Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges becomes IFHA chairman

The chief executive of the Hong Kong Jockey Club has expressed an interest in the possibility. Hong Kong.- Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, chief executive of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), has said that the club would be interested in incorporating NBA betting into its offerings if the government allows it. In an interview with The Standard, he…

He's the most expensive horse to ever represent the Racing Club and the Jockey Club hopes Young Champion can capture the imagination of Hong Kong's "young elite". Believed to have been bought for around HK$6 million after beginning his career with one win from four starts in Ireland, Young Champion will be the Racing Club's first Class Two runner…

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu was front and centre at Victoria Park Stadium on Sunday, presenting the victorious Andrey Rublev with his Hong Kong Tennis Open trophy and hailing the return of the "world-class sports event". Hong Kong's first ATP Tour event since 2002 has been widely praised, but it's the presence of Lee at the event and…

Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has declared Sunday's Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) "one of the best - if not the best - days of racing" the city has ever seen. Hong Kong's three genuine superstars wowed the biggest HKIR crowd since before the pandemic and anti-government protests, with Golden Sixty showing…

The Hong Kong Jockey Club posted another turnover record after Sunday season's finale at Sha Tin, with punters wagering HK$141.1 billion during the 2022-23 campaign. Turnover reached record heights for the third consecutive season, with this term's figure representing a 0.5 per cent increase on last year. "Under such a challenging economic…

All eyes will be on Frankie Dettori as he bids farewell to Royal Ascot this week and Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges believes there is a "good chance" the superstar Italian jockey will strut his stuff in Hong Kong once more. Dettori, who will retire at the end of the year, has not been seen in the city since international…

HORSE racing in Hong Kong is more than a sport. It's a passion, a way of life. The eye-watering figures that are bet into the Hong Kong Jockey Club's pools each week illustrate just how popular it is amongst the locals. And they were out in force at Sha Tin last Sunday on FWD Champions Day to witness a clean sweep of the three Group One prizes by…

British and Irish racing has been urged to have a greater presence at Hong Kong's two major meetings with the city fully open for business again after the pandemic. Sunday's £6.7 million FWD Champions Day will be Hong Kong's first international meeting since all restrictions were lifted, at which two British runners will take part. The Hong Kong…

Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges believes improvements to "completely outdated" technology will allow exponential expansion of the world pool and equip racing with the tools required to engage the next generation of fans. Speaking at the 39th Asian Racing Conference in Melbourne, Engelbrecht-Bresges - who is also chairman of…

Tabcorp chief Adam Rytenskild wants World Pools to be a feature every Saturday in Australia. Picture: John Feder-The Australian More than 100 super-sized "World Pool" events could be available globally in the foreseeable future as Tabcorp's boss insisted he would love the monster betting pools on every Australian Saturday raceday. Flemington's…

Flemington's Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes meeting on Saturday will be supercharged for punters with monster Melbourne Cup-sized betting pools. News Corp can report that Tabcorp has done a deal with the Hong Kong Jockey Club which will see SuperTab combine with the Hong Kong tote pools for all races. It is the creation of a first "world…

Home Affairs defeating Nature Strip in last year's Black Caviar Lightning Flemington's Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes meeting on Saturday will be supercharged for punters with monster Melbourne Cup-sized betting pools. News Corp can report that Tabcorp has done a deal with the Hong Kong Jockey Club which will see SuperTab combine with the…

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) recorded the highest day of betting turnover since 1997 on Tuesday, with punters celebrating Chinese New Year by wagering HK$2.06 billion (US$263 million) at Sha Tin. Not since 15 June 1997, when the last HKJC race meeting before the territory's handover back to China generated turnover of HK$2.54 billion (US$324…

Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges is confident a bumper Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) will help drive the city's Covid-19 recovery on the back of the recent financial summit and Hong Kong Sevens. The biggest crowd Hong Kong racing has seen in over three years descended on Sha Tin on Sunday, with 45305…

The open forum of the 56th International Conference of Horseracing Authorities is being held as an in-person event for the first time in three years, and is also being streamed live from Paris. Organized by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), the conference covers topics including the Horseracing Integrity and Safety…

Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has promised to "put a good show up" for visitors to December's Longines Hong Kong International Races as the Jockey Club's showpiece event looks poised to finally return to something close to normal. After operating under significant restrictions in the past two years, international day will be one of many things to…

Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges believes December's Hong Kong International Races will prove the perfect vehicle for showing the world the city "is alive and kicking". Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu was at Sha Tin on Sunday to officially open the new season and present the Chief Executive's Cup as punters…

Challenged persistently by COVID-19, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (the Club) has continued to manage the global pandemic decisively, implementing world's best health protocols to protect the welfare of employees, racing participants and the public to ensure that racing continued without the loss of a single meeting to the virus. The Club closed out…

Full fields. Harmonized rules. Modernized wagering systems and protocols. Transparent officiating. Can these be the future of North American horse racing, and of the greater sport around the world? "Our customers, the bettors, must be at the center of everything we do," Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) chief executive officer Winfried…

The Jockey Club's HK$3.7 billion facility in Conghua - and its expertise in betting - could become key planks in China's bold new plan to establish a standardised national horse racing industry. The Chinese government recently published a five-year blueprint titled the "National Equine Industry Development Plan (2020-2025)", which is expected to…

The Hong Kong Jockey Club suffered a HK$28.792 billion hit to turnover for 2019-20, its annual report has revealed. In a year like no other thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and the social unrest in the city, the club reported an overall 11.6 per cent downturn in racing, football and Mark Six betting. Turnover across the three codes totalled…

The Asian Racing Federation (ARF) is ramping up its fight against corruption in the sport by employing one of Australia's top policemen and a leading Interpol official to its anti-illegal betting task force. Graham Ashton, who resigned from his position as chief commissioner of Victoria Police last month, helped set up a "sporting integrity unit"…

Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges wants Hong Kong racing to join forces with Japan and Korea to create giant global betting pools and take wagering "to the next level". Engelbrecht-Bresges, who is also chairman of the Asian Racing Federation, made the statement at the opening session of the 38th Asian Racing Conference in…

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has withstood a turbulent few months, riding the wave of a strong finish to set a record for racing turnover of HK$124.819 billion. It has been a roller-coaster ride in terms of betting turnover this season, the early numbers strong before a dramatic drop-off from March to June, but a late resurgence saw the overall number…

Called "crazy" for its vision to internationalise Hong Kong racing, the Hong Kong Jockey Club has taken "craziness" to a whole new level with its HK$3 billion investment in the Conghua training facility near Guangzhou. Hong Kong Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said the Conghua complex was a strategic investment to benefit…