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Shanghai Race Club. Coordinates: 31.230°N 121.473°E. The historic club building of the Shanghai Race Club. The Shanghai Race Club was a horse racing club located in Shanghai, China. The club was based at the Shanghai Racecourse ( 跑马厅; 跑馬廳 ), and the two names are often used interchangeably. Originally the Race Committee of the ...
Jockey Club Cup (Hong Kong) The Jockey Club Cup (Hong Kong) is a set weights Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race in Hong Kong, run at Sha Tin over a distance of 2000 metres in November. The winner, first runner-up and second runner-up would enjoy the privilege of engaging in Hong Kong Cup, which is a Group one race carried out in early December.
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-Old Classic ...
Referred to as a racing legend by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Cruz began his professional riding in 1973 and earned his first win on 11 December 1974 at Happy Valley Racecourse. After becoming one of Hong Kong's top jockeys, in the late 1980s he rode in England and France where he enjoyed considerable success, capturing a number of prestigious ...
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841. Hong Kong was established as a special administrative region of China (SAR) for 50 years, maintaining its own economic and governing systems ...
Keith M L Yeung (born 10 April 1988) is a horse racing jockey. He made his first start on 3 June 2007 in Australia and become Hong Kong's champion apprentice in 2009/10. In 2010/11 he partnered 18 winners for a Hong Kong career total of 57. In the 2012/13 season he rode 22 winners and in an injury interrupted 2013/14 season he scored 16 wins ...
Sky Channel (1986-1998) Links. Website. skyracing.com.au. Sky Racing (previously Sky Channel) is an Australian broadcaster primarily telecasting live thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing. It is owned by Tabcorp and operates a number of television channels and a radio service. The broadcaster generally telecasts all race meetings that are ...
Hong Kong Velodrome. / 22.3131281°N 114.2621148°E / 22.3131281; 114.2621148. Hong Kong Velodrome is a velodrome in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. It has a 250-metre cycling track and spectator facilities for 3,000 people. It opened on 30 December 2013 next to the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground .