Owners' Handbook

The Owners’ Handbook contains advisory contents and essential information about owning a horse in Hong Kong. It contains the following sections:

1. Obligations
2. Owners’ Privileges

3. Ownership Control
4. Race Tips
5. Betting

6. Pre-Export Veterinary Examination
7. Arrival Procedures
8. Declaration Form on Purchase of a Horse
9. Trackwork
10. Barrier Trials and Stalls Tests
11. Authorised Representatives
12. Entries
13. Handicaps
14. Terms Races
15. Jockeys and Apprentices
16. Official Pre-Race Veterinary Inspection
17. Declarations
18. Anti-doping Measures
19. The Race and Paddock Procedures
20. Winning
21. Owners Presence at Objection Hearings
22. Prize Money

23. Dress Code
24. Livery and Veterinary Charges
25. Trainer’s Fee
26. Stable Visits
27. Gratuities
28. Allocation of Rating
29. Movement of Horses between Trainers
30. Rehabilitation Station
31. Spelling Station
32. Retirement of Horses
33. Replacement Permit
34. Contributions to Retired Racehorse Programme
35. Travel Subsidy for Export of Retired Racehorse
36. Rules and Instructions for Sale of Horses
37. Racing Publications
38. Trainer Syndicate