Nowadays, high-class horse racing events in Hong Kong have not only local racing enthusiasts but even enthusiasts abroad who have fallen in love with a view of high-class horses and jockeys and a flat outness one hardly witnesses at the height of racing.
From the topmost level of Hong Kong Derby to glitz and glitz of Ladies’ Purse Day, each one is an occasion in its own, blending sporting talent with social elegance.
Importance of Hong Kong Horse Racing Events
The Prestigious Hong Kong Derby
The Hong Kong International Race is a biggest and a most prestigious one in this region. Added to that, its traditional and grand stand attracts a lot to the racing community. The Exciting Longines Hong Kong International Races
The Hong Kong International Races is not a world-class one at all but there happens to be a little internationality about whole exercise with a little assembly of best horses, jockeys, and trainers.
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup
No exception is the Queen Elizabeth II Cup with all its traditionalism and with a royal tag, nothing but dignity and class in big horse-racing world; it attracts top horses and ardent enthusiasts in droves each years.
Champions and Chater Cup
Where Hong Kong and horse-racing go out with a whimper, Champions and Chater Cup must be that sole for whom best of horse-racing is exhibited.
The track of this prestigious and annual Hong Kong Sha Tin Racecourse race is in honor of two of most distinguished governors of Hong Kong, Sir David Chater and Sir Henry Chater.
The Festive Chinese New Year Meeting
The Festive Chinese New Year Meeting of Hong Kong is in a way nothing less than the epitome of this festival in flesh and blood.
Ancient conventions blended in most colorful and vibrant forms with horse racing-thanks to such and such a passer-by, such a festival is an experience one has to go through to believe.
The atmosphere comes and lives with the vibrancy of celebrations-characteristic lion dances, the racetrack filled with a sea of balloons painted red, offering cups of wine to such and such a passer-by, and fireworks at sharp 8.08 p.m.
