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Hong Kong Racing Study Guide: A Key To Understanding Barrier Trials

The Hong Kong Jockey Club's form guide for their races does not include workout information in a format that American horseplayers are used to. It is much better.

Horses that are racing at Sha Tin and Happy Valley participate in barrier trials throughout the season. They can be on the Sha Tin turf, Sha Tin all-weather track, Happy Valley turf, Conghua turf and Conghua all-weather track. Horses coming off long layoffs and those making their first start show their readiness in barrier trials over various surfaces and distances.

The barrier trials are televised and archived for viewing.

https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/information/english/Horse/Btresult.aspx

Before each barrier trial is shown, the opening screen shows the site, the date, the trial number, the post position (draw), name of the horse, rider and rating. At Sha Tin and Happy Valley, most of the riders are recognized jockeys. At Conghua, most of the riders are exercise riders.

The rating gives you a key to understanding the quality of the horses in the barrier trial. You can see horses that are group stakes quality all the way down to class five handicap. In a barrier trial on November 11, 2021, there were five horses rated over 100 in it.

After the barrier trials are finished, charts are published that are race-like and list the horses in their order of finish, the equipment they wore, how far behind the winner they finished, their running position at each sectional, their final time, whether they passed their test if they were required to do so by the stewards and a short synopsis of the trial.

At a glance, you can tell if a horse has natural speed, how they finish, and how much exertion their rider was asking for. The times of the barrier trials are surprisingly fast and you want to see the horse running well without much encouragement.

In the form guide, after the last page of past performances, there is a page titled “Barrier Trial Information” that lists every barrier trial since a horse's last start. If they are making their career debut, it will list all their barrier trials.

Class 4 handicaps will have horses making their career debuts – usually rated at 52 and carrying 125 pounds. Their barrier trials will be then listed in chronological order. The ones nearest the debut will probably be the fastest.

One handicapping angle I like to use is to compare the current odds of the debut runners. They are available for every horse in every race 24 hours before the first race post time. https://bet.hkjc.com/racing/pages/odds_wp.aspx?lang=en&dv=local

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Irish Champion S. Day to Be World Pool Event

Longines Irish Champion S. Day will be a World Pool event for the first time, Horse Racing Ireland announced. Sept. 11 marks the collaboration between the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Tote, Horse Racing Ireland and the Racecourse Media Group at Leopardstown where racing fans from around the world will have the opportunity to bet into a single pool, ensuring larger and deeper pools, differentiated pricing, and the opportunity for unequalled value for Tote customers. Created and hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club since 2018, over 20 leading racing nations, including Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, and the US have been part of World Pool to date.

Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, said, “I am pleased to see Ireland become the fourth racing jurisdiction to participate in World Pool following the UK, Dubai and South Africa. The World Pool provides customers from around the globe the opportunity to tap into the global pool with unmatched liquidity and is a significant source of additional income for our content partners during these challenging times. During the past summer of World Pool meetings, Goodwood and York festivals were simulcast for the first time. The next focus of attention will be the Irish Champion Stakes Day which is the first time an Irish race will be included in World Pool. We wish Horse Racing Ireland every success on the day.”

Added HRI Chief Executive Brian Kavanagh, “We are delighted that the Hong Kong Jockey Club have made Irish Champion Stakes Day at Leopardstown a World Pool event for the first time. This is both great news for Irish Tote bettors and for Leopardstown, underlining the benefits of Tote operators around the world coming together to provide bigger pools and better value. We look forward to continuing work with the Hong Kong Jockey Club and all involved in World Pool as it continues to grow and develop.”

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Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival Will Host World Pool

The Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival will be a World Pool event for the first time in 2021, York Racecourse and the Tote announced on Monday.

Held at York, the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival begins on Aug. 18 and lasts through Aug. 21, with racing fans around the world able to bet into a single pool ensuring larger and deeper pools, differentiated pricing and for unequaled value for Tote customers over the first three days. There have been a dozen World Pool days hosted by British racing already this year, among them QIPCO 2000 Guineas Day, Cazoo Derby Day, Royal Ascot, Coral-Eclipse Day, QIPCO King George Diamond Day and the Qatar Goodwood Festival. Over £250 million has been bet into the World Pool on these 12 days. In addition, there has been extra value for customers betting on www.tote.co.uk, with advantages like the Tote Guarantee, which ensures the win price always matches or exceeds the Industry Starting Price (SP), while Tote+ (Tote Plus) gives all customers a 10% dividend enhancement on every winning bet. Across Royal Ascot and the Qatar Goodwood Festival, a total of 38 of 57 races beat the Industry SP.

Bridget Guerin, Chairman of York Racecourse, said, “York Racecourse is delighted that all three of our midweek racedays
of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival are World Pool events. This includes our three Group 1 races including the
Longines World's Best Race, the £1-million G1 Juddmonte International. We look forward to having the opportunity to showcase our feature race meeting to a global betting audience and to build on the sport's ongoing work with the teams at both the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Tote to grow pool betting on British racing.”

Alex Frost, Chief Executive of the UK Tote Group, said, “With 17 World Pool days being hosted at British and Irish race
meetings in 2021, it is exciting to see the growing awareness of the exceptional value World Pool can offer to Tote
customers, and the financial benefits it brings to racecourses and the wider sport. We look forward to once again seeing
the World Pool brand oncourse at York this week as we all look forward to an excellent week of racing.”

Other World Pool events after the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, which will mark a continuation of the first ever summer of international horse racing made available to Hong Kong customers, include the Longines Irish Champion S. Day at Leopardstown on Sept. 11 and the QIPCO British Champions Day on Oct. 16.

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Mark Richards Joins Goffs as British Agent

Mark Richards, who has fulfilled a variety of roles with the Hong Kong Jockey Club for the past 20 years, has been appointed to the newly created role of British Agent for Goffs, the sales company announced on Monday.

Richards, most recently HKJC Executive Manager of the International Sale, begins on May 1. Originally a National Hunt jockey, Richards has been in the racing industry for 45 years and has contributed to a number of media outlets including the Racing Post, Daily Telegraph, Racing Channel, Sky and TVN. His primary duties for Goffs include attracting new and existing British buyers to sales at Kildare Paddocks with an emphasis on promoting the flagship Goffs Orby, November and Land Rover Sales.

Commenting on the appointment, Goffs Group Chief Executive, Henry Beeby said, “We are delighted to welcome Mark to the Goffs team. A familiar face at Kildare Paddocks during his time buying for the Hong Kong Jockey Club, he brings a wealth of experience and an extensive list of contacts to the role, while his passion for racing, personable approach and reputation of working to the highest standards ties in perfectly with the Goffs ethos.

“UK buyers represent the largest overseas market for so many of our top tier sales and we look forward to promoting Goffs to new and existing contacts through Mark who further strengthens Goffs' excellent client liaison team and roster of international agents.”

“My experience working with owners, trainers, agents and racing managers across many areas of the racing industry has given me a deep understanding of the needs and requirements of clients attending sales, highlighting the importance for auction houses to offer a professional, transparent and personal service,” said Richards.

“As a regular Orby buyer for many years with the HKJC, I am very aware of the strengths of the sale and have first-hand experience of the famous Kildare welcome and attention to detail. It is an honour to join the Goffs team and I look forward to bringing the company's personal approach and impeccable standards to a wider field of clients in the UK as they attend the major Goffs Flat and National Hunt sales in Ireland.”

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