Racing abandoned at Sha Tin as Jockey Club also cancels Happy Valley card

Typhoon Ragasa: Hong Kong Jockey Club cancels Wednesday’s races; gov’t makes ‘advanced preparation’

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has called off its races on Wednesday due to typhoon Ragasa, while the government’s emergency support centre said it is making “advanced preparation” to brace for the incoming storm. Happy Valley Racecourse. File photo: GovHK. The HKJC announced on Sunday that the race meeting at the Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday will be cancelled in light of the Hong Kong Observatory’s forecasts. “This decision has been m…

Super typhoon which poses ‘serious threats’ to region halts horse racing in Hong Kong - The Mirror

After Sunday’s fixture at Sha Tin was abandoned early with two races still to run, stewards heeded the weather warnings and called off Wednesday’s meeting at Happy Valley

Racing abandoned at Sha Tin as Jockey Club also cancels Happy Valley card

Sunday’s meeting at Sha Tin was abandoned after eight races due to “unprecedented rainfall”, while Wednesday’s Happy Valley card has been cancelled as Hong Kong continues to brace for Typhoon Ragasa. The Heir and Inno Super lost their footing on the bend between the 600m and 500m point in the Class Four Kowloon Bay Handicap (1,400m), leading to an inspection by a Jockey Club delegation and leading jockeys Zac Purton, Hugh Bowman and Alexis Badel…

Rain, incoming typhoon lead to cancellations in Hong Kong

Stormy weather that will become dangerous this week forced the Hong Kong Jockey Club to cancel the last two races Sunday at Sha Tin and Wednesday’s entire card at Happy Valley. “In light of the approach of super typhoon Ragasa and the latest forecasts issued by the Hong Kong Observatory, the Hong Kong Jockey Club has decided that the Happy Valley race meeting scheduled for Wednesday will be canceled,” the HKJC said in a Sunday statement. “This d…