There are reports that the Hong Kong Jockey Club is expecting to have racing resume at showpiece mainland facility Conghua as early as October.
Conghua Training Centre (photo: HKJC)
The event, an exhibition meeting that potentially aligns with an Asian Racing Conference China edition, follows an initial non-betting meeting whose sequel was moth-balled due to ongoing Hong Kong unrest.
The HKJC’s Andrew Harding said, “There are very interesting developments taking place in the mainland and we really are at a point where it would be useful for the international community to give a special focus to the development of the industry [in China].”
Of special note is Harding’s suggestion that the current Hong Kong-Conghua disease-free zone could be widened to also include Macau and the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong – effectively creating a quarantine hub.
