World Pool

A total of 69,916 racegoers flooded Sha Tin, with Happy Valley drawing an additional 10,775, to bring the total attendees for the Longines Hong Kong International Races to 80,691. It is the highest attendance number since 2018. "I personally think it was one of the best, if not the best, Longines Hong Kong International Races and an incredible week," said the HKJC's chief executive officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges. "Starting with the Longines International Jockeys' Championship, it was an amazing success. Today, we hoped to create a highlight and I personally think...

The G1 Derby win of City Of Troy (Justify) at Epsom in the spring was voted the World Pool Moment of the Year by the public. A total of 48% votes were received for the moment. The £4,000 prize goes to City Of Troy's groom, David Hickey, who has received--along with three friends--a VIP trip to Hong Kong in 2025. Hickey said, "Winning the £4,000 World Pool Moment of the Day was a huge reward, so to be named Moment of the Year is even more special and I'm now...

All 12 Hong Kong Group 1 contests during the 2024/2025 season will be part of World Pool, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) announced on Thursday. This is the first time races in Hong Kong have been incorporated into the World Pool schedule. Hong Kong will become the ninth jurisdiction to host World Pool races, joining the UK, Ireland, Germany, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and Argentina. Over 25 jurisdictions and 70 partners bet into both the Hong Kong pools and World Pool and, in season...

After 24 World Pool Moment of the Day prizes were awarded in 2024, which saw each groom of the winning horse receive a cheque for £4,000, four finalists remain in the running to be crowned World Pool Moment of the Year. This year's shortlist for the World Pool Moment of the Year competition features winners from the UAE, Australia, Ireland and the UK, with the grooms of each in contention to win a VIP trip to Hong Kong next year, should they come out on top in the public vote....

Turnover on World Pool bet types across the 12 races from Randwick, Caulfield and Ascot on Saturday reached a record high for a single day's racing, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) announced on Tuesday. A total of HK$424.1m (around £48m) was staked from over 28 countries, eclipsing the previous record of HK$385.2m (£38m) set when 12 races from the Queensland and Epsom Derby meetings took place under the World Pool banner earlier this year. Ascot's six races on QIPCO British Champions Day generated HK$200m (£19.75m) of the HK$424.1m. Turnover...

Jockey Billy Loughnane won the inaugural UK & Ireland World Pool Jockeys' Championship and will donate his £50,000 cheque to The Christy Lambe Foundation, World Pool announced on Saturday. On top of the leaderboard with 187.05pts, Loughnane finished ahead of Oisin Murphy (97.25pts) in second, having triumphed on a number of outsiders through the World Pool season. The competition rewards the winning jockey of each World Pool race in the UK and Ireland with the horse's World Pool Win dividend.  Loughnane struck on Rashabar (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in...

World Pool's contribution to British and Irish racecourses has surpassed £50 million since its inception in 2019, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) announced on Thursday. A total of 580 races across nine different tracks in the UK and Ireland have been globally commingled by the HKJC since the World Pool's inaugural fixture at Royal Ascot in 2019, with the Curragh, Epsom Downs, Goodwood, Leopardstown, Newbury, Newmarket, Sandown Park and York all hosting World Pool racedays. Since its inauguration, the number of World Pool races has increased dramatically, from 30...

From its launch in 2019, covering the five days of Royal Ascot, the World Pool has grown gradually to 33 race days this year across eight different countries. It is fair to expect to see that expansion continue apace. The international commingling of betting pools was the brainchild of Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, which powers World Pool. Twenty-eight jurisdictions can now bet into that pool. "It is our vision to bring the world's finest racing to domestic customers all year round," states the World Pool...

SAPPORO, Japan -- 'Be connected, stride together' runs the strapline for the 40th Asian Racing Conference. There are of course representatives from beyond the Asian nations present in Sapporo and it did not take long for the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) chairman Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges to remind some 800 delegates just how out of step is British racing. "Great Britain is probably the most challenged when it comes to industry fragmentation," he said. "For our colleagues in the BHA, I would not call it Mission Impossible but it's close, and even...

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) reported record commingling turnover of HK$28.8 billion as the 2023/24 season concluded at Sha Tin on Sunday, with 26 countries and more than 70 partners now commingling on Hong Kong racing. That total represented a 13.7% increase on the 2022/23 season, while overall turnover on simulcasting for the season was also up by 8.7% to HK$12.8 billion as Hong Kong continued to offer wagering on the very best of world racing through the World Pool. This year the number of World Pool races increased from...

World Pool's globally commingled pools will be in operation in Britain, Germany and South Africa this weekend, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) announced on Friday. The G1 Durban July and G1 Garden Province Stakes are both World Pool races at Greyville in South Africa on Saturday for the first time, while the G1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes returns to the World Pool fold at Sandown later that same day. Hamburg Racecourse in Germany will feature the G1 Deutsches Derby and three other races on the card on Sunday--the G3 Hamburger Stutenpreis,...

World Pool turnover on the G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby and Irish Derby Day as a whole posted new records on Sunday. Turnover from World Pool bet types on the Irish Derby rose four percent on last year to hit HK$35.4 million (€4.2 million). Across the nine races, the total value of bets placed reached HK$235 million (€28 million), up on last year's figure of HK$220.7 million (€26.3 million) on what was World Pool's second year in operation on Irish Derby Day. Michael Fitzsimons, Executive Director, Wagering Products at...