Tag Archives: Danny Shum
HAPPY WEDNESDAY AND THE RACE CREATED TO DERAIL THE RACE THAT STOPS A NATION
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk What always makes me queasy is when the Racing Twitterverse led by the usual cheerleaders in Hong Kong jump the gun and over-hype horses and, sometimes, new riding talent. Over the years, we’ve seen it with … Continue reading
WHAT TWO HORSE RACE?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Hong Kong pls… the boy is 4/4 and can't get a handshake #poor #PoonTrain 🚂🚂🚂🚂 @Punters pic.twitter.com/IBXSeZjnaN — Mark Haywood (@hayw0od) September 13, 2017 Something quite remarkable happened on Happy Wednesday. Actually it’s been happening since … Continue reading
ZAC PURTON: MASTER BLASTER AND THE SEASON AHEAD
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk In cricket, scoring a century- a hundred runs- is also known as making a ton.The word is weighty because scoring a ton requires concentration, discipline, a thick skin to take the now obligatory sledging, especially when … Continue reading
PARTICIPATION AND BEING PART OF THE WINNING TABLE
By Hans Ebert Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk Think about making music. It usually takes days and months to write and record 4-5 songs. And then what? Where and how is it going to be heard? Sure, there are so many delivery … Continue reading
BRING ON HONG KONG’S STAR WARS: THE 2017 BMW HONG KONG DERBY
By Hans Ebert It’s Star Wars this afternoon starring the best four year old gallopers to make the grade in Hong Kong. After months of wondering who’ll make the cut, weeks of reading about the runners’ chances from their trainers, … Continue reading
CO-MINGLING: WHAT’S IN A WORD?
By Hans Ebert Gawd knows, it’s been written about enough- sometimes as “commingling”, other times as “co-mingling”- but, other than the really hardcore punter, or Ye Olde School mainstream racing writer, what does this actually mean? Has this strange word, … Continue reading
THE NOBODY’S RIGHT WHEN EVERYBODY IS WRONG ISSUE
By Keyser Soze MOODY DODGES A MISSILE, BUT NOT A BULLET For anyone following the cobalt case involving Peter Moody with an open mind, and, more importantly, making an assessment or judgment on the outcome based on fact and fact … Continue reading
THE CLOCKWORK ORANGE ISSUE
By Keyser Soze IS SINGAPORE RACING IN A GOOD PLACE? Reading between the lines and from what is being chatted about, racing in Singapore is in a very strange place. Literally. Then again, for those of us who have had … Continue reading
WHO’S IN, WHO’S OUT, THE FAST TRACKER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A GAI DAY
THE INSIDE TRACK LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE LOCAL BOYS! With Zac Purton enjoying his enforced holiday in Koh Samui, and Joao Moreira, having ridden the first winner of the night on Shatin Wednesday forfeiting the rest of his rides … Continue reading