Sha Tin Racecourse.

This racecourse is built for reclamation in Sha Tin District, east of Hong Kong Island.

It is the second horse farm built in addition to the old Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong Island. It has three grass and mud tracks. The grass track is 30.5 meters wide, with a circumference of about 1,900 meters and a capacity of 85,000 people.

The venue is world-class.

It is not only the top race track in Asia, but also known as one of the best race tracks in the world.

The horse racing culture of Hong Kong has long been integrated into the life of every Hong Kong islander.

On Hong Kong Island, there are more than 2 million horse fans, accounting for 1/3 of the Hong Kong population. Every horse racing day, Sha Tin Racecourse, where 80,000 (55,000 in Happy Valley) is full.

Countless horse fans holding horse scriptures and buying horses has become a unique landscape in Hong Kong...

As the saying goes:

"Horse running, dancing, dancing"

The Hong Kong Jockey Club, which hosts horse racing, also has a unique status and great influence in Hong Kong.

Someone once joked:

There are three institutions that govern Hong Kong Island. One is naturally the Hong Kong government, and the other is the HSBC, the largest bank in Hong Kong Island. The Hong Kong dollar banknotes on the market are issued by HSBC; the other is the Jockey Club!

The Jockey Club is not only the institution that pays the most taxes in Hong Kong:

Gambling tax is paid every year, lottery gambling tax and profit tax exceed 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, accounting for more than 10% of the total tax revenue of the SAR government for this fiscal year.

The Jockey Club is also the largest charity in Hong Kong:

Every year, the Jockey Club will transfer approximately HK$1 billion from the after-tax surplus to charitable trust funds and donate them to hospitals, nursing homes, schools and other literary and artistic groups. According to statistics, in the past 10 years, the Jockey Club has allocated more than HK$10 billion in charitable funds.

It can be said that in Hong Kong Island.

The significance of horse racing has long gone beyond the entertainment level and has become an important cornerstone for enriching social welfare.

And with such a huge influence...

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (referred to as the Jockey Club, known as the King of Emperors Hong Kong Jockey Club from 1960 to 1997) naturally became the most noble top private club in Hong Kong.

Most of the members of the Jockey Club are people with considerable social status in Hong Kong and Macao.

Members are divided into different levels, called horse racing members, full-paid members and company members respectively.

Above it, there are also selected members with high status.

The Jockey Club currently has more than 24,000 members, of which 200 selected members have the right to recommend the candidates to join the Jockey Club to become members. The about 200 selected members at the top of the Jockey Club pyramid are selected by the Jockey Club Board of Directors, and are the most outstanding leaders from all walks of life in Hong Kong and Macao.

Those who can become selected members are the top rich people in the city, senior officials of the Hong Kong government, and celebrities in society.

These people also form the top circle in Hong Kong and Macao.

The annual Hong Kong "International Horse Auction" is held by the Jockey Club.

Many members of the Jockey Club are mostly "horse owners", the main buyers at the auction...

From this perspective.

What Li Haipeng said before is correct.

Generally speaking, Jockey Club members are really an entry threshold for horse auctions in Hong Kong.

However, this auction will be slightly different.

Usually, horse auctions on Hong Kong Island are held the day before the new season, usually in March.

This year, the UK's Tatsos Auction House saw the booming development of emerging Asian markets, specifically contacted the Jockey Club, and selected a batch of thoroughbred horses from around the world, hoping to hold a top-notch thoroughbred horse auction on Hong Kong Island.

On the one hand, it attracts top wealthy customers in Asia.

On the other hand, I also want to expand the influence of Tatsos auction in the Asian thoroughbred horse auction market.

Jiang Ping also coincides with his meeting.

There is an opportunity to participate in the auction.

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In many ways, Hong Kong Island also retains the characteristics of the British era.

For example, the working language (white-collar workers) are mostly English, wearing formal clothing in formal social occasions, etc.

Follow the customs of the countryside.

Jiang Ping also wore a blue and white plaid Tuxedo formal outfit today, and Xiao Yueliang also wore a white dress and held his arm.

Both of them have a much better appearance and temperament than ordinary people.

It's like a pair of "god couples"!

Zheng Ting and others who came with them smiled bitterly.

Are you here to auction or show?

Comparing all the wealthy young men and socialites in Hong Kong Island...

Fortunately, there is Li Jiajie, the tiger sitting in the ground.

Under his leadership, Jiang Ping and his group entered the exclusive horse owner's private room on the 6th floor of the horse farm.

No need to socialize with those children from Hong Kong...

Bidding related procedures,

Zheng Ting had already helped to get it done before.

Li Jiajie introduced them to the process of today's trial run and breakfast party.

"After a while, we can watch all the horses participating in the auction go out of the gate and try running, and watch them run fast on the grass track.

On the screen of the private room,

Detailed information and data for each horse will also be given.

These auction horses were transported to the horse farm house a week ago and their condition was adjusted to their best.

Wait until all the horses are finished.

We can go down to the venue and watch them up close to see how they are in their condition after the test run

Although you cannot directly contact the horse, at this time, it is the best opportunity to choose your beloved horse...

It depends on everyone's eyes!

At the breakfast party afterwards,

Tatsthus and the relevant person in charge of the Jockey Club will further introduce the information about the auction of horses and auctions, and answer questions from the prospective horse owners.

all in all,

Today is a good opportunity to choose a horse before the auction!”

Jiang Ping nodded and was eager to try.

Han Yingyue snuggled beside him,

Looking down at the auction manual: horse picture album, information.

A thick stack...

I have to say,

Tatsos is indeed very professional at the world's oldest purebred horse auction.

Each horse not only lists its three generations of paternal lines, maternal lines, paternal lines, and maternal lines...

Complete lineage,

The dense relationship diagram makes people dizzy!

There are also information about these genealogical “relatives”:

Matriarchal family: the auction price of previous offspring, buyer, horse trainer;

Patriarchal family: the performance of the offspring, marking potential young stallion, outstanding performance;

Of course, the most important thing.

Of course, the details of the horses auctioned:

Number, fur color, gender, height, muscle, weight, personality...

Even the mane, tail, eyes, teeth, feet, etc. have been recorded.

That's all... it's complicated!

Jiang Ping took a look.

Just throw the manual aside and stop reading it.

I have a system!

At that time, a probe technique will be more accurate than any information!
To be continued...