The Hong Kong Jockey Club achieved an all-time record HK$97.1 million (US$12.4 million) in World Pool Win handle on a single race over the weekend thanks to the presence of superstar sprinter Ka Ying Rising.
The handle was 52.8% higher than the previous record of HK$63.8 million (US$8.1 million) bet on the Win pool for a World Pool or Hong Kong Jockey Club race, also on Ka Ying rising earlier this month.
HKJC said that, of the HK$97.1 million bet on the G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize on Saturday, HK$94.4 million (US$12.0 million) was bet on Ka Ying Rising with only HK$2.7 million (US$344,500) wagered on the other seven horses. The sprint sensation, paying $1.05 for the win, duly delivered with an emphatic four-and-a-half length triumph.
Total betting turnover on the whole 11-race FWD Champions Day card was up by 18% to HK$1.80 billion (US$230 million).
“I’ve never seen a tote figure like this, with almost HK$100 million in the Win pool and the second favourite returning at odds of 90.50,” said HKJC CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges.
“Ka Ying Rising is by far the best horse in the sprinting world that we’ve ever seen. He breaks the track record again. The effortlessness in how he dominates the race against a world-class sprinter in Satono Reve, it is absolutely sensational.”
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