The Happy Valley Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing and is a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is located in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road.
Silent Witness was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse who won his first 17 starts in sprint races in Hong Kong. He was ranked the world's top sprinter for three seasons.
Kitchee Sports Club is a Hong Kong football team based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The Club has dominated football in Hong Kong in recent years. Since 2010, Kitchee has won the League titles six times in the last 8 years, while coming 2nd in the remaining 2 years. In the last 5 years, Kitchee won slightly more than 50% of all possible trophies being competed in Hong Kong. The club has won the Hong Kong Premier League three times in the League's 4-year history, the Hong Kong First Division six times, and the Hong Kong FA Cup four times in their history.
Sha Tin Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Sha Tin in the New Territories. It is managed by Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Anthony Stephen da "Tony" Cruz is a prominent horse trainer and former Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
Horse of the Year is the most prestigious honor in Thoroughbred horse racing given by racing organizations in a variety of countries around the world.
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.
Douglas Whyte is a horse racing jockey. He became Hong Kong champion jockey in the 2000-2001 season and won 13 consecutive titles. In 2013-14, he relinquished that title to Zac Purton, finishing third with 88 wins to give him an accumulated total of more than 1,600 races in Hong Kong with career stake earnings of more than $HK 1.3 billion.
Brett Prebble is a leading Australian jockey, currently based at the Hong Kong Jockey Club in Hong Kong.
Matthew Chadwick is a horse racing jockey in Hong Kong. He was champion apprentice in 2008/09. He ranked fourth in the jockeys' premiership in 2009/10 although he became a fully fledged jockey in mid season. By the end of 2010/11, Chadwick had had 134 wins.
Neil Callan is an Irish horse racing jockey. He has been ranked in the top echelon of riders on the UK jockeys' championship and has finished runner-up in 2005 and 2007. In 2010/2011 he rode 5 winners during his first three-month stint in Hong Kong.
Xtension is a Hong Kong based racehorse. He is one of the nominees of 2010-2011 Hong Kong Horse of the Year.
The Hong Kong Most Popular Horse of the Year is an honor given in Hong Kong thoroughbred horse racing. It is awarded annually by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). The honour is part of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards. This award is decided by a public vote.
The Hong Kong Champion Miler is an honour given in Hong Kong thoroughbred horse racing. It is awarded annually by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). The honour is part of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards and is awarded at the end of the Hong Kong season in July.
The Hong Kong Champion Middle-distance Horse is an honour given in Hong Kong thoroughbred horse racing. It is awarded annually by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). The honour is part of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards and is awarded at the end of the Hong Kong season in July.
The Hong Kong Champion Stayer is an honour given in Hong Kong thoroughbred horse racing. It is awarded annually by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). The honour is part of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards and is awarded at the end of the Hong Kong season in July.
The Hong Kong Champion Griffin is an honour given in Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse racing. It is awarded annually by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). A Griffin is a horse of two or three years of age which has been imported to Hong Kong without previously racing.
Jockey Club is a British horse-sports organisation.
