68271 At Sha Tin On Sunday
Turnover was HK$1,28 billion, while the attendance was the fourth highest in the last 25 years – how do they get it right?
2nd September 2019
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Turnover was HK$1,28 billion, while the attendance was the fourth highest in the last 25 years – how do they get it right?
John Size collected his 11th champion trainer title and Zac Purton his third champion jockey trophy at the end of an action-packed 11-race card on Sunday at Sha Tin, which capped a captivating 2018/19 Hong Kong racing season
‘If you do something like this, you have to be really sure that the customers like it’ – Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO
The BMW Hong Kong Derby is Hong Kong’s most important domestic contest and will be worth HK$20 million (R36.36 million), a HK$2 million (R3.64 million) increase on the 2019 renewal
There are probably a multitude of reasons for the turnover drop – overall economic conditions, apathy because of too much racing, smaller fields or dominant horses meaning people sit out
The Hong Kong Jockey Club will refund punters who placed bets on four horses during Saturday’s South African simulcast after its contract partner Phumelela failed to provide information about jockey substitutes before the start of the races.
Speed. mile and a 2000m contest – three Gr2 features at Sha Tin on Sunday, each worth HK$4.25 million!
‘Our contribution as Hong Kong’s biggest taxpayer once again topped HK$13 billion for the second time, demonstrating the importance of racing to the Hong Kong community’
On 8 September 2013, Karis Teetan rode his first Hong Kong winner on his first attempt on the David Ferraris-trained Amazing Always. Today, he notched his 200th Hong Kong winner for the same stable in the same silks!
The suspension of direct travel from Hong Kong to Australia may hold opportunities for South Africa
Hopes are high that the Hong Kong Jockey Club will be buying in significant numbers at this weekend’s big CTS Cape Premier Yearling sale
‘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
