1 / 41

Hong Kong Racing Updates for 2004/2005 Season

Stay informed about changes to major race days and the Hong Kong Pattern Race Programme for the upcoming season. Updates on Champion Sprint Series, Classic Races, Happy Valley Million Challenge, and more.

leslie-hopper
Download Presentation

Hong Kong Racing Updates for 2004/2005 Season

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Changes to2004/2005 Major Racedays & HK Pattern Race Programme Speaker : Ciaran Kennelly Head of Handicapping, Race Planning & International Racing Department

  2. Changes to2004/2005 Major Racedays

  3. National Day MeetingSunday 3 October 2004 • National Day – Fri 1 Oct • Mid-Autumn Festival fixture – Wed 29 Sept

  4. Ladies' Purse Day MeetingSunday 17 October 2004 • Used to be in November • Last Season new marketing initiative – several sponsors on the Ladies' Purse Day

  5. Ladies' Purse Day Meeting • This season : • Panasonic Cup – 6 Nov • Cathay Pacific Cup Trial – 14 Nov • Cathay Pacific Mile / Sprint Trial – 21 Nov • Chevalier Cup – 28 Nov

  6. Ladies' Purse Day Meeting To ensure the day can be marketed in a similar fashion as last year, hence changed to October

  7. Changes toHK Pattern Race Programme

  8. Champion Sprint Series In the past, several legs been run in conjunction with other feature races, e.g. 02/03 Centenary Sprint Cup – HK Derby 03/04 Chairman's Sprint Prize – APQEII Cup

  9. Champion Sprint Series • This season each leg running on its own : • Bauhinia Sprint Trophy – 23 January (1 Feb) • Centenary Sprint Cup – 27 February (13 Mar) • Chairman's Sprint Prize – 3 April (25 Apr)

  10. Champion Sprint Series • Advantages : • To better identify the Series, and • To enable Club to obtain sponsorship for the Series

  11. 4 Year Old Classic Races • Mercedes-Benz HK Classic Mile – 11 February • Mercedes-Benz HK Derby – 13 March (21 March) Avoid clash with Rugby World Cup Sevens (18 – 20 Mar)

  12. Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1600 m) 1400 m • run on APQEII Cup Day – 24 April (22 May) • 5 weeks after Chairman's Trophy • 3 weeks before Champions Mile

  13. Champions Mile • To be run on 14 May (1 May) • 3 weeks after APQEII Cup / Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup • 3 weeks before Yasuda Kinen in Japan

  14. Sha Tin Vase (1000 m) 1200 m • To be run on 21 May (6 June) • 7 weeks after Chairman's Sprint Prize • 4 weeks after Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup

  15. Sha Tin Mile Trophy • Not supported over the years • 8 runners last season (Group 3) Class 1 Handicap on final day

  16. HVMC • Last season, generally well received. Benefits observed : • Well covered by the media, more talking points • e.g. the yellow saddle cloth • the leading table • horses running with points earned

  17. HVMC • Quite a number of leading horses ran repeatedly at HV during the HVMC period • Dashing Champion 6 times • Reward 7 times • Amo 6 times

  18. HVMC • Enhance betting interest of runners having a chance in the Challenge • With wide coverage by media, did draw customer's attention to Happy Valley racing

  19. HVMC • While the major races as well as Trainers Championship, in general dominated by big stables, the HVMC did give a chance to others as last season's results suggested.

  20. HVMC

  21. 2004/2005

  22. HVMC 2 0 0 4 / 2 0 0 5 No change to the following : • The Points System – • The Race Class – Class 3 and above • The Award – HK$1,000,000

  23. HVMC 2 0 0 4 / 2 0 0 5 Modifications 1. The Challenge Period Last Season - September to December (4 months) This Season - October to February (5 months)

  24. HVMC 2 0 0 4 / 2 0 0 5 Advantages • Horses are better prepared or running into form when the Challenge starts, now that it starts a month later. • Horses are having more opportunities of running. 17 meetings at Happy Valley (last season 13).

  25. HVMC 2 0 0 4 / 2 0 0 5 Advantages • With a five month span, horses are having a better chance to catch those on top of table. • By concluding the HVMC at end of February, it will not affect the publicity of the HKIR.

  26. HVMC 2 0 0 4 / 2 0 0 5 Modifications • For horses of equal status at time of entry, priority of running given to the leading ten contenders in the last 5 HV meetings instead of 3 last season

  27. HVMC 2 0 0 4 / 2 0 0 5 Advantages • to ensure the leading horses have more chances to find a suitable race • to create a more interesting and exciting finish to the HVMC.

  28. HVMC 2 0 0 4 / 2 0 0 5 3. The trainer of the winner will receive a memento. Modifications

  29. PP Overseas Formin Club's Website

  30. PP Overseas Form • Recent survey revealed customers are less interested in new PPs – unfamiliarity with the horse. • "PP Overseas Performance" section added on HKJC Website on 20 August 2004. http://www.hkjc.com/english/racinginfo/04_ppo_performance.asp

  31. PP Overseas Form • This section includes : • Overseas form of each PP. • A background story about one or two leading horses in each shipment. http://www.hkjc.com/english/racinginfo/04_ppo_performance.asp

  32. New PP Overseas Performance

  33. Notes of E019

  34. 2004 / 2005 SeasonNumber of Races per meeting Day - 9 or 10 Night - 7 or 8

  35. End of Presentation

  36. Questions ?

More Related