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Tue 5th Sep 2017

HKJC Buy 4 Yearlings At Goffs UK

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.

8.43AM

Mon 4th Sep 2017

Record Betting Turnover For Season Opener

The day’s turnover at Sha Tin on Sunday of HK1.294 billion (€139 million) was a new record for an opening day fixture, while a crowd of more than 66,000 turned out to enjoy the action.

11.52AM

Seasons Bloom winning at Sha Tin on Sunday

Big Plans For Bloom After Cup Victory

11.42AM

Sun 3rd Sep 2017

Moreira Steals The Show On Opening Day

Jockey Joao Moreira hit the ground running as the new Hong Kong season got underway at Sha Tin this morning.

10.33AM

Fri 1st Sep 2017

Season's Video Preview

Watch a preview to the up-coming season in Hong Kong which kicks off at Sha Tin on Sunday.

10.10AM

Thu 31st Aug 2017

Blizzard Set For HKSAR Chief Executive's Cup

Blizzard heads the weights for Sunday’s (3 September) feature race at Sha Tin’s season opener, the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (1200m), and trainer Ricky Yiu is looking for a green light performance before committing his talented charge to Japan’s Group 1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) in five weeks’ time.

10.03AM

Fri 25th Aug 2017

Frankel colts among HKJC's Arqana acquisitions

The Hong Kong Jockey Club purchased seven attractive youngsters for an aggregate of €1.45 million (approximately HK$13.298 million) at the recent Arqana August Yearling Sale (19 — 21 August), including two sons of the great Frankel.

12.32PM

Thu 24th Aug 2017

Centenary Sprint Cup upgraded to Group 1

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.

3.48PM

Fri 21st Jul 2017

So looks to Supernova to cap off stellar season

Trainer Chris So hopes that a change of scenery to the tight confines of Happy Valley might prove the key to reinvigorating talented galloper Racing Supernova, who tackles Wednesday night’s (12 July) Class 2 Sweet Orange Handicap (1200m) at the city track.

2.58PM

Time Warp impresses at Hong Kong's season finale

Time Warp (112lb) ran his rivals a merry dance for the third time in as many races, with a powerful front-running display that annexed the Sha Tin Mile Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin’s Season Finale fixture today, Sunday, 16 July.

11.02AM

Clipperton aims at a Booming finish, Murray s

Sunday’s (16 July) Season Finale at Sha Tin will bring down the curtain on Hong Kong’s 2016/17 campaign, and among the afternoon’s 11 competitive contests is a select yet mouth-watering feature, the Class 1 Sha Tin Mile Trophy (1600m), in which Booming Delight will aim to continue his trajectory towards the big leagues.

2.41PM

Mr. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, CEO of HKJC,(left) and Mr. & Mrs Albert Hung Chao Hong

Rapper Dragon named Horse of the Year at Hong Kong's Champion Awards

2.36PM

Season Finale Race Meeting will be held at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday

Hong Kong’s 2016/17 Season Finale race meeting will be held this Sunday (16 July) at Sha Tin Racecourse. The unveiling of the Tony Cruz Award winner, as well as the Most Improved Horse and the Most Popular Jockey awards are among the afternoon’s many highlights, as is the ever-popular jockey parade.

2.51PM

Sanna's Triumphant at the Happy Valley Fiesta

Alberto Sanna went out for the fifth race at Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday, 12 July) concerned that his late-season call-up would ultimately undersell his abilities. But those fears were banished when 14/1 shot Triumphant Jewel provided the Italian with a maiden Hong Kong score at the city track’s final fixture this term.

3.30PM

Hong Kong's spring Group 1s lead prize money increases for 2017/18 season

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 of Hong Kong’s spring Group 1 features.

2.47PM

Moreira sets new benchmark for wins in a season as Callan, Yeung score doubles

Brazilian jockey Joao Moreira snared another little slice of Hong Kong history at Sha Tin on Sunday (9 July) as the rider broke the record for most winners in a season for the third term in a row.

3.36PM

Trainer Gary Ng retiring at season's end

3.28PM

Moore looking for signs of G1 Charisma in Sunday's Class 2 test

John Moore enters Sunday’s (9 July) Class 2 Pok Fu Lam Country Park Handicap (2000m) with three hopes, including potential 2018 BMW Hong Kong Derby contender Rocketeer. However, it is topweight Helene Charisma who is on notice, with a gelding operation potentially looming for the Group 1 winner before he tackles elite company again next season.

3.41PM

Sat 1st Jul 2017

Moreira's sweet on My Darling in Saturday's Reunification Cup

Joao Moreira's fondness for My Darling's (133lb) qualities sees the champion jockey side with the John Size-trained galloper for an eighth time in Saturday's feature, the Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1400m), and he is hopeful that the four-year-old's class will offset a hefty impost.

4.17PM

Wed 28th Jun 2017

Purton hits century, Fownes 400 on a night of milestones at the Valley

It was all about milestones at Happy Valley tonight, Wednesday, 28 June, as Zac Purton hit a century for the season, Caspar Fownes notched his 400th win at the city track and apprentice Jack Wong reduced his claim to 5lb.

4.22PM