Instead of writing about the 2025 Longines International Jockeys Competition and leaving this for the racing writers, something I wrote way back when about this night and the after party at Adrenaline caught my eye recently. It seemed far more interesting than anything I could write today.  These days, my interests are elsewhere, and when I do go racing, it’s not in Hong Kong, not for any other reason than there’s nothing and no one to attract me to the races, let alone most

With many of us still trying to figure out what must be done to get Hong Kong back to some semblance of normality after the devastating fires in Tai Po and produce something approaching hope and happiness, it was oddly interesting timing to read racing writer Sam Agars of the SCMP tackle the subject of trainer David Hayes wanting the HKJC to think “out of the box” about the “oversupply” of Class 4 rated horses. A newspaper story is a newspaper story and this is not to say tha

Some have asked if the photos above are from “A Night At The Museum”, others have asked if they’re from some kitsch horror movie while the smarter of the species have asked if this display of equine oddities is in Shatin. Nah, it’s the Hong Kong Jockey Club Racing Museum in Happy Valley and far better known to longtime Hong Kong Belongers as a good place to catch a cab. Who goes to this place which we remember when attending its grand opening that was officiated by our non am