Bets on Hong Kong horse racing races will be accepted in the USA, the Home Affairs Bureau says.
The approval, effective for five years and subject to the validity of the horse race betting licence granted to the Hong Kong Jockey Club Horse Race Betting, is made in accordance with an Agreement for Telecast & Placing [...]

Vodka, becomes the first filly in 50 years to win the Japanese Derby. Ridden by Hirofumi Shii and trained by Katsuhiko Sumii, put on a show fitting for the imperial visit to Tokyo Racecourse of Crown Prince Naruhito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The victory was her fifth in seven starts.
Vodka, by Tanino Gimlet out [...]

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Chris Munce has fallen foul of one of the strictest racing regimes in the world. He is waiting to hear what charge he may face after being arrested by Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog on Monday night for allegedly providing racing tips to illegal bookmakers in return for them placing bets of $HK600,000 ($103,000) on his behalf.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club stipendiary stewards are among the best-equipped racing police in the world [...]

Hongkong horse racing Champion jockey Shane Dye is in a coma after a race fall on Sunday, the South China Morning Post reports. Dye, 39, was aboard Ambitious Marju in the second race at Hong Kong’s Sha Tin race track when his mount clipped the heels of another horse and he was thrown.

Rakuten Inc., a Japanese Internet mall operator, has announced Wednesday that it will form mutually beneficial business alliances with 12 horse racing operators in Japan to sell horse-betting tickets via the Internet. Rakuten aims to start sales by the end of this year, it said.
The alliance will benefit local race operators by attracting horse racing [...]

Rafael Bejarano took fourth place in the recently concluded 19th World Super Jockey Series at Hanshin Race Course in Japan.

KING’S DRAMA PREPARESS FOR JAPAN CUP WITH GR. 2 STAKES WIN at Aqueduct.