Jockey Challenge

Jockey Challenge is a breakthrough concept in Hong Kong horse racing using a Fixed Odds bet type. Once a bet is placed, the dividend is calculated according to the odds fixed at the time the bet is accepted and will not be affected by any subsequent change in odds. The player has to select correctly the jockey with the most Jockey Challenge points at a race meeting.

How to play

Jockeys participating in the nominated races at a race meeting will be numbered as 1 to 14. Each jockey will be assigned a number from 1 to 13 , while No.14 will include the rest of the jockeys riding at the race meeting. Select correctly the jockey with the most Jockey Challenge Points at a race meeting and your winnings will be paid at the price taken.

Jockey Challenge Points

Jockeys riding the first three placed horses* on their Scheduled Rides will earn Jockey Challenge Points as follows (Dead-heat situations excepted):

1st place: 12 points

2nd place: 6 points

3rd place: 4 points

Jockey Challenge Points scored by Substitute Jockeys# will not count. At the end of a race meeting, the jockey with the highest accumulated Jockey Challenge Points will be declared as the winner. The Jockey Challenge Points for all jockeys (including jockeys in No.14) will be counted on an individual basis.

*No Jockey Challenge Points for the rest of the finishing positions.

#A jockey who rides a Non-Scheduled Ride in a race

In Play Betting Available

In Play betting is available for the Jockey Challenge. For night meetings, selling will stop at the start of Race 6 in a meeting with 8 local races, and at the start of Race 7 in a meeting with 9 local races. For day meetings, selling will stop at the start of Race 8 in a meeting with 10 local races, and at the start of Race 9 in a meeting with 11 local races.Selling will be temporarily suspended at the start of each race, and will resume after the Weighed in Signal is displayed. Odds* and the Jockey Challenge Points will be updated after each race.

*Odds will only be updated during the selling periods.

About Hong Kong Jockey Challenge

The Hong Kong Jockey Club launched its own version of Jockey Challenge for the Hong Kong market on 20 April 2008. In doing so, the Club broke more than a century of tradition by offering Jockey Challenge as a fixed odds bet type.^[1]

From 16 November 2008, Jockey Challenge was also available as an "inplay" bet type. This means that punters could place bets up to the half way point of a race meeting, with the odds adjusted to reflect the winning chance of each individual selection throughout the day.^[2]

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