Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges will continue in its role until the conclusion of the 41st Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Hong Kong.- Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, president of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), has been re-elected as chair of the Asian Racing Federation (ARF). Masayuki Goto<\/strong> and Mohammad Saeed Al Shehhi <\/strong>were re-elected as vice-chairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The announcement was made at ARF’s meeting in Sapporo, Japan on the eve of the 40th Asian Racing Conference (ARC). The appointments will run until the conclusion of the 41st ARC in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Engelbrecht-Bresges, who has served as chair of the ARF since 2014 after a previous term from 2007-09, said: “I look forward to continue working with my valued colleagues and members of the ARF to overcome the significant challenges facing our sport. I would like to thank the members of the Executive Council who have entrusted me to lead the Federation into the future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Goto said: “I welcome the opportunity to continue to help strengthen racing and breeding for the benefit of all ARF members and I am honoured to be re-elected as a Vice-Chair.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Shehhi, who was first elected as an ARF Vice-Chair in March 2024, said: “I am very grateful to be re-elected, and excited by the prospect of furthering the ARF\u2019s contribution to thoroughbred racing globally.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges will continue in its role until the conclusion of the 41st Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777015964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, President of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, has been re-elected as Chair of the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) until 2026. Masayuki Goto and Mohammad Saeed Al Shehhi were also re-elected as Vice-Chairs, ensuring leadership continuity for this prominent Asian racing governance body.","focusai_entities":"Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Asian Racing Federation, Masayuki Goto, Mohammad Saeed Al Shehhi","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Sapporo, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ARF Strategic Priorities?","query":"What specific strategic initiatives or governance reforms can stakeholders expect from the ARF under this continued leadership through 2026, particularly concerning regulatory compliance or market development?"},{"label":"Impact on Racing Integrity?","query":"How might the re-election of this leadership team impact the harmonisation of regulatory frameworks or integrity standards across Asian racing jurisdictions, and what are the implications for B2B\/B2C licensing?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[22317],"class_list":["post-777018561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018561","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=777018561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018570,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018561\/revisions\/777018570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777015964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}