Category Archives: Peter V’landys
WHERE EGOS DARE TO FLY
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Inside The Everest! A documentary looking at the key players and pivotal moments behind the inaugural $10m event. 8:30pm Thursday on Ch528 pic.twitter.com/A1gxHE3ThZ — Sky Racing (@SkyRacingAU) October 31, 2017 Some just can’t help themselves. It’s … Continue reading
JAMES MATHERS AND HIS THANK YOU NOTE TO PETER V’LANDYS
Sunday morning at Kincumber: I was strolling through the hardware store and bumped into an old colleague Dave Hodgson. He was looking for something to do with irrigation and we quickly started to chat about bores, flow rates, water quality … Continue reading
HOW’S HORSE RACING’S BACKEND WORKING?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk As we all should know by now, in this technology driven world, once the backend doesn’t work, it’s cause for alarm when running any business. Of course, there is a need for a good “backend” to … Continue reading
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN HORSE RACING
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Just think about this: If one is to believe all the various numbers bandied around in what is an increasingly numbers-driven world where the popularity of anything and anyone is gauged by the number of “likes” … Continue reading
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS RACING.COM GALLOPING TO AND WITH WHO BY ITS SIDE?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk We’re not quite getting it. Then again, it’s been a long time since we understood how exactly racing in Victoria works. Or continues to unravel with no signs of a knight in shiny armour to put … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys
Tagged COBALT, Dean Pettit, Frankie Dettori, HKJC, Melbourne Cup, Melbourne Spring Carnival, Peter V'landys, RACING VICTORIA, Racing.com, Sammy Hyland, ShaneO, Tabcorp, The Everest, Wayne Hawkes
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PETER V’LANDYS AND HORSE RACING’S OWN GAME OF THRONES
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s taken a long and winding whirlybird route to get to where it is now. From being a copy of America’s Pegasus race, and through numerous changes that continue today, Peter V’landys, the Racing NSW supremo, … Continue reading
THE RACE FOR LEADERSHIP IN RACING IN AUSTRALIA
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Racing writer Shane Anderson recently tried his hand at writing a satirical piece on Peter V’landys, the CEO of Racing New South Wales, and seen by many as the Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Willy Wonka, and … Continue reading
LESS TALK AND MORE ACTION, PLEASE?
By Hans Ebert Australia was all a Twitter yesterday about the very sudden, but not unexpected, split between trainer John O’Shea and his tough task masters at Godolphin that includes constantly coming up against a Plumtree. According to one report, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Bensley, Audemars Piguet QE11 Cup, Charlie Appleby, Chris Roots, Godolphin, Gooree Park Stud farm, HKJC, JAMES CUMMINGS, JOHN O'SHEA, Mount Everest, Pakistan Star, PAN SUTONG, Peter Moody, Peter V'landys, Plumtree, Racing NSW, SEAN WOODS, Tony McEvoy, Twitter
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SRI LANKA: THE NEW LOCATION FOR THE WORLD’S RICHEST HORSE RACE AND GREATEST RIDE IN THE WORLD?
By Frank Lee Trillington It has been in the works for three years, but now with the soon-to-be opening in Colombo, Sri Lanka of the Sapphire Sri Lanka Gemstone Racing Club (SSLGRC) it’s all systems go with such ambitious plans … Continue reading
Posted in Horse Racing, JOHN SIZE, Peter V'landys, The horse racing industry
Tagged andre fabre, Bill Nader, brian kan ping-chee, CHRIS WALLER, Darren Weir, Gai Waterhouse, Gary Ng, Island Paradise Elephant Sapphire Cup, Joao Moreira, John Didham, John Moore, John Size, Mahela Jayawardene, MICHELLE PAYNE, Mike De Kock, Peter V'landys, Royal Turf Club, Sapphire Sri Lanka Gemstone Racing Club, Simon Love, Sri Lanka, SSLGRC, Ted Fordyce, The Railwayman, Tim Cutler, Vinay Sapuradnekarnam, WH Rambo Tse
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HORSE RACING, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
By Hans Ebert It’s all been a bit quiet. It’s almost as if the sport needs some magic potion to rev up the Excitement Barometer. From speaking also to others, horse racing seems to be going through a bit of … Continue reading
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