Tag Archives: Cox Plate
THE MELBOURNE SPRING CARNIVAL: DID IT LOSE ITS FOOTING?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Sure, Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick. But when there’s a Big Stick to shake, and instead of it being shaken and stirred, it’s waived in a feeble manner, it leaves one scratching their head … Continue reading
WHEN HORSE RACING GETS UGLY
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk “Hans, after the last race on Friday night, a drunken punter got stuck into Dwayne Dunn telling him that he slaughtered Miss Gunpowder in the race. Dwayne went over to punter and the abuse continued. One … Continue reading
THE CRAIG WILLIAMS INCIDENT: WHO’S TO BLAME?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Reports last night that Craig Williams was spat on by a disgruntled punter at Moonee Valley last night. Was that publilshed anywhere today? — Keith Hillier (@KeithHillier2) October 27, 2017 On Friday night at Moonee Valley, … Continue reading
THE FAKE NEWS ISSUE
By Keyser Soze “FAKE NEWS” SURFACES IN VICTORIAN RACING Imitation is not always the greatest form of flattery. And it took less than 24 hours for the Herald Sun’s own version of “fake news” to be exposed for what it … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Tagged Adrian Dunn, Amanda Elliott, caulfield cup, Cox Plate, G1X, Herald Sun, Kelly Conways, Mackinnon Stakes, Martin Pakula, Melbourne Cup, Spring carnival, TVN, Victorian racing, VRC
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WINX: SIMPLY THE BEST. HOW MANY RACING CLUBS CAN SAY THAT?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Something magical happened at Moonee Valley yesterday. Winx won the Cox Plate- for the second time- and by so doing, transformed the face of racing. How many understand this? That’s debatable. Winx, Hughie Bowman, Chris Waller … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, casper fownes, DOUGLAS WHYTE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, MOONEE VALLEY, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged BEN SO, Chad Schofield, CHRIS WALLER, Cox Plate, Danny Nikolic, Douglas Whyte, Eddie Lai, happy valley, HKJC, Hughie Bowman, Jockey Challenge, Moodie Blues, Moonee Valley, Pakistan Star, Sylvestre de Sousa, Winx
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NUDGE NUDGE WINX WINX AND MAGIC FROM THEWIZARDOFOZ
By Hans Ebert With memories of the extraordinary win of Winx in the Cox Plate yesterday, and underlining the sheer brilliance of Hugh Bowman, surely one of the top three riders in the world, if not the best, but still … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, The horse racing industry, www.fasttrack.hk
Tagged C+3 Course, Chad Schofield, Cox Plate, Derek Leung, Douglas Whyte, Fat Choy Hong Kong, happy valley, HUGH BOWMAN, Jack Wong, Joy Luck Win, Keith Yeung, Nash Rawiller, Winx
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THE FEEL GOOD STORIES OF RACING (DO YOU HAVE ANY?)
By Jenny Bridle (Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) With all the negativity coming out of Australian racing these days, it can be challenging to stay focussed on what can be so great about horse racing. In case anyone needs reminding, this is … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, The horse racing industry, www.fasttrack.hk
Tagged Australian racing, British horse, Cox Plate, Gordon Lord Byron, Ireland’s Seabiscuit, Jay Ford, Jenny Bridle, Melbourne Cup, Red Cadeaux, Tasmanian Horse of The Year, The Cleaner, Treve, Wise Dan
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TWO THUMBS UP AND ANOTHER COX UP
HONG KONG ENTRIES KEEP GETTING BETTER The Moonee Valley race Club must be salivating at the quality of international entries for Hong Kong’s International Day in December. Then again it is increasingly acknowledged as world champions day, so it should … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOHN SIZE, MOONEE VALLEY
Tagged APYSCHOLOGIST, Cox Plate, Douglas Whyte, happy valley, HKJC, Hong Kong’s International Day, Jane Chapple-Hyam, John Size, Lord Kanaloa, Luger, Moonlight Cloud, Mull of Killough, Simon Fuller, The Moonee Valley race Club, Winfried Englebrecht-Bresges, X1X Entertainment
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MAGIC, MARKETING AND CANCELING OUR SCMP SUBSCRIPTION
Joao Moreira has not only hit the ground running, he’s hit the tracks of Hong Kong flying as if on Steppenwolf’s Magic Carpet Ride. Well, he IS The Magic Man and at Shatin yesterday won his first Group race in … Continue reading
Posted in casper fownes, DOUGLAS WHYTE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, richard gibson
Tagged Akeed Mofeed, BRUCE CLARK, Cox Plate, Douglas Whyte, HKJC, Joao Moreira, LUCKY NINE, Nadia Horne, Olivier Doleuze, SCMP, Shane Anderson, sterling city
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JEWELS, TANTRUMS, TIARAS AND LLOYD
THE ATLANTIC JEWEL MYSTERY The late scratching of champion mare and short priced pre-post favourite Atlantic Jewel literally minutes after final declarations were taken on Tuesday morning has opened a virtual pandora’s box of questions which the Victorian governing body … Continue reading
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