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The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) was founded in 1884 and is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong. In 1960, it was granted a royal charter and renamed The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (英皇御准香港賽馬會). The institution reverted to its original name in 1996 due to the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Membership of the club is by ...
Derek K C Leung (born 30 July 1988) is a horse racing jockey. He won the Asian Young Guns Challenge 2010 in Kranji, Singapore. He rode as an apprentice jockey until claiming his 70th win on board Star Of Fame on 1 June 2011. [1] He is licensed as a jockey in Hong Kong for the 2014-2015 season. [2]
It was originally known as the Centenary Cup, which was first run on 24 November 1984 to celebrate the centenary of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. It offers a purse of HK$10,000,000. In the season of 2005/06, it becomes the first leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series (formerly the Champion Sprint Series).
The Maybe Mahal Stakes raced as The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (2021), is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred set weights with penalties horse race for mares, over a distance of 1400 metres held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia during the VRC Spring Racing Carnival on Melbourne Cup day. [1]
In Hong Kong, the voting for Horse of the Year is organized by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as part of its annual Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards. The Judging Panel consists of six members from the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Association of Hong Kong Racing Journalists. Past winners of the award include:
Olivier Doleuze (born 19 April 1972) is a French born jockey and is considered to be one of the world's premier jockeys. [1] Doleuze began riding at the age of 14 and finished his career with more than 1,400 wins, 571 of those in Hong Kong. [2] In 2010/11 he rode 38 winners, bringing his Hong Kong career total to 375. [3]
Attempts to view the song on YouTube from Hong Kong displayed the message: "This content is not available on this country domain due to a court order." Hong Kong does not have an official anthem ...
Derek Cruz (born 23 May 1955) acted as a Jockey & assistant trainer before being granted a full permit to train in Hong Kong starting in 1991. He got a successful 2010/11 season in which he sent out 24 winners for an overall total of 432.