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During the 2001/02 racing season, the HKJC licensed 1,144 horse owners, 24 trainers and 35 jockeys and had 1,435 horses in training. In 2002–2003, the betting turnover was HK$71 billion. After paying dividends of 58 billion and betting duty of 9.5 billion, its betting commission revenue was HK$3.9 billion.
There is a precedent for HKJC officials to delay Mark Six drawings when there is a big accumulated jackpot (Chinese: 多寶), so as to allow people extra time to buy a ticket. [12] Drawings have also been delayed due to computer errors at betting stations that prevent tickets from being sold. [13]
Golden Sixty. Golden Sixty (Chinese: 金鎗六十, foaled 14 October 2015) is a champion Australian-bred Hong Kong-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Four-Year-Old Classic Series in year 2020 and was named the 2020/2021, 2021/2022, and 2022/2023 Hong Kong Horse of the Year. After being sold to New Zealand-based interests as a yearling ...
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards are given annually by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) to the outstanding horses and people in Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse racing . The most prestigious award for horses is Hong Kong Horse of the Year . The equivalent in Australia is the Australian Thoroughbred racing awards, in Canada the Sovereign ...
HK$24 million. The Hong Kong Derby is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1873. Restricted to horses four-years-old only since 1981, the race is run in mid-March and is the premier event on the domestic racing programme with a purse of HK$18 million (app. US$2.3 million). This race is the last race in the Hong Kong Four-Year ...
The Hong Kong Most Popular Horse of the Year is an honour given in Hong Kong thoroughbred horse racing. It is awarded annually by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). The honour is part of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards. The one who receives this award is decided by public vote.
Silent Witness (Chinese: 精英大師) (foaled 1 October 1999) was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse who won his first 17 starts in sprint races in Hong Kong. He was ranked the world's top sprinter for three seasons. He was bred by Mr I. K. Smith and foaled in 1999 at Edinburgh Park Stud near Taree, New South Wales in Australia.
Happy Valley Racecourse in 1963. The Happy Valley Racecourse is one of two racecourses in Hong Kong used by the Hong Kong Jockey Club for horse racing meets, the other being the Sha Tin Racecourse. Races in Happy Valley usually take place on Wednesday nights [6] and are open to the public as well as members of the Club. [7]