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing is Booming Hong Kong’s 2016/17 season closed out at Sha Tin Racecourse today, Sunday 16 July, with Time Warp’s impressive Sha Tin Mile Trophy victory played out before a crowd of 36,949 and season-long turnover hitting a new high of HK$117.4 billion. Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said: “Our […]
The Hong Kong racing season finished at Sha Tin on Sunday with Holy Roman Emperor achieving outstanding success to be crowned champion sire by earnings. The Hong Kong racing scene is all about colts, who frequently become geldings, and to succeed in this challenging environment a horse needs a good constitution and the right mental […]
Rapper Dragon claimed the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a sparkling ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt tonight, Friday 14 July. Hong Kong’s standout four-year-old made history during the season when he became the first horse to win all three legs of Hong Kong’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series. John Moore’s stable star had […]
Hong Kong Racing: Sha Tin Preview and Selections Hong Kong Racing News Brought to you by Knightsbridge Bloodstock R1 Being Famous Hcp (C5) GROUP 0 Class 5. Handicap. Apprentices Can Claim. Of $630,000 1st $359,100, 2nd $138,600, 3rd $72,450, 4th $37,800, 5th $22,050 1200m 12:30pm 7. HAPPY GAINS 8. ORIENTAL FANTASIA 2. KWAICHUNG BROTHERS R2 […]
Australian Horse Racing News: Larneuk 2017 Service Fees Neville Murdoch is pleased to announce the 2017 service fees for Larneuk Stud’s exciting spring line-up. Welcoming to the Euroa stud the exciting first season stallions Wolf Cry and Honorius, Murdoch is also happy to again be standing the consistent O’Lonhro, the quiet achiever Ilovethiscity and the […]
Horse Racing in Hong Kong to Get Boost brought to you by Knightsbridge Bloodstock The Hong Kong Jockey Club will offer a record HK$1.16 billion in prize money across its 88 race meetings in the 2017/18 season, scheduled to commence on Sunday, 3 September at Sha Tin Racecourse, while also increasing purses for all three […]
Honorius to Stand at Larneuk Stud in Australia The proven Australian race horse Honorius will stand at for Knightsbridge in Australia 2017 and in the Northern Hemisphere in 2018. Larneuk Stud was established in 1980. The 200 acre property has a 120 mega litre dam for irrigation and a permanent creek. Larneuk Stud is situated […]
Hong Kong Racing News: Danny Shum and Lucky Wan Feng By Andrew Hawkins Trainer Danny Shum scored an eventful double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (21 June), with the handler jokingly suggesting that his winners Sparkling Talent and Lucky Wan Feng should swap names to better describe the manner of their victories. Shum won […]
Hong Kong Racing Preview By David Morgan Beat The Clock (128lb) returns from a mid-season breather in Sunday’s (11 June) feature race at Sha Tin, the Class 2 Hong Kong University Alumni Association Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m), and jockey Joao Moreira is in a positive mindset about his mount’s chances of passing this test before […]
Hong Kong Champion Designs On Rome Retired By David Morgan Designs On Rome, Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year in 2014 and a four-time Group 1 winner for owner Cheng Keung-fai and trainer John Moore, has retired from racing. As tough as he was talented, the champion gelding ruled Hong Kong’s middle distance division at […]
Stallion Honorius Could Make his Name in British Classics by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock One of my favourite things about being interested in Horse Racing breeding is pinpointing new stallions to follow. One stallion I like the look of and will follow with interest is Honorius, who will stand in Australia but also stand […]
Hong Kong’s George Moore Spends Big at Magic Millions in Australia A More Than Ready colt closely related to recent Group One winning juvenile The Mission topped Day One of the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Yearling Sale today. Presented as Lot 1927 by Scone’s Attunga Stud, the good looking brown colt was purchased by […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing News By Andrew Hawkins Resplendent Glory has been one of the finds of the late-season period in Hong Kong, and jockey Chad Schofield believes the Tony Millard-trained chestnut is capable of making it three wins in a row when he tackles the second section of the Violet Hill Handicap (1200m) at […]
Honorius to Stand at Stud for Knightsbridge The proven Australian race horse Honorius will stand at for Knightsbridge in Australia and in the Northern Hemisphere in 2018. Bred to be a Champion Honorius is a 7 year stallion with an impeccable pedigree and strong racing credentials that will prove to be popular in Australia, Hong […]
Hong Kong: Happy Valley Selections for Wednesday Night Race 1 – MOUNT CAMERON HANDICAP 1.UNIQUE JOYFUL 2.LETSGOFREE 3.GENTRY Race 2 – MOUNT GOUGH HANDICAP 1.BLISS CARTEL 2.IDYLLIC WIND 3.DON WONGCHOY Race 3 – MOUNT NICHOLSON HANDICAP 1.SKY TREASURE 2.LONDON CITY 3.PLANET STAR Race 4 – SHOUSON HILL HANDICAP 1.FORMULA GALORE 2.MIDNITE PROMISE 3.NEVER BETTER Race […]
Hong Kong Horse Racing News: Moore, Werther, Bowman from David Morgan John Moore-trained Werther (No. 1), ridden by Hugh Bowman, defeated Blazing Speed (No. 2) and Eagle Way (No. 4) to win the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (G1 2400m) at Sha Tin Racecourse today. Werther delivered a timely reminder of his significant abilities […]
World Horse Racing Round Up From J A McGrath at Godolphin A true Hong Kong star regained his place at the top of local rankings over the weekend, while another made a graceful departure into retirement at his birthplace in Australia. As the Hong Kong season enters its final two months, this vibrant Far Eastern […]