{"id":777041517,"date":"2026-04-28T08:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777041517"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:03:12","slug":"hkjc-celebrates-ka-ying-risings-historic-20th-straight-win-and-new-track-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-celebrates-ka-ying-risings-historic-20th-straight-win-and-new-track-record","title":{"rendered":"HKJC celebrates Ka Ying Rising\u2019s historic 20th straight win and new track record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Hong Kong Jockey Club highlighted the historic performance and betting milestones during FWD Champions Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong.- The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC)<\/strong> is celebrating a landmark moment at its flagship FWD Champions Day<\/strong>. Star sprinter Ka Ying Rising<\/strong> extended his unbeaten streak to 20 consecutive victories while again breaking the Sha Tin track record<\/strong> in the Group 1 Chairman\u2019s Sprint Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The race carried a purse of HK$24m (US$3m)<\/strong>. HKJC reported that World Pool Win turnover for the race reached HK$97.1m (US$12.4m). That’s a new record for a single race and a 30 per cent increase over the previous record of HK$63.8m ($8.14m), which was also set by Ka Ying Rising during the G2 Sprint Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the total handle, HK$94.4m (US$12m) was wagered on Ka Ying Rising<\/strong>. Odds were 1.05, the minimum possible return within the World Pool framework. Only HK$2.7m ($344,387) was wagered on the other seven runners. Total betting turnover for the 11-race card rose 18 per cent year-on-year to HK$1.798bn (US$229.3m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong Jockey Club chief executive officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges<\/strong> described it as \u201cone of the best \u2013 if not the best \u2013 race meetings ever in Hong Kong\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a tote figure like this, with almost HK$100m in the Win pool,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Hong Kong basketball betting pause costing Jockey Club dear<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hong Kong Jockey Club highlighted the historic performance and betting milestones during FWD Champions Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777041521,"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) reported record betting turnover during its FWD Champions Day, with total handle reaching HK$1.798bn, an 18% year-on-year increase. A single race featuring Ka Ying Rising set a new World Pool Win turnover record of HK$97.1m, underscoring significant player engagement and the event's commercial success within the racing vertical.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Jockey Club, Ka Ying Rising, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Sha Tin","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"World Pool Growth Drivers?","query":"What specific strategic initiatives or technological enhancements within the World Pool framework contributed to the 30% increase in Win turnover, and what are the projections for sustained international betting growth?"},{"label":"Monopoly Market Impact?","query":"Given HKJC's unique monopoly status and significant GGR, how do these record turnover figures influence its governance frameworks, regulatory obligations, and its mandated contributions to public welfare in Hong Kong?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,155],"tags":[234,22317,4256],"class_list":["post-777041517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-betting","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club","tag-horse-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041517","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777041517"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041523,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777041517\/revisions\/777041523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777041521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777041517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777041517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777041517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}