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Photo Release - Thousands enjoy Mothers' Day fun at Cluba£į?s Tuen Mun Public Riding School

05/08/2011

Thousands local residents flocked to The Hong Kong Jockey Club's Tuen Mun Public Riding School Open Day today (8 May), enjoying an array of equine-themed activities that not only let visitors make close contact with horses and learn about horse life and equestrian sports, but also ensured that families celebrating Mothers' Day could share lots of fun and laughter.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has become one of Hong Kong's best known and respected organisations, providing the public with world-class sporting entertainment as well as being the city's major non-Government community benefactor, now donating more than HK$1 billion a year to charitable and community projects.  It has been a part of Hong Kong through good times and bad, sharing the city's growth and development with its people, and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for future generations.

Attachment – Fact sheet of the HKJC Tuen Mun Public Riding School Open Day 2011

Thousands visitors flock to the annual Hong Kong Jockey Club Tuen Mun Public Riding School Open Day today, enjoying an array of equine-themed activities.
Thousands visitors flock to the annual Hong Kong Jockey Club Tuen Mun Public Riding School Open Day today, enjoying an array of equine-themed activities.

Photo 2, Photo 3: Visitors get the chance to visit the stables and feed room which are seldom open to the public, and watch horse care demonstrations by the farriers and grooms.
Photo 2, Photo 3: Visitors get the chance to visit the stables and feed room which are seldom open to the public, and watch horse care demonstrations by the farriers and grooms.

 
 

Children enjoy pony rides at the Open Day.
Children enjoy pony rides at the Open Day.

Jockey G Cheyne joins with instructors from riding schools and trainees from the Cluba£į?s Apprentice Jockeysa£į? School, entertains visitors by taking part in a series of fun races and mounted games.
Jockey G Cheyne joins with instructors from riding schools and trainees from the Cluba£į?s Apprentice Jockeysa£į? School, entertains visitors by taking part in a series of fun races and mounted games.

Club Executive Manager, Equestrian Affairs Eckjans Sacha (left) joins the prize presentation for the horseback fun race.
Club Executive Manager, Equestrian Affairs Eckjans Sacha (left) joins the prize presentation for the horseback fun race.

Leung Oi Man of the Cluba£į?s Junior Equestrian Team competes in show jumping events of the Inter-School Equestrian Challenge 2011 and claims the second place.
Leung Oi Man of the Cluba£į?s Junior Equestrian Team competes in show jumping events of the Inter-School Equestrian Challenge 2011 and claims the second place.

GSIS A1 team, led by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Junior Equestrian Team members Leung Oi Man (second from the left) and Lennard Chiang (first from the left), wins the championship of team competition.
GSIS A1 team, led by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Junior Equestrian Team members Leung Oi Man (second from the left) and Lennard Chiang (first from the left), wins the championship of team competition.

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