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 and Inside Information
5. Betting

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

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