Modern horse racing originated in England, and was called the "King's Sport" at the time. The earliest known horse racing in the UK was held during the reign of King Richard I of England (1189-1199). In 1780, the English Derby Horse Racing,
Considered the beginning of modern horse racing.
There are strict requirements and mechanisms for raising horses in Hong Kong. Except for the foreign racing horses that come to Hong Kong temporarily to compete, the current racing horses in Hong Kong belong to different owners. They are all purebred famous horses imported from all over the world. When they were first introduced, they were worth a lot of money.
The price is more than hundreds of thousands, some even exceed one million Hong Kong dollars, and the exaggerated ones are as high as millions or even higher. The horse owners entrust them to the stables run by professional trainers to raise and train them. The trainers need to
The Jockey Club will verify the qualifications and issue the license.
The Jockey Club provides specialized living and training facilities for racing horses. All consumption of these horses, including feed, swimming pools and other facilities, medical expenses, etc. are all borne by the horse owners. It is said that the monthly cost of each horse is
More than 10,000 yuan, and more than 30,000 yuan for purebred and famous breeds.
The jockey is the driver of the racing horse. Before 1971, Hong Kong had amateur horse racing, and jockeys were mainly military personnel. After turning to professional horse racing in 1971, the team of jockeys became increasingly regular. Currently, there are Chinese and foreign jockeys in Hong Kong.
There are more than 20 apprentice jockeys. They are hired on an annual contract with the Jockey Club, and the Jockey Club pays a fixed salary according to the agreement. They usually train as required and drive horses to participate in various events on race days. Every time they appear, they can get an appearance fee.
Each new year's event is pre-scheduled during the summer off-season from the end of June to early September. Horse owners can register for the competition according to the condition of their horses. Registration is usually two weeks before the event, and the trainer
Carry out training according to the requirements of horse competition events.
Horse racing in Hong Kong is all speed competitions, divided into short distance (1000 meters), intermediate distance (1650 meters), medium and long distance (2200 meters), etc.; there are two categories: grass and mud. Each race can have up to 14 horses participating.
The top three are the winners, and the top five can all receive different amounts of bonuses. The bonuses are distributed to the owners, jockeys and trainers of the winning horses in different proportions. The horse owner gets 8
0-85%, the second-placed trainer gets 10%, the first-place rider gets 10%, and the 2-5th place gets 5%. The bonus is withdrawn from the betting money. The Jockey Club also organizes at the request of different organizations
In a title race, the organization requesting the title provides special bonuses of varying amounts, usually several million yuan, with the highest reaching 14 million yuan. These bonuses are also awarded to horse owners, jockeys and trainers in proportion.
In addition, there is an unwritten custom in Hong Kong, that is, after a horse wins consecutive races, the horse owner "rewards" the trainer and sends a considerable amount of "red envelopes". Betting on horse racing is a big deal for ordinary Hong Kong citizens.
An entertainment activity. For horse owners, it means more investment. Buying horses, raising horses,
"Rewarding" is actually an investment behavior. Through competition and victory, the horse owner earns rewards. Of course, the returns vary greatly for different racing horses. Excellent racing horses reward their owners several times or even dozens or dozens of times.
; A poor racing horse may not win once in its life, and there will be no reward.
The basic principle of horse racing betting is that before the start of the race, bettors, based on their own judgment, fill in the number of the "winner" in their mind into the horse racing ticket, fill in a certain amount of bet, and deliver it to the service counter for computer recording.
This is called "buying a horse". After the game, if the actual result matches the bettor's guessed horse ranking, the bettor can redeem the prize at the corresponding multiple, which is called "buying a win." If not, the bet will also be lost.
Cannot be taken back.
There are many kinds of horse racing betting projects, including single ones and combinations. The more complex the combination, the smaller the chance of "winning" and the higher the return multiple. A single project, such as "win alone", means guessing a certain game.
The horse that ran first in the race. "Position", that is, guessing any horse that ran in the top three in a certain race. Combination events, such as "Win Streak", that is, guessing the horse that ran in the top three in a certain race.
The first and second horses
Racing horses. "Single t" means guessing the top three horses in a certain race. The order is not limited. "Trifecta" means not only guessing the top three horses in a certain race.
The horses are in the right order. The most complicated combination is the "three t's", which means you have to guess the top three horses in the designated third, fourth and sixth races, a total of 9 horses, and the horse tickets need to be
Complete your purchase order before the third game starts.
Since it is difficult to "win", the return multiple is extremely high, usually hundreds of thousands of times. In other words, if you place a bet of 10 yuan, if you "buy", you can get dozens or even millions of yuan.
Lottery. If no one "buys" in this game, then the funds for betting on "three t" will be transferred to the next horse day for accumulation and use, which is the so-called "cumulative lottery pool" or "Jin Duobao". Sometimes continuously
After accumulating several times, one bet (10 yuan) of "three t" bonuses are as high as hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
Yuan (it is definitely a gambling sport that makes people obsessed and crazy. I have seen the highest prize payout in the 1990s before the handover. My memory seems to be more than 780 million Hong Kong dollars. At that time, people lined up to bet.
People filled the entire betting hall and even lined up outside the racecourse. The expressions of those Hong Kong citizens were as if they had killed their father if they refused to buy for him. At that time, I also wanted to participate, but look at that
Changlong finally gave up, since he didn’t have such luck in gambling anyway).
For a long time, horse racing betting in Hong Kong was conducted exclusively in the venue. Horse racing fans watched, filled in their tickets, and then went to the counter window to buy horse racing tickets with cash (if you have seen Zhou Xingxing's The Gambler, you should have seen Ninety
In the early 1990s, the situation when racing at the racecourse and betting at the Jockey Club). With the development of modern technology, many of the most advanced methods have been rapidly used
Come to horse betting. Now, in the venue, in addition to the original method of buying horses, horse fans can place bets with a "bet treasure" (a small special electronic betting device). The computer can accurately record the items selected by the horse fans and
Follow the instruction to transfer money from his or her special bank account; after "winning", the horse racing fan can also use "Betting Treasure" to cash out the winnings and transfer them to the designated account.
Starting in 1973, the Hong Kong Jockey Club established off-site betting offices with the approval of the government. Horse racing fans can learn about the live racing conditions through TV and radio, fill in their tickets at Jockey Club betting offices located across Hong Kong, or use "Betting Treasure" to place bets. Subsequently,
, the Jockey Club has launched a telephone betting service. Horse racing fans can sit at home, watch TV and listen to the radio (I’m afraid
Anyone who has been to Hong Kong should have seen it. Every time there is a horse racing day, in the restaurants near the racecourse, many people order a cup of milk tea, then watch the TV, or hold a small radio, and then listen to the music in the air.
Betting by phone. Now, 2/3 of the total amount of bets is done using electronic tools.
(Warm reminder: I have introduced so much information about Hong Kong horse racing, but I am not encouraging gambling. Personally, I don’t like gambling because I have learned a profound lesson. I won’t say what the lesson is here, to avoid saying it.
I have turned to writing an autobiography. But everyone should remember that Hong Kong people often say: small gambling can support a wife and a living, big gambling can start a business and build a family. It is just a decadent self-deprecating statement. Really relying on gambling to make a fortune
How many people can be rich? Don’t take the gambling king Stanley Ho as an example. He has never been on the gambling table. His gambling is just a career. I have introduced so many things just because horse racing is a unique culture in Hong Kong.
If you have the opportunity, you can go to the racecourse to experience it, or you can try a small bet for one or two games to experience the unique scenery of Hong Kong people, because it is impossible to appear in mainland China, but remember not to be addicted. Be careful! Be careful!)
She didn't struggle with her partner for too long. Brigitte Lin also noticed that Peng Zhixin's face was not good-looking. In the end, Zheng Jiacheng asked a coquettish beauty to partner with Liu Luanxiong, and the combination was basically completed. Zheng Wenya naturally sat next to Feng Yifeng.
Regarding horse racing, Feng Yifeng has never been exposed to the two legal gambling activities of Hong Kong horse racing and Mark Six Lottery. He has only watched it on TV occasionally. He heard news reports that several bets in this Mark Six Lottery won the jackpot.
How much was the payout? He could only criticize those who had good luck in dying, and did not want to participate in it himself. Because he believed that money can only be satisfied and lasting if it is earned through one's own strength and hard work.
Holding a telescope and looking at the tall and magnificent horses pacing in the sand pool, the only thing Feng Yifeng thought of was: If he could ride on it, would he become Prince Charming (the one riding the white horse might also be Tang
Hate)? As for which horse is in good condition,
He had no idea that the horse had a good record in the past and that the horse was suitable for the upcoming races. Instead, Zheng Wenya, who was beside him, introduced him from time to time which country and region the horse came from and what kind of famous breed it was.
Their past results and who their trainers are.
"It seems that you really know a lot about horses, and you actually remember them all so clearly?" He looked at Zheng Wenya's elegant and beautiful face in surprise and asked curiously.
Zheng Wenya smiled brightly, expressing a quiet and elegant look that matched her name. "Actually, this is nothing strange. The more you listen and see, the more familiar you will become. In fact, I tell you, I have never tried betting on horse racing. It's just that
Sometimes it is also fun to study each horse and analyze the probability of each horse winning. Because there is too much data in it, and it is a science."
"Haha!" Feng Yifeng smiled bitterly. It's unheard of for someone to turn horse racing into knowledge. If this is true, those people below who are clamoring about how many games they have won and how much money they have won can use "bricks"
"Home" and "called the beast" are used to refer to it?
Zheng Wenya saw that Feng Yifeng didn't believe it, so she raised her mouth and said, "Humph! I knew you didn't believe it, so I didn't bother to explain it to you."
The beauty was angry. This was not Feng Yifeng's style. She quickly put down the telescope and said all kinds of good things before Zheng Wenya turned her anger into joy. "Do you really have a yacht? I have never done a yacht to go swimming or fishing. I wonder if there is such a thing?"
Do you want me to give it a try?" Zheng Wenya looked at Feng Yifeng with eager eyes, and her beautiful eyes could see the shining prayer.
"This is my honor!" Feng Yifeng was a gentleman and made the invitation politely: "I can't ask for a beauty like Miss Zheng to come here. I just don't know when Miss Zheng will be free, or if Miss Zheng needs it.
Don’t you need to ask your boyfriend to come with you?”
"Boyfriend?" Zheng Wenya's eyes widened, but she looked at Zheng Jiacheng who was fighting with Liu Luanxiong for horses and said: "You didn't misunderstand that Mr. Zheng is my boyfriend, right?"
Shaking his head, he said with a knowing look: "Of course not Mr. Zheng, I'm talking about Gerry. You should be familiar with the name Gerry, right? Isn't he your boyfriend?"
"So you also know Gerry?" Zheng Wenya seemed to be frightened and asked, covering her mouth.
"I said I was his boss, do you believe it?" He looked at Zheng Wenya with narrow eyes to see how she would react.
I thought Zheng Wenya would question it, but she actually nodded vigorously and said, "I believe it. I once heard him say that his boss is a Chinese and a very young Hong Konger. I didn't expect it to be you."
"Oh? He has mentioned me before, so you admit to knowing him?"
"We know each other! It's nothing. He and I are just friends, and there's nothing missing. Why deny it?"
"Uh!" Zheng Wenya was so choked that she couldn't speak. That's right! So what if they are boyfriend and girlfriend? "Then why not invite him to join us? There will be more people and it will be more lively."
Zheng Wenya tilted her head and said with certainty: "Let me say it again, he and I are just ordinary friends. When we found out that he divorced because of his pursuit of me, we never met again. Please don't associate me with him. That's okay.