A number of Hong Kong based raiders have found it hard to make it to the international arena. However, good news will be at their feet as the Hong Kong Jockey Club claimed that it was given mandate by the International Association of Jockey to initiate their 17 domestic races which was mainly meant for Hong Kong based horses to the international level. This compliment will be functional from the 2016/2017 season. This will be a massive step for the raiders based in Hong Kong as well as the entire Hong Kong Jockey fraternity as they will now have a total of 31 international raiders.

As it stands, there are a total of 14 races based in Hong Kong that have the eligibility of venturing in the international competition. Among these, 11 of them are at Group 1 level. The new rules have clearly indicated that all Group races are eligible to international racing. It doesn’t matter where a horse is born, trained or is owned by who. There were also some restrictions of rating bands that was initiated by the 14 newly opened races but were abolished following the new update.

The Executive Director of Racing Business and Operations Tony Kelly claimed that it was a huge step taken by the Hong Kong Jockey Club for the globalization as well as development of the Hong Kong racing. This portrayed the willingness of the Club to take the racing in another dimension of international level. This made the Asian Pattern Committee very pleased when they met earlier in the week at the Asian Racing Conference in Mumbai, India.

He continued to say that this is a unique logical move for Hong Kong which will concur with the new advancement in direction and consistency that the Club has incorporated over time. There has been a long existence in the LONGINESS World’s Best Racehorse Rankings and this has seen an outstanding growth in the World’s Top 100 Group 1 Races to the Hong Kong raiders.

However, this international exposure will not be awarded to the four year olds as BMW Hong Kong Derby, Hong Kong Classic Cup and Hong Kong Classic Mile will involve participants based in Hong Kong.

Aging in greyhounds and horses can be fatal to the animals as their owners have no use to them. This mainly results in ending the lives of these animals that have their career coming to an end. Reports have indicated that over 15,000 dogs are killed each year when their career expires.

Animal wastage has been the prime welfare to all racing in the globe. There are however a number of greyhound owners and trainers who are conversant with the animal welfare. The killing of these animals has subdued in Australia as the NSW parliament select committee submitted a report that the killing claims conducted in three years up to 2012-2013 had gone down to 0.4%. There are a number of ways to reduce killing of greyhounds.

Restructuring races is one of these ways. Apparently, Australia can be in a position of re-homing about 2,000 greyhounds every year. This can be achieved from the 2014-2015 stats that showed that 834 adoptions were made.

Each year one out of four greyhounds retires. There are over 55,000 of these greyhounds in Australia. Rather than killing that one retiring dog, it could be more advisable to adopt it to families who like pet dogs. Generally, dogs can race for almost four years in their lifetime. This comes as the greyhounds need not be ridden, whipped or even made to jump obstacles in a race. They basically follow a straight line chasing a synthetic lure that is operated mechanically.

Back in 2009, the GRNSW took over the adoption role which saw more than 100 greyhounds adopted each year. This rose to several hundred as years went by. If at all the wasting of greyhounds is to be completely eliminated, the banning of these events must be eradicated for good. This will be the case incorporated by 39 states in the U.S.

The variation based on corporate model will involve the owners and trainers having their own breeding mechanism that would oversee the grey hounds take to the races three or four times in a year. This would eradicate the threats of career end threats and in turn would be fundamental in the elimination of wasting greyhounds.

For a company to have its popularity hitting every corner of the earth, its products and services must be on top of the game. Furthermore having various offices in different corners of the globe is crucial in the development aspects. This is one case that has been portrayed by SportQuake.

SportQuake was founded exactly 10 years ago by the former Tottenham Hotspurs Commercial Director Matt House. Celebrating its 10^th anniversary, the agency has decided to mark this with the expansion of its territories to further east. Apparently, SportQuake has initiated two main offices to be based in Beijing and Hong Kong. These two offices in China will be crucial to serve the interest of many Asian countries.

Since it was initiated in 2006, the agency has incorporated over £150 million in partnership deals involving brands as well as sports rights owners. The agency has recently struck deals with various football clubs such as Tottenham Hotspurs, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal. It has also overseen 13 deals for front shirts of 13 Premier League (EPL) and La Liga.

The incorporation of the two offices in china will be crucial as the agency tries to exploits the growing commercialization of sports in the area. This will involve incorporating the western brands to the Chinese Super League and at the same time shifting the Eastern brands to various European Leagues including Bundesliga, La Liga and EPL.

Matt House who is the CEO and Founder of SportQuake claimed that the ideal agenda of being close to their clients has been fundamental for the opening of the two offices in China. Nonetheless, they will continue to play a major role in the UK market which has been their root source of income since the initiation of the agency. The expansion to oversee market has been one agenda which comes after the UK headquarters incorporated various internal restructuring that has made the firm be divided into four manageable pillars. These are; Research and Insight – Data and insight for all planning processes, Activation – Full range of ROI generating marketing services, New Business – Value identification, negotiation and new rights creation and Product Development – Market leading propositions for both brands and rights owners.

Kagiso Rabada was the man of the match at SuperSport Park after he produced one of his best shows in South African cricket jersey smashing England deep in a black hole. The 20 year old was outstanding and starred throughout the game as South African condemned England in their seven wickets for 49 runs in 13.4 overs. This happened despite England resuming on 52 for three.

However, this loss didn’t forbid the Englishmen in clinching the Basil D’ Oliveira trophy since they had won in 241 run at Kingsmead which was followed by 8-wicket win at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium.

In spite of thrashing England in the match, South Africa still is ranked 3^rd in the ICC test match. Captain AB de Villiers claimed that he was proud of his team who fired it up for the match and he claimed that this would be the start of upcoming success in the near future.

The full potential of Rabada was evident as he recorded figures of 13-144 which made history to be the best to have ever recorded in a total of 21 tests held at SuperSport Park. Among them was his 6-32 in 10.3 overs accrued in the second innings.

England captain Alastair Cook was disappointed by the way his team played in the five days but also found time to congratulate the South Africans for their brave approach of the match. At the same time, Ben Stokes was awarded with the man of the series award after he accrued 411 runs and 12 wickets which brought an average of 29.11.

South Africa has been hit by careless mistakes emanating from lack of concentration in batting that has led to their three test losses to India. This would later be followed by their initial loss to England at the Kingsmead.

The two teams had the following players for the match:

ENGLAND: AN Cook (capt), AD Hales, BA Stokes, CR Woakes, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, NRD Compton, JE Root, JM Bairstow (wk), MM Ali and JWA Taylor.

SOUTH AFRICA: AB de Villiers (capt), KJ Abbott, M Morkel, K Rabada, DL Piedt, D Elgar, SC Cook, HM Amla, JP Duminy, T Bavuma and Q de Kock (wk).

For most firms to start off their business, the main idea will involve applying for operational license. There is a number of betting authorities that awards these licenses but they usually differ from country to another. The main different involves various taxation rates, rules under which to comply to and mostly the amount of cash that can be used to acquire such a license. Many firms have considered Malta as well as Gibraltar licenses for they are easier to acquire for little amount. Nonetheless, these licenses have their own jurisdictions such that they can’t operate in all European nations.

UK has been known for its stern restrictions in operational license acquisition. However, many consider these licenses from UK’s Gambling Authority far much better from other authorities. This comes despite having strict acts that should always be followed. This could be the main reason which prompted the Magnet Gaming firm to seek the Remote Gambling Software Operating License from the UK Gambling Commission.

This firm which has its roots in Denmark joined the league of a number of companies who supply their products abroad and must have the ultimate license for their work. These firms have to act in accordance with the 2014 Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act if at all they desire to have smooth business functioning.

Magnet’s Head of Game Licensing, Thomas Nielsen claimed that for his firm to have the advantage of the new markets abroad, this license must have come into play. This comes as a result of the fact that the UK market has established itself as the superior and productive market across the globe. This in turn brings in its high standards and this was fundamental for Magnet Gaming to seek the operational license.

He continued to add that this will be a huge step for the firm which aims in bringing the best games to their British clients which will be accompanied by amazing retention rates for the maximization of incomes.

This comes before next week’s ICE Total Gaming where Magnet Gaming will be on stand N6-210 as it showcases its existing and new games including Vikings, Candy Kingdom and Space Gems.