Nicknamed 'the Napoleon of the Rialto' for becoming the director of many companies. Winner of 11 Hong Kong Derby's and 1 Shanghai Derby. He raced under the name of "Mr. Buxey" and his colours were "Blue and white stripes". Namesakes Several places in Hong Kong are named after him: Mody Road and Mody Square in Tsim Sha Tsui Resting place Mody died at his residence, Buxey Lodge, Conduit Road, Hong Kong in 1911 and is buried in the Hong Kong Parsee Cemetery in Happy Valley. Commemoration A bronze bust of Sir Hormusjee N. Mody was presented by the Incorporated Trustees of the Zoroastrian Charity Funds of Hong Kong, Canton and Macao to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the University. It resides on the main staircase of the main building. Every year on founder's day, the Parsi community of Hong Kong visit the Hong Kong University along with university students and officials to remember him. A small prayer is said by a Parsi Zoroastrian priest in front of bust of Sir Hormusjee N. Mody. Every year Mody Handicap race is run in his honour by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. See also Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China, Mr. H. N. Mody, 1908 Honouring the First Benefactor of HKU "The Race Goes On...:A Millennium Retrospect of Racing in Hong Kong" References Hong Kong businesspeople Hong Kong people of Parsi descent Hong Kong people of Indian descent 1838 births 1911 deaths Parsi people Parsi people from Mumbai Knights Bachelor Indian Knights Bachelor Indian philanthropists