Hong Kong Jockey Club

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) remains hopeful that Ryan Moore will recover from his leg injury in time to compete in the Longines International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley on Wednesday, December 10. Moore is one of 10 jockeys named in the line-up and is one of five former winners, along with Zac Purton, Mickael Barzalona, Joao Moreira and Christophe Lemaire. Moore has been off the track since late August and his participation in the event is subject to his confirmation. Andrew Harding, executive director of racing for the...

Superstar sprinter Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) wasn't the only one to break new ground at Royal Randwick Saturday as The Everest itself set a new record for World Pool turnover on a single race and eclipsed the previous all-time high by over HK$16-million, the organization announced via press release. The Everest attracted HK$83,024,693 (£8-million/AU$16.4-million) in wagering, shattering the prior mark of HK$66,197,958 set in 2023 for the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Ka Ying Rising became the first international winner of the G1 The Everest on...

Jockeys Hollie Doyle and Dylan Browne McMonagle lead a quartet of international riders granted Hong Kong temporary licences in the coming months. Doyle, who has participated in the last five Longines International Jockeys' Championships (IJC) at Happy Valley and also ridden at Sha Tin's Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) meeting, has won four times in Hong Kong. Her licence is from November 5-December 23. Doyle said, "I've had the pleasure of riding in Hong Kong over the last few years, albeit for in-and-out trips to compete in the IJC...

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC)'s World Pool will be active for the first time on Dewhurst Stakes Day at Newmarket, as well as Might And Power (Caulfield Stakes) Day from Caulfield, both on October 11. The HKJC-powered pools will also debut in Brazil for the first time when Gavea Racecourse hosts the G1 Grand Premio Latinamericano on October 19. Another new addition to the World Pool is VRC Champion Stakes Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 8, with three Group 1 races featuring on the final day of the...

At the close of the 2024/2025 Hong Kong season, total racing wagering turnover was HK$138.85 billion (approx. £13.2b), a rise of 3% on the previous season. Overall, there were 88 race meetings comprised of 847 races and 393 overseas simulcast races. Hong Kong races attracted record commingling turnover of HK$31.76 billion, a 10.1% increase on the 2023/24 season. In total, 71 overseas races that had been in the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' (IFHA) Top 100 at least once during the previous three years were simulcast, up from 61 the...

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has appointed Stuart Boman of Blandford Bloodstock as the contracted agent in the Northern Hemisphere. He will take over from Michael Kinane, who held the role for six years.   A statement released on Tuesday read, "The HKJC extends its gratitude to Mr Michael Kinane for his six years of service as the contracted agent in the Northern Hemisphere for the HKIS. Mr Kinane's expertise saw the retired champion jockey identify, select and purchase Hong Kong global champion Romantic Warrior, winner of 10 Group 1s...

A total of HK$1,574.4m (approximately £150m) was bet on the Hong Kong Jockey Club's World Pool type wagers during the five-day 2025 Royal Ascot meeting, an increase of 10% on 2024's figures. Turnover was up year-on-year every day last week with the highlight being Wednesday's record-high of HK$330.7m, the most bet on the second day of the meeting since the inaugural World Pool meeting at Royal Ascot in 2019. Turnover on the 2022 meeting remains the highest at HK$1,609.1m, approximately 2% higher than this year's level. A World Pool Moment...

Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress), the world's highest-rated sprinter, has been confirmed as an intended runner in the A$20 million G1 The Everest after the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) finalised a deal to secure the Australian Turf Club's slot for two years. Trained by David Hayes, Ka Ying Rising was last seen winning the G1 Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin in April, beating Japanese ace Satono Reve by over two lengths to gain his 12th consecutive win. "I'm absolutely thrilled it's been finalised," Hayes told the South China Morning...

Hong Kong Horse of the Year Romantic Warrior underwent surgery at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Equine Hospital on Wednesday, May 28, the HKJC announced on Thursday. He has since returned to trainer Danny Shum's stables at Sha Tin. According to a statement from the HKJC, "The procedure followed a computerised tomography (CT) examination and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination of his forelimbs performed on 16 May, 2025 as part of a proactive health- screening process in accordance with the Club's systematic procedures for ensuring the welfare of our...

King Dance (Nyquist--Do the Dance, by Discreet Cat), a 3-year-old half-brother to last week's GIII Pimlico Special Stakes winner Awesome Aaron (Practical Joke) who cost $200,000 at Keeneland September in 2023, makes his career debut in a 1200-meter 'griffin' race at Sha Tin Racecourse Sunday afternoon. King Dance is owned by Peter Chu and is trained by Francis Lui, best known as the conditioner of three-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro), and who has had other success with American-bred gallopers, such as Hong Kong...

World Pool set a new record turnover mark with almost half a billion Hong Kong dollars bet across 13 races in Australia and Dubai on April 5, the organisation announced on Tuesday. The globally commingled pools powered by the Hong Kong Jockey Club hit HK$472.4m (£47.6m/A$100.5m) across six races on Randwick's Doncaster Mile Day card--the first day of The Championships--and seven races from Meydan on Dubai World Cup Day. The total exceeded last year's three-meeting composite World Pool card, which included races from Australia and the UK on King Charles...

The Group 1 fixture at the Curragh on Saturday, May 24, featuring the Irish 2,000 Guineas, has been added to the World Pool schedule for 2025, with all races on the card set to be globally commingled. Another change to the schedule comes at Newbury on Saturday, May 17. All seven races on the card, including the G1 Lockinge Stakes, will now be part of World Pool, up from five in 2024. The World Pool, the largest globally-commingled horse racing pools, was created and is powered by the Hong Kong...