Racecourse Station

5 Jul 2007

Five things we're all wondering about

1 Report that tycoons sought post-1997 lease for Hong Kong for HK$10 billion ... Forget treason, it would've been a bad business deal given that...

1:35PM

All-clear at Sha Tin

26 Mar 2007

Security sweeps of Sha Tin racecourse yesterday came up empty and the 11-race card went ahead without a hitch.

11:28PM

Club steps up racecourse security measures

25 Mar 2007

The Jockey Club has stepped up security at Sha Tin racecourse in the aftermath to Wednesday's bizarre sabotage attempt, where projectile launching devices were buried in the turf where the...

11:23PM

'We need to plan very carefully'

10 Dec 2004

Kurt Schwartz is the manager of the Hong Kong Jockey Club's racecourse catering service. The Swiss national joined the club 12 years ago, having worked as F&B manager for the New World Group...

1:45PM

New $400 million parade ring at Sha Tin 'worth cost'

4 Nov 2004

Jockey Club executive director of racing Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges yesterday defended the cost of the club's $400 million parade ring at Sha Tin as a realistic investment to counter competition...

3:41AM

Punters' paradise

9 Sep 2004

When the starter's gun sounded at Sha Tin racecourse on October 7, 1978, the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club made history - again.

4:57PM

Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Sha Tin has something for everyone

Built almost entirely on reclaimed land, Sha Tin racecourse is more than just a modern racetrack used only for certain times of the year.

4:52PM

Sha Tin punter nets $110m Triple Trio payout

A punter yesterday won $110,102,860 on the Triple Trio - the second-highest payout ever - on the final day of the season at Sha Tin.

4:11AM

Revolutionary racetrack timing system planned

The Jockey Club hopes to revolutionise race coverage in Hong Kong by the beginning of next year with the installation of the world's most advanced race and trackwork timing system.

6:41PM

Punters to count on Good Friends

International Sale griffin Good Friends put in a much improved effort when staying on strongly in the fifth event won by Stoic at Sha Tin yesterday.

1:32AM

Trainer's speed at crash probed

Police are investigating whether racehorse trainer Eddie Lo Kwok-chow was speeding when his car overturned after a collision with a taxi opposite Sha Tin racecourse yesterday.

Mr Lo...

3:37AM

So counting lucky stars after staging great escape

THE luckiest young man walking around Hong Kong today is apprentice jockey Richard K. M. So who miraculously escaped injury in the Brilliant Diamond incident at Sha Tin yesterday.

5:06PM