Hong Kong Jockey Membership CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has lauded the 2024 Hong Kong Worldwide Races as “top-of-the-line days of racing” in Hong Kong racing historical past.
“I personally assume it was top-of-the-line, if not one of the best, Longines Hong Kong Worldwide Races and an unimaginable week. Beginning with the Longines Worldwide Jockeys’ Championship, it was an incredible success. As we speak, we hoped to create a spotlight and I personally assume all the things went to perfection,” he stated. “When one seems to be purely on the outcomes, it was an amazing success for Hong Kong horses however our abroad horses additionally ran very well. While you discuss to the abroad house owners, even when their horses completed second or third, they are saying it was a beautiful expertise to come back to Hong Kong and assist the assembly.”
On a day when Hong Kong racing shimmered on the worldwide stage,Sha Tin welcomed 69,916 attendees—the very best HKIR attendance since 2018 whereas turnover reached HK$1,716.3 million (approx. US$220.61 million), together with a commingling document of HK$473.8 million (US$60.9m)—a rise of 10% on final yr.
Engelbrecht-Bresges thanked worldwide and native house owners, trainers and jockeys in addition to Membership workers for the staging of a landmark assembly.
“Our technique to deliver one of the best races from Hong Kong and present them abroad is basically proving an amazing success with our races at present for the primary time below the World Pool banner, which exhibits our racing product is extraordinarily properly acquired,” Engelbrecht-Bresges stated. “As we speak isn’t in regards to the turnover. As we speak is in regards to the sport—it was a unbelievable spectacle. The crescendo was the fireworks to shut this glorious assembly. Now we have one new racing fan in Sir Alex (Ferguson). He was completely enthused about Hong Kong and what he noticed, so he promised me to come back again.
“This assembly attracts a world viewers, world recognition and this displays positively on Hong Kong.
“We want to thank all of the house owners, trainers, jockeys who’ve introduced their horses right here as a result of we will make this a world occasion provided that we’ve the assist of the house owners, trainers and jockeys from abroad.”
This press launch has been edited for content material and magnificence by BloodHorse Workers.
