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THE FAST TRACKER IS HOPING FOR A SIESTA SUNDAY, SEÑOR
(Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) It might have started out being How Green Is My Valley for Douglas Whyte when he won the first race of the evening on Wednesday aboard Idyllic Wind with the arrogant confidence we have come to expect … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, dennis yip, DOUGLAS WHYTE, GERARD MOSSE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, www.fasttrack.hk
Tagged Almond Lee, Blizzard, Brett Prebble, Caspar Fownes, Chad Schofield, Douglas Whyte, Giant Treasure, happy wednesday, Idyllic Wind, Joao Moreira, Jockey Challenge, Karis Teetan, Keith Yeung, Lucky Scepter, Nash Rawiller, Richard Fourie, RICHARD GIBSON, SEAN WOODS, VINCENT CY HO
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HONG KONG RACING: VIVE LE DIFFERENCE!
Appropriately, it was Bastille Day, and Vive La Difference in racing was brought home very powerfully watching the end of season post race celebrations at Shatin on Sunday as the curtain came down on the most successful racing season in … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, dennis yip, DOUGLAS WHYTE, GERARD MOSSE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, zac purton
Tagged champion jockey Joao Moreira, champion trainer John Moore, happy valley, happy wednesday, HKJC, hong kong horse racing, Shatin, Winfried Englebrecht-Bresges
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TAKING THE INSIDE TRACK WITH THE FAST TRACKER
THE INSIDE TRACK CASPAR DOES VEGAS? We’re unsure if Caspar Fownes will be at Shatin this afternoon. After training four winners at Happy Valley on Wednesday- three of them on the trot- Cas flew over to his other happy stomping … Continue reading
Posted in casper fownes, dennis yip, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry, zac purton
Tagged Able Friend, Almalad, Benno Yung, Brett Prebble, Caspar Fownes, Damian Lane, Gai Waterhouse, Happy Chappy, happy valley, Joao Moreira, Johnny Didham, Joyful Moments, Michael Bastion, Neil Callan, Ollie Doleuze, RICHARD GIBSON, Ricky Yiu, the Jockey Challenge, VINCENT CY HO, Zac Purton
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PLANETS, HALLS, LANES, AND RAMMING WITH THE FAST TRACKER
————————————- THE INSIDE TRACK HONG KONG AND A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH PLANET RACING? By having a “United Nations of Racing” competing every race day- riders from South Africa, Italy, France, Belgium, Mauritius, Australia, Ireland, and Hong Kong- the Hong Kong … Continue reading
Posted in casper fownes, dennis yip, DOUGLAS WHYTE, GERARD MOSSE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, NASH RAWILLER, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, zac purton
Tagged Adrenaline, Chalk, Christophe Soumillon, Derek Leung, Douglas Whyte, Greg Hall, HAPPY VALLEY RACECOURSE, happy wednesday, Hay Market, HKJC, Lloyd Williams, Maxime Guyon, Mirco Demuro, Nash Rawiller, Ryan Moore, S’Manga Khumelo, TOMMY BERRY, Umberto Rispoli, United Nations Of Racing
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TAKING THE INSIDE TRACK TO THE FAST TRACKER AND THE TWITTERVERSE
THE INSIDE TRACK IS RACING GEARING UP FOR MORE “HAPPY DAYS” WITH POTSIE, PATSIES, AND PONZIE? As most of us should know by now, ponzie schemes feed on the greed of many through the promises of guaranteed financial riches and … Continue reading
Posted in casper fownes, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Gai Waterhouse, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, HAY LIST, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, NASH RAWILLER, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz
Tagged BILL VLAHOS, Brian Kan, Contentment, Danielle Johnson, Eric Legrix, Gérald Mossé, Hong Kong Classic Cup, Joao Moreira, Jockey Challenge, Maxime Guyon, Nash Rawiller, Opie Bossum, PAN SUTONG, Redkirk Warrior, RICHARD GIBSON, Sherie Kong, Sugar City, Willy Kan Wah-Yiu, Zac Purton
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WHEN A RACING CLUB BECOMES MORE THAN A RACING CLUB
One has to wonder how many visitors to the Hong Kong International Races last week realised they were here at one of the most important moments in the city’s history since The Handover in 1997. When on Thursday, December 11, … Continue reading
Posted in casper fownes, DOUGLAS WHYTE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged 1 Sports Road, Able Friend, DIBAYANI, Douglas Whyte, happy valley, happy wednesday, Hay Market, HKJC, HKJC 130 Anniversary, Hong Kong International Races, Joao Moreira, John Moore, Mizani, Occupy Central, RICHARD GIBSON, The Greatest Show On Turf, THOR THE GREATEST, Umbrella Movement
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LONGINES HKIR DAY: HONG KONG’S EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO THE WORLD
Let’s first get those “boring numbers” out of the way: 74,000 people on course and a turnover of HK$1.465 billion. On top of this, add another HK$65 million from commingling. Financially, Sunday’s LONGINES International Races at Shatin was another huge … Continue reading
Posted in DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Able Friend, Aerovelocity, Designs On Rome, Douglas Whyte, Flintshire, Giant Treasure, HKJC, Hong Kong Mile, Joao Moreira, John Moore, Lankan Rupee, LONGINES HKIR, Longines International Races, Lord Kanaloa, military attack, Packing Pins, PAN SUTONG, RICHARD GIBSON, Shatin racecourse, Star Track, the Hong Kong Cup
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BELLS, WHISTLES AND OCCUPYING NATIONAL DAY
(www.fasttrack.hk) HE MIGHT BE “THE WORLD’S BEST JOCKEY”? REALLY??? For an organisation that’s known as the International Federation of Horse Racing (IFHA), it remains a somewhat low key group that many might say is the Rodney Dangerfield of horse racing.
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES, www.fasttrack.hk, zac purton
Tagged Caspar Fownes, happy valley, HKJC, hong kong horse racing, Ricky Yiu, Shatin, Zac Purton
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TIPS, ZAC AND HK’S DING DONG WANG DOODLES
(Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) HK’S ZAC ATTACK BECOMES THE WIZARD OF OZ! While The Fat Boy of NSW racing stayed true to his role as official sycophant to trainer Chris Waller and fawned all over the very good trainer who had … Continue reading
THE FAST TRACK NEW YEAR DAY GUIDE TO SHATIN
(Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) It was a surreal meeting at Shatin to see 2013 ride off into the sunset with three jockeys, apparently, all floored by the flu bug at the same time, three jockeys hit with suspensions for careless riding, … Continue reading
Posted in casper fownes, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, richard gibson, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, www.fasttrack.hk, zac purton
Tagged Colm Donaghue, David Hall, Douglas Whyte, John Moore, Karis Teetan, Neil Callan, Nico Penna, six up, The Triple Trio, Tim Clarke, Zac Purton
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