Hong Kong racing has got away to a flying start for the new season...More than 62,000 fans witnessed the kick-off at Sha Tin last Sunday. Club chief Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges says: 'It's been a dream start to the season...Even if you take out the simulcast race (from Japan), on which there was such a large increase in turnover, this was by every measurement the best start to a season since 2000-2001. It's an extremely satisfying result and the master plan investments in the course facilities
Hong Kong racing has got away to a flying start for the new season...More than 62,000 fans witnessed the kick-off at Sha Tin last Sunday. Club chief Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges says: 'It's been a dream start to the season...Even if you take out the simulcast race (from Japan), on which there was such a large increase in turnover, this was by every measurement the best start to a season since 2000-2001. It's an extremely satisfying result and the master plan investments in the course facilities have also met with approval. I've received plenty of favorable comment on those improvements from the owners' box. It's been a great day for racing." Attendance was up 28.5 per cent year on year and turnover on the day up by 13 per cent to an eerie HK$911 million on 9/11 - including the Jockey Challenge but without adding the more than HK$16 million punters splurged on the simulcast.