The first horse racing network learned that recently, the Hong Kong Jockey Club released the 2022 horse draw announcement on its official website, prompting everyone to seize the opportunity to become the club's distinguished horse owner.
This year, there are 400 horse import licenses, of which 90 are self-purchased former horses (PP) and 310 are self-purchased new horses (PPG). Applications will be accepted from 9:00 a.m. on Monday, April 11, 2022, with a deadline of 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2022.
World-class private clubs have strict entry thresholds and qualification systems, and the only people who can open the golden and brilliant door are celebrities, elite gentlemen and social celebrities. As one of the world's largest jockey clubs, the Hong Kong Jockey Club has an extremely strict entry threshold, and it is even rarer that 200 or so selected members can become the top of the club pyramid. For example, Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong, Li Ka-shing, the richest man in China, Ho Chao-chung, daughter of the gambling king, and Aaron Kwok, the superstar of Hong Kong, can be selected by the Famous Xiangjiang, a prominent figure. Why is the Hong Kong Jockey Club so bullish? How hard is it to become a member of it?
Xu Jinheng and Li Jiaxin led the horse
Supreme glory is not to have money to become a member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club
Horse racing in Hong Kong began in 1841 and was introduced by the British. Since then, horse racing has been seen as a high-end entertainment event in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, the identity of the elite is not only luxury yachts and private jets, but also has to add one thing: membership in the Hong Kong Jockey Club. It can be seen that becoming a member of the Jockey Club is also very precious to those who are really pyramidal. After becoming a member, you are eligible to participate in the application and draw lots to become a horse owner. There are a large number of Hong Kong and Mainland members who apply to be a horse owner every season, but the number of places is very small. At present, there are more than 1,000 horse owners in Hong Kong, and only a small part of them are horse owners in the mainland.
The First Horse Racing Network previously reported that on June 15, 2018, mainland horse owner Chen Hongwei successfully won the lottery, becoming the first person in the mainland horse racing circle to be promoted to the Hong Kong Jockey Club horse owner. His powerful racehorse "Extraordinary Talent" has won the championship in Hong Kong many times, attracting attention.
After the "Extraordinary Talent" won the game, Chen Hongwei and his team, relatives and friends led the horse
The application for Jockey Club members is particularly stringent, having a certain number of assets is only one of the conditions, not that you can become a member with money, personal background, financial situation, innocence and clean resume, and even a sense of responsibility may become the scope of assessment. This condition is not deliberately difficult for members, but to improve the overall quality of members, because the quality of members determines the fate of the clubhouse.
Famous colts are worth up to 10 million
To be a horse owner in Hong Kong, of course, you must be able to afford to spend money. Spending more than HK$1 million is idle, and in order to make a name for themselves in the competition, many rich people have spent more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars to buy overseas luxury horses to win, and the money paid is equivalent to buying a Hong Kong luxury apartment. In fact, the value of horses varies, depending on a series of factors such as their ancestry, type and overseas performance.
Ordinary horses are worth tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and horses transported to Hong Kong for service are generally worth millions of Hong Kong dollars, and the value of famous jiasi is often as high as tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
Horse owners raise horses for interest and friendship
The amount of money invested in raising horses is hard to predict, but in Hong Kong's horse breeding rings, many owners keep horses for entertainment, not gambling money. The surprise and joy of the horse breeding process is also very gratifying. The satisfaction of horse racing is not measurable by money, and most importantly, the owner is a symbol of noble status and a clear proof of social status.
The identity of the horse owner symbolizes the expansion of the business network
In recent years, many mainland wealthy and showbiz celebrities who have come to Hong Kong through the Investment Immigration and Talent Scheme have joined the Jockey Club. Because the horse circle is a political and economic circle in Hong Kong, it is a status symbol that helps to build a business network. Horse racing in Hong Kong is particularly attractive to mainland tycoons who love adventure and want to gain fame and fortune.
Aaron Kwok with champion horse "The Call of Love" (image from the Internet)
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