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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
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
WINXELLENT, HUGHIE!!!
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you, sometimes, one monkey don’t stop no show, and then there are those special days when one extraordinary horse saves a country’s entire weekend of racing. Finished … Continue reading
SAM CLIPPERTON: CERTAINLY NOT “TOO YOUNG” TO RIDE WINNERS IN HONG KONG
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk He’s certainly proving his doubters wrong. An all-too-familiar mantra, especially emanating from certain quarters in the land down under whenever a young Australian rider is granted a license to ride in Hong Kong is that they’re … Continue reading
WHAT THE HORSE RACING INDUSTRY CAN LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
“I am really unsure about ‘Horse Racing’ as a sport. Mostly because I know very little about it. I have obviously seen all the big events and know how big they are. Here in America after the Triple Crown winner, … Continue reading
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Tagged "American Idol", Adam Lambert, ANDY MURRAY, Carrie Underwood, Craig Williams, happy wednesday, Joao Moreira, LEWIS HAMILTON, Napster, Simon Fuller, Zac Attack
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JOCKEYCAM AND LOOKING AT HOW RACING MUST BE VIEWED
The biggest problem for any industry is when the customer becomes smarter with, especially, technology than those managing and marketing the product. It’s like the music industry where music companies are now constantly forced to play catch-up as video killed … Continue reading
RACING’S BRAVE NEW-AND NEXT- WORLD
It’s not often that opportunity and need coincide anywhere in business or sport. But these coincidences are becoming increasingly frequent, and made possible, almost exclusively, by the exciting and brave new world of technology. If the industrial revolution changed the … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JAMES MCDONALD, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, zac purton
Tagged Aerovelocity, atv, Brett Davies, Brett Prebble, California Chrome, CHANNEL 668, Craig Williams, Damian Lane, Designs On Rome and Luger, Diamond Mysterious, Elegant Frames, Godolphin, Gun Pit, Jacky Tong, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, John Moore, JOHN O'SHEA, John Thompson, JOY AND FUN, Nash Rawiller, One More World, Rewarding Hero, Rich Tapestry, Unique Joyful, Wild Boy, Zac Purton
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GET SHORTY AND HONG KONG’S WANG DANG DIM SUM DOODLES
NO PUN INTENDED, BUT DO WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF JOCKEYS? Not that long ago, no one turned their back on riding or training in Hong Kong, or pulled up stumps and left- especially, when going well- but in recent … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, CRAIG WILLIAMS, dennis yip, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, Tommy Berry
Tagged Caspar Fownes, Craig Williams, HKJC, horse racing industry, HUGH BOWMAN, Joao Moreira, John Size, TOMMY BERRY, Tye Angland, Zac Purton
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THE MAGIC AND WEIRD JOURNEY OF THE HKJC
Like our lives, with anything, there is a need to know where something or someone has come from to understand why and where they are what they are today. It’s like Alex Hailey’s Roots or a Family Tree and for … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, WEICHONG MARWING, zac purton
Tagged Corey Brown, Craig Williams, DAMIEN OLIVER, Douglas Whyte, Dwayne Dunn, Gerard Mosse, GLEN BOSS, HKJC, Joao Moreira, Jockey Challenge, Karis Teetan, Matthew Chadwick, Olivier Doleuze, Peter Miers, Richard Fourie, Tony Cruz, Tung-biu, Weichong Marwing, Zac Purton
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MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL…
(Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) (Source: LOL Snaps) Together with our Mothership and often it can be a real mutha of a ship that is the SS Racingb*tch, we asked racing fans to name their choices for the Top Ten Jockeys in … Continue reading
Posted in CRAIG WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS WHYTE, GERARD MOSSE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, Tony Cruz, www.fasttrack.hk, zac purton
Tagged Bill Hartack, Brent Thomson, Brian Taylor, Christophe Soumillon, Christopher Lemaire, Craig Williams, Darren Beadman, Douglas Whyte, GARY STEVENS, geoff lane, Gerard Mosse, HUGH BOWMAN, Joao Moreira, Joel Rosario, Johnny Roe, Kieren Fallon, lester piggott, Maxime Guyon, Michael Kinane, Michael Rodd, Olivier Peslier, Pat Eddery, Philippe Paquet, Ryan Moore, Tony Cruz, Yasunari Iwata, Zac Purton
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