The Conghua Racecourse, the first purebred horse training center on the Chinese mainland to meet international standards, held an exhibition race on March 23 in collaboration with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club holds an exhibition race at the Conghua Racecourse in Guangzhou on March 23. [Photo/VCG]

This is the first time the Hong Kong Jockey Club has held a speed race on the Chinese mainland, and the event was attended by officials such as Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Zhang Xiaoming, and Guangdong Vice Governor Ouyang Weimin.

Jockeys fight for first place on the Conghua Racecourse on March 23. [Photo/VCG]

With five races featuring horses ridden by some of the world's best jockeys and taught by world-class trainers, the event showcased both the high standards of Hong Kong horseracing and of Conghua's equestrian sports and tourism industry. It also demonstrated the potential of the Conghua Racecourse to boost the development of the equine industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, building on the success of Conghua's equine disease-free zone and cooperation between Conghua and Hong Kong in the cross-border transportation of horses.

A jockey and his horse on the Conghua Racecourse on March 23. [Photo/VCG]