The Hong Kong Jockey Club Lei Yue Mun Public Riding School reopens

Last weekend marked the end of a spectacular horse racing season in Hong Kong. Now, as racehorses and jockeys take a well-earned summer break, racing fans have to wait more than a month to watch their favourite local gallopers in action again.

Some of the city’s horse enthusiasts are celebrating a recent return to the saddle, however, and a welcome resumption of riding lessons thanks to the reopening of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Lei Yue Mun Public Riding School.

As part of Lei Yue Mun Park in Chai Wan, which was converted into a quarantine facility during the COVID-19 pandemic, the public riding school had been closed for more than three years. The 4,000-square-metre school, which originally opened in 1992, reopened earlier this month following restoration work on its built structures and riding paddock.

During the closure period, the horses were rehoused at other riding schools managed by the Club or at its Sha Tin Racecourse. Our equine friends are now back following the restoration project, which included major resurfacing of the riding paddock. Members of the public staying at the Lei Yue Mun Park holiday camp may now be able to enjoy the experience of horse riding.

The Lei Yue Mun facility is one of three public riding schools managed by The Hong Kong Jockey Club, providing the public with a unique opportunity to connect with and learn to ride horses. The largest of the Jockey Club’s public riding schools is in Tuen Mun, while the third school, in Pok Fu Lam, is currently closed for redevelopment and will tentatively reopen in the autumn of 2025.

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