HONG KONG, CHINA–Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges is at the helm of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, an international racing powerhouse, for nearly two decades. He has navigated Hong Kong Racing through financial crises, political upheaval and a pandemic, and never let anyone think that his visionary sight had lost its compass. In the conversation that follows, recorded [...]

The scene is unmistakably Hong Kong. A field of high-class Thoroughbreds thunders down a lush turf straight, the pounding of hooves echoing against a grandstand and a large diamond-vision screen. To a casual viewer with no sound on, this is racing at Sha Tin. But as the horses pull up, no skyscrapers loom over the [...]

It's not yet nine o'clock and the office is almost empty, as good as new. Pascal Bary saw his last horses leave the day before, and he's offering one of his last employees their pick of the framed victory photos still displayed on a shelf.  Almost 45 years after obtaining his licence, the trainer with [...]

The 56 new France Galop committee members met on Tuesday, December 12 at ParisLongchamp racecourse and elected Guillaume de Saint-Seine as the new President of France Galop for a four-year term that starts immediately. Three candidates addressed the new Committee. Saint-Seine received 25 votes in the first round, Jacques Détré got 17 and Louis de [...]

As is the case every four years, the approximately 9,000 members of the France Galop Association, in charge of horse racing in France, voted from Friday to Tuesday to elect their representatives within the institution. These representatives are categorised as owners, breeders, trainers, and jockeys. In total, 7,926 votes were counted, 15% fewer than in [...]

In the last three weeks, since the technical opening of ParisLongchamp, many people have had a chance to look around and gather an idea of what the new-look racecourse is about. From now on, the game is on and France Galop looks forward to that. A provisory first head count indicates that more than 20,000 [...]

Around 4,000 horseracing fans and horsemen gathered at ParisLongchamp for the Parisian racecourse's reopening. A total of 917 days had passed since the major rebuilding was initiated to transform the white elephant that had become too big for its daily routine into a more versatile, modular and green site for horse racing in Paris. On [...]

PARIS, France—With the new racecourse due to open on Apr. 8 after two years out of action, France Galop conducted two test meetings at ParisLongchamp on Wednesday and Friday. On both days, five 'fake' races featuring riding school horses and students were held to test the technical support and the equipment in conditions close to [...]

PARIS, France–“For those who love racing, ParisLongchamp is a dream come true. And for those who are discovering racing, it is a modern, elegant, trendy, new location. A place to go for a breath of fresh air, for walks, for a bite to eat or for music, to listen, discover and admire.” Such is the [...]

Ahead of the reopening of Longchamp Racecourse, which has been rebranded as ParisLongchamp, the team involved in the redevelopment has received a boost with the news that John Gosden plans to aim Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}) at the G1 Prix Ganay on Apr. 29. There's nothing like the reappearance of a champion to enhance a [...]

Paul Basquin has many strings to his bow at Haras de Saubouas in southwest France, the farm where he has been based for almost 20 years. Emmanuel Roussel caught up with the breeze-up consignor, breaker, pre-trainer and National Hunt pinhooker, who has been involved in the formative years of a number of talented individuals, including [...]

As Criquette Head-Maarek prepared for her final runners at Chantilly on Thursday, TDN's French correspondent Emmanuel Roussel spent one last morning with her on the gallops Noises matter. The humming of a racing yard in the morning is very typical. Forks briefly rattling on the box's concrete floors, the straw, the bings and the bongs [...]