More N.Z. horses for Hong Kong
INZPA ' Hong Kong The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club intends to add New Zealand and Ireland to the list of countries from which its members can buy horses privately next season to race in the colony. The club’s general manager, Mr Bernard Penfold, announced this week that the club had received applications from 222 members, who wanted to buy their own thoroughbreds abroad.
A ballot would be held among the members to determine those who would be permitted to buy the 48 horses which will be privately imported this season.
These horses are to be [ bought in Australia and England. A total of 116 applicants wanted to buy in England and 106 in Australia. Mr Penfold said. Next season, Mr Penfold said, club members would be permitted to buy privately a total of 50 horses out of 130 to be brought to Hong Kong. Among the 80 to be bought by the club, and then balloted for by members, 30 [would come from New Zealand and 50 from Australia. I The club’s decision to perimit private owners to buy [ thoroughbreds from New [ Zealand follows a notable run of success by New Zealand thoroughbreds at the colony’s two tracks at Happy Valley and Shatin. More than half of the 30 horses brought from New ; Zealand by the club last ' year have now won races in (Hong Kong. Racing commentators have frequently referred to the [quality of the New Zealand
[stock and on race days programme designations that a thoroughbred is from New Zealand have frequently led to heavy betting on the horse concerned. A number of horses imported by the club earlier from Australia were New Zea 1 a n d-bred although, according to the New Zealand Racing Conference officials, they were not always designated as such.
More N.Z. horses for Hong Kong
Press, 20 February 1979, Page 24
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