Asian Racing Conference – Closing Day
“Racing has a major challenge ahead but I feel that the ARF has always taken great leadership in meeting such challenges” Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges
9th May 2014
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“Racing has a major challenge ahead but I feel that the ARF has always taken great leadership in meeting such challenges” Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges
“He didn’t just beat us, he broke us into little pieces” – Joao Moreira on Variety Club’s run in Sunday’s Champions Mile
The ARC’s opening day included presentations on wagering, racing’s impact on local communities, the international movement of horses , the rules governing race day drugs, and the European Pattern Committee Chairman called for global uniformity on medication.
Monday was a busy one at the ARC with the opening ceremony, a meeting by the Executive Council of the IFHA, the first Racecourse Operations Seminar at Sha Tin and the International Stewards’ Conference
“The attraction of racing is the horse,” he said. “We idolise great horses” – Best selling author Don Watson believes a love affair with racing begins with loving a horse
After Variety Club’s decisive victory in the Champions Mile, Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO and Olympic Committee representative Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges provided manna to SA industry ears by saying ”If there was not already an incentive for the Asian Racing Federation to facilitate a better travel situation for South African horses to the great races of the world, then we saw one today.”
The Asian Racing Conference is widely known to be the most important and prestigious event of its type across the world and takes place in Hong Kong from 5-8 May 2014
The 35th Asian Racing Conference in Hong Kong, taking place from 5 to 8 May will release a report under the heading: ‘Racing’s lifeblood – the future landscape for wagering’.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
