Jackie Chan promotes Beijing Olympics

Hollywood Kung Fu star Jackie Chan will take time out this year to promote the Beijing Olympics, so he saddled up for a video to promote equestrian events.

While Kung Fu may be more his thing, Chan happily pulled on his horse riding boots and hard helmet to publicise Hong Kong's fringe Olympics role this summer, with Beijing having switched equestrian events to the city after it failed to establish a disease-free zone for horses.

"See you in Hong Kong 2008, Olympic equestrian co-host city," said Chan while holding the reins of a dark former racehorse called "Fortune Tycoon," as the cameras rolled at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Beas River country club, which will host some of the former British colony's Olympics equestrian events this summer.

Hong Kong will be one of only a handful of cities to host Olympics events outside of Beijing this summer. The north-eastern city of Qingdao is another and will host a few watersports events.

As a goodwill envoy for the Beijing Olympics, Chan has devoted himself this year to promoting the Games, and has taken part in activities including running the Olympic torch in Greece and recording an Olympics countdown song.

He's also appeared in prominent Olympics-themed commercials for credit card giant Visa, alongside Chinese basketball star Yao Ming.