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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 ...
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup is a Group One Thoroughbred horse race at Sha Tin Racecourse in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1975 by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, it is run annually in April at a distance of 2,000 metres (ten furlongs) on turf. Prior to 1997 it was run at 2,200 metres (eleven furlongs).
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 Awards, in the United States the Eclipse Awards, in Japan the JRA Awards and in Europe, the Cartier Racing Awards. Current awards: Hong Kong Horse of the Year
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:
Queen Elizabeth II made her first visit to Hong Kong, then a British colony, in May 1975. [1] This Royal Visit became the namesake of the stadium. The construction was funded by various means including donations from local philanthropists such as Sir Tang Shiu-kin, and the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club, known between 1960 and 1996 as the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, became the territory's largest taxpayer. [86] Three forms of gambling were legal in Hong Kong: lotteries, horse racing, and football. [87]
An émigré to the United Kingdom in 1952 who worked in a Chinese restaurant near Epsom Downs Racecourse, Kan found a job as a groom in a horse stable through jockey Teith Tugan and obtained a diploma in horse management. Kan returned to Hong Kong in 1969 and joined the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (as it was then known) as an assistant trainer ...
The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC; Chinese: 賽馬會創意藝術中心) is a multi-disciplinary arts centre in Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, housed in a converted nine-storey factory estate. JCCAC was established through the co-operation of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) and the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) and is a ...