Macau Jockey Club
Encyclopedia
The Macau Jockey Club is an organisation providing horse racing
and betting entertainment in the former Portuguese
colony
of Macau
, in the People's Republic of China
.
The Macau Jockey Club is one of the largest private employers of Macau
with around 1,400 employees and around 1,100 part-timers.
, but it was not a popular sporting event and gave way to the formation of the current thoroughbred racing club in 1989.
converted from the old trotting track. The old track is now the inner sand track and the newer outer track is turf.
The stables at the MJC are home to about 1,000 horses.
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
and betting entertainment in the former Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
colony
Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire , also known as the Portuguese Overseas Empire or the Portuguese Colonial Empire , was the first global empire in history...
of Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
, in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
.
The Macau Jockey Club is one of the largest private employers of Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
with around 1,400 employees and around 1,100 part-timers.
History
The club began as the Macau Trotting Club in 1980 in an attempt to introduce harness racing in AsiaAsia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, but it was not a popular sporting event and gave way to the formation of the current thoroughbred racing club in 1989.
Facilities
The MJC has one track on TaipaTaipa
Taipa is the smaller of the two islands in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao .- Geography :It is 2.5 kilometres from Macau Peninsula and east of the Lesser Hengqin Island of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province...
converted from the old trotting track. The old track is now the inner sand track and the newer outer track is turf.
The stables at the MJC are home to about 1,000 horses.
Races
- Macau Derby - April
- Macau Gold Cup - May
- The Macau Star of The Sand Stakes - June
- Macau Sprint Trophy - April
- Chairman's Challenge Cup - June
- Director's Cup
Single-Race Bets
Pool Name - Dividend Qualification- Win (獨贏) - 1st in a race.
- Place (位置) - 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a raceRacingA sport race is a competition of speed, against an objective criterion, usually a clock or to a specific point. The competitors in a race try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time...
with 7 or more declared starters or 1st, 2nd in a race with 4, 5, 6 declared starters. - Quinella (連贏) - 1st and 2nd in either order in the race.
- Quinella Place (位置Q) - Any two of the first three placed horses in any finishing order in the race. However, the Pool will not opened when a race less than 6 starters.
- Tierce (三重彩) - 1st, 2nd and 3rd in correct order in the race.
Multiple-Race Bets
Pool Name - Dividend Qualification - Consolation [if any]- Double (孖寶) - 1st in two nominated races - 1st in 1st leg and 2nd in 2nd leg.
- Triple Trio (三T) - 1st, 2nd and 3rd in any order in three legs - 1st, 2nd and 3rd in any order in any two Triple Trio legs.