Wednesday, 3rd March 2010: The Macau Racing Club (MRC) & Concorde Travel are teaming up to offer some unique and very prestigious Tours to the best international horse racing events, exclusively for the Hong Kong, Macau and China markets.

Attending horse racing events like Royal Ascot & the Melbourne Cup is a once in a lifetime experience. It is the dream of many racing enthusiasts to have the chance to participate and enjoy the thrill of watching the world’s top thoroughbreds. Being there allows you to soak in the electric atmosphere these exceptional events have to offer. These tours offer something for everyone, from the fashion parade and the social side for the ladies, to the 5 star hospitality suites with delicious menus on offer and of course watching the thrilling Group races.

“I am thrilled to be working with The Macau Racing Club on this project and believe that this is a suitable product for the Hong Kong marketplace due to the fact that horse racing is in the blood of most of the public in Hong Kong. I can’t wait to visit Royal Ascot which is the first event we will be covering.” said Graham Elsom CEO of Concorde Travel.

“The Macau Racing Club is looking forward in working with Graham and his team at Concorde to offer top quality and well organized horse racing tours for the major events throughout the globe. The prestigious destinations include Royal Ascot, The Melbourne Cup, The Breeders Cup, The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, The Japan Cup and HK & Singapore International Days” Racing Manager Carstairs said.

MRC and Concorde Travel being experts in their fields assure exceptional service and insight when you visit the major racing events around the world.

About Concorde Travel:
Concorde Travel has been arranging, worldwide, tailor-made travel, for discerning individuals and groups since 1978.
www.concorde-travel.com
Email:  info@concorde-travel.com

About MRC:
The Macau Racing Club has been set up for ALL horse racing enthusiasts to be given the chance to live the dream and become an actual race horse owner as part of a race horse partnership; receiving full benefits at a fraction of the cost of race horse ownership.

The Macau Racing Club is the premiere horse racing club syndicate in Macau. It has exciting club silks, allowing enthusiast to recognize horses managed by our prestigious racing syndicate.

The Macau Racing Club www.macauracingclub.com

Mr. James Carstairs, E-mail: james@macauracingclub.com

MRC is pleased to announce that the company has bought The Rebel and is now syndicating the horse.

A nice 3 yr old Iglesia horse which has recently arrived into Macau from Australia 8 weeks ago. The horse name is  THE REBEL and will be is already in training with the Tim Pinfield stables homes of Bhutane Dane, The Gangster, and soon to be The Rocket.

” This horse is correct, has a nice shoulder, nice hip and seems to have some scope and is sound”. “He will be a horse which will get 1200-1400M on both grass and sand, similar to The Gangster he is well priced and is good value for first time buyers”. Comments Tim Pinfield

” With the success of The Gangster syndicate we are now following up with another ready to run horse which will beleive will be a nice type aswell” Comments Racing Manager James Carstairs

Wednesday, 6th February 2010: Callisto Kid won convincingly over the 1800M turf track with Champion jockey Manuel Nunes on board riding a classic, well timed race to steer this 4 year old son of Galileo to his first win at MJC .

The syndicate members who are all spread across the world from Macau, Hong Kong, England and Germany were all elated with Callisto Kid first win as they have all been very patient with the horse and today he has paid everyone back with a solid win and many more to come.

“Callisto Kid has taken a while to break his maiden status but today he did it in style winning 2.5 length’s over his ideal distance 1800M,” said Carstairs.

“I’d like to thank the trainer Geoff Allendorf and his two assistance Tony Ives and Yap for all the hard work they put into the horse. We all hope this horse has now matured and that the penny has dropped” Carstairs said.

MRC Bloodstock purchases a variety of different horses proven, trialled, unraced, yearlings  throughout Australia, New Zealand,  United Kingdom.

We have connections into all the major racing stables in Australia,  New Zealand and UK markets enabling us to purchase an extensive collection of raced and un-raced horses.

At MRC Bloodstock we offer full management for horse owners which includes areas such as race selection, jockey selection and trainer selection.

Group Syndication

MRC Bloodstock offers syndication of raced and un-raced horses

Horse Logistics Services

We arrange Veterinarian services and certificates for approval for the Macau Jockey Club and arrange transport and quarantine procedures.

MRC is the one of Macau’s leading event management & race horse syndication companies, specializing in providing hospitality and race horse syndication services to horse racing enthusiasts

With over 18 years’ experience, MRC has built up an unrivalled reputation for quality, reliability and integrity in providing event management and race horse syndication services. You can rest assured that your events and race horses will be properly planned and professionally managed.

There is no substitute for experience.

Creating a truly memorable horse racing event is about dotting i’s and crossing t’s. This way everything runs smoothly and the experience matches your corporate goals. Our extensive industry knowledge, events expertise and record of success ensures that everything runs exactly as it should.

For more information on up and coming events please email us on race@macauracingclub.com or call us on (852) 3571 8496

The Macau Racing Club acquired Sydney Listed winner Bhutane Dane to bring over to Macau. Bhutane Dane son of Danehill Dancer out of Joleur mare has impressive record with 12 runs with 4 wins, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd and earned A$299,300.

” He is a impressive race horse with a good track record and will be one of the top 5 horses in Macau I think. Were hoping with his breeding he might handle the sand track being related to Bite the Bullet” Comments trainer Tim Pinfield.

” I like this horse, he can preform well at 1200M – 1500M at top level. We have been looking for a quality sprinter for Macau for quite some time and when this chance came up I called few friends and convinced them to invest with us and they did” Comments James Carstairs Racing Manager.

For more information on syndication into Macau please email us on race@macauracingclub.com

” We now have developed a network of utilities and drivers to help with the promotion on The Macau Racing Club. Twitter is a popular short service communication tool which allows us to communicate with syndicate members and racing enthusiasts in Asia/Pacific.” Comments Racing Manager James Carstairs

The experience includes meeting the trainer and jockey, getting your picture taken in the winners enclosure, enjoying a delicious a la carte or buffet style meal served with plenty of beer and wine and of course the opportunity to win big money. MRC will circulate the Trainers Tips looking to pick a few winners for everyone! The “Be an Owner for the Day” experience can be arrange for intimate groups of 6-8 and larger groups of 18- 20 per race day.

Experience the races in Macau – make your reservations now! call us:  (852) 3571 8496 or e-mail us contact us.

The Gangster lost both back plates and knuckled down slightly at the start however picked up & traveled nicely on the bridle for Nunes through out the race and lead from start to finish to clocked 1.23.7 a class record. The horse has showed a mark improvement to his from and stayed on and hit the line strongly this time and looked like he can go longer.

“He seems to have some good early gate speed and can stay on anywhere from 1500-1800M”. Comments Tim Pinfield

Tim Pinfield also mentioned that the horse will have a bit of a rest and then carry on with it training schedule and looks like will be entered on the 8th November over 1800M on the turf. The plan of action is to keep winning and getting his rating to where we think he should be and possibly look at entering him for the Triple Crown races if he is good enough.

Go Gangster!

The 2009/2010 racing season for the Macau Jockey Club has been scheduled to commence on Saturday, 19 September 2009 and finish on Saturday, 28 August 2010 with a total of 68 race meetings, including 30 day meetings, 30 night meetings and 8 twilight meetings.

Of the 68 race meetings, 33 will be on turf, 30 on sand and 5 on turf/sand.

From July 2010 to the end of the racing season, all race meetings on Saturday/Sunday will be twilight meeting.