New Zealand racing owners have been granted permits for regular racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
New Zealand.- Three New Zealand racing owners have been granted permits to regularly race horses in Hong Kong<\/strong>. While foreign-owned horses have been allowed to compete in international meetings, racing on a regular basis had previously been exclusively reserved for Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, recent changes by the HKJC have opened opportunities for a limited number of overseas members<\/strong>. The New Zealand recipients are Sir Peter Vela<\/strong>, owner of New Zealand Bloodstock and Pencarrow Stud, his daughter Petrea Vela<\/strong>, former managing director of NZB and current board member, and Greg Tomlinson<\/strong>, breeder and owner of Nearco Stud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The granting of Private Purchase Import Permits (PPs) enables them to send horses with prior Hong Kong racing experience to compete for prize money under their ownership and colours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Zealand racing owners have been granted permits for regular racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":9134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has granted Private Purchase Import Permits to three New Zealand racing owners, including Sir Peter Vela, enabling them to regularly compete horses in Hong Kong. This policy adjustment marks a significant shift, as regular racing was previously exclusive to HKJC members, now offering limited opportunities for overseas participants. This development facilitates foreign-owned horses with prior Hong Kong racing experience to contend for prize money under their ownership.","focusai_entities":"Sir Peter Vela, Petrea Vela, Greg Tomlinson, New Zealand Bloodstock, Pencarrow Stud, Nearco Stud, Hong Kong Jockey Club","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"HKJC Permit Criteria?","query":"What are the specific eligibility criteria and application processes for overseas members to obtain Private Purchase Import Permits from the Hong Kong Jockey Club?"},{"label":"Market Impact Analysis?","query":"How might this liberalization of foreign ownership and racing participation impact the competitive landscape, prize money distribution, and overall GGR within the Hong Kong racing vertical?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,155],"tags":[22317,233],"class_list":["post-777006090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777006090"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006115,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006090\/revisions\/777006115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}