The Hong Kong Jockey Club is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong, having been founded in 1884. In 1959, 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 transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997. Membership of the club is by nomination and election.
David Joseph Hall is an Australian horse trainer.
Gérald Mossé is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère. Mossé went on to become one of his country's top jockeys, winning the 1990 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In 1991, he rode Arazi to five straight wins in France then spent 1992 and part of 1993 racing in Hong Kong.
Anthony Stephen da "Tony" Cruz is a prominent horse trainer and former Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
George Thomas Donald MooreOBE was an Australian jockey and Thoroughbred horse trainer. He began his career in racing in 1939 in Brisbane where he quickly became one of the top apprentice jockeys and where in 1943 he won the Senior Jockeys' Premiership. He then relocated to Sydney and in 1949 went to work for trainer Tommy J. Smith with whom he would have considerable success.
Viva Pataca is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who achieved his greatest success when trained in Hong Kong.
John Moore is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.
Andreas Schütz is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. From a prominent racing family, he is the fourth generation to train professionally.
John Size was one of the top horse trainer in Sydney. He arrived in Hong Kong as horse trainer in 2001 and got a reputation for improving and rekindling the spark in his horses. He gained the trainers' premiership on 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012. In 2010/11 he added 64 winners for a career total of 625. His 62 wins in 2013/14 took his overall HK career total to 821.
Ricky Yiu Poon Fai is a horse trainer in Hong Kong. He rode 15 winners as a jockey between 1974 and 1981. He received his own training license in 1995/96. In 2010/11 he added 49 winners for a career total of 455.
Caspar Fownes is a horse trainer in Hong Kong. He take out his own licence in 2003/04 with 44 winners. In 2010/11 he added 56 winners for a career total of 437.
Derek Cruz 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.
Dennis C. H. Yip rode a total of 59 winners when he was a jockey between 1984 and 1993. In 2002-03, he became a licensed trainer. Yip trained over 30 winners in every year of his nine-year training career, landing 41 winners in 2010/11 for an overall total of 368.
Anthony T. Millard was a multiple champion trainer in South Africa. He relocated to Hong Kong in 1999. He ended the 2010/11 season with 37 winners for an overall total of 345.
Almond Lee is a horse trainer. His most successful season was 2006/07 with 44 winners, and he sent out 23 winners in 2010/11 for a total of 223 in Hong Kong.
Paul O'Sullivan Champion Trainer in New Zealand on 11 occasions, was in partnership with his father Dave for 17 years. He arrived in Hong Kong to train in 2004. In 2010/11, he trained the winners of 13 races and brought up his double century of winners in Hong Kong.
Brett Prebble is a leading Australian jockey, currently based at the Hong Kong Jockey Club in Hong Kong.
Egyptian Ra is a Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse. In the season of 2008-2009, Cruz, the trainer, had improved this seven-year-old an improbable 16 points from a mark of 110 to 126 on the ratings list and a place among the world's best thoroughbreds with an international rating of 119. Egyptian Ra also is one of the nominees of Hong Kong Horse of the Year.
Collection is an Irish-bred, Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse.
Fellowship is a Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse. It is one of those unusual horses who defies the ageing process by improving as he gets older.
