Hong Kong International Races participants and media tuck into the breakfast two days before the big day.

Hong Kong Vase hopeful Foundation Spirit is put through his paces.

Show A Heart, in contention for the Hong Kong Mile, breezes on the all-weather track under big-race jockey Glen Boss.

Jockey Gerald Mosse discusses his HKIR prospects with the media. Mosse rides Red Pepper and Rainbow And Gold for Brian Kan.

Eleven handicappers from around the world gathered at Sha Tin for the International Handicappers' Seminar.

The racing media gathered to listen to the handicappers' assessments of the HKIR runners.

From left to right: Gu Jun, Gold medallist in Women's Badminton Doubles at the Sydney Olympics in 2000; Lawrence Wong, the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Chief Executive; Ge Fei, Gold medallist in Women's Badminton Doubles in the last Olympics; Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, the HKJC's Executive Director of Racing; Xiong Ni, a Diving gold medallist at last year's games.