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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
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Tagged Brett Prebble, Chris So, Danny Shum, Derek Leung, Designs On Rome, Dylan Mo, Hong Kong, hong kong horse racing, Jack Wong, Joao Moreira, John Moore, John Size, Karis Teetan, Kei Chiong, Matthew Poon, Nash Rawiller, Neil Callan, Philip Robinson, Sam Clipperton, The Melbourne Cup, Tony Cruz, Zac Purton
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CASPAR FOWNES AND HIS TOP 20 CHAMPION HORSES OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s hard to think that he almost didn’t receive his license to train in Hong Kong.There are vague memories of those days when his father Lawrie went to bat for him along with the racing media … Continue reading
Posted in casper fownes, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, The horse racing industry
Tagged "Sacred Kingdom", Able Friend, Aerovelocity, Bullish Luck, Caspar Fownes, Designs On Rome, Electronic Unicorn, Fairy King Prawn, GOOD BA BA, happy valley, LUCKY NINE, military attack, Mr Vitality, Oriental Express, Quicken Away, Rapper Dragon, Silent Witness, Vengeance Of Rain, Viva Pataca
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DOUGLAS WHYTE AND HIS LIST OF HONG KONG’S TOP 20 CHAMPION HORSES
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk When Douglas Whyte rode the first winner of the day at Sha Tin yesterday, it was one of those moments in time that made my mind wander. It was a lowly Class 5 event, but it … Continue reading
Posted in DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing
Tagged "Sacred Kingdom", Able Friend, Able One, Aerovelocity, Akeed Mofeed, AMBITIOUS DRAGON, Designs On Rome, Electronic Unicorn, Glorious Days, GOOD BA BA, Indigenous, LUCKY NINE, LUCKY OWNERS, military attack, Oriental Express, Rapper Dragon, Silent Witness, Vengeance Of Rain, Viva Pataca, Werther
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KARIS TEETAN: THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF THE MAURITIAN MAGICIAN
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk When I think of Karis Teetan, the quality that springs most clearly to mind is his clear-eyed ability to live gratefully. That may sound simple, but is exceptionally difficult to achieve – particularly in the high … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry
Tagged Brett Prebble, Contentment, David Ferraris, Designs On Rome, Douglas Whyte, Joao Moreira, John Size, Karis Teetan, Longines Hong Kong International Races, Oriental Watch Shatin Trophy, Shatin, Shatin racecourse, Sun Jewellery, TOMMY BERRY
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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
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, brett prebble, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Aerovelocity, Beauty Only, Ben Melham, Blake Shinn, BRENTON AVDULLA, Brett Prebble, Caspar Fownes, Chad Schofield, CO-MINGLING in horse racing, Craig Newitt, Danny Shum, David Hall and John Moore, dennis yip, Designs On Rome, HKJC, Joao Moreira, John Size, Kei Chiong, Mark Zahra, Nash Rawiller, Peniaphobia, Punter, RACING VICTORIA, RICHARD GIBSON, Ricky Yiu, Super Jockey, Tabcorp, Tony Cruz, TONY MILLARD, Victory Magic, Zac Purton
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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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HONG KONG WONTONS, DING DONGS, THEN SOMES AND DIM SUMS
AN ODD ODE TO LAST SUNDAY It was the Prelude to December 14 And the sun shone brightly last Sunday All the big guns were there to do battle It was a U2 Hum and Rattle Alex Lai won the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Lai, Blazing Speed, Brett Prebble, Buffering, CHRISTIAN REITH, Designs On Rome, HK International Sprint, Joao Moreira, John Moore, Line Seeker, LUCKY NINE, military attack, Mirco Demuro, Packing Pins, RNSW, Robert Heathcliff, TOMMY BERRY, Tony Cruz, Zac Purton
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FERRARI, THE HKJC AND EXTRA HORSEPOWER
Walking into the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong on the weekend, there were FIVE Ferraris parked almost next to each other. In fact, it’s said that Hong Kong has the most number of Ferraris per capita, and with the … Continue reading
TIPS, HEART AND SHANE-O’S CREEPY PRE-OCCUPATION WITH DOUGIE WHYTE
THE BIG CHADWICK FAIL Waiting till Saturday to be told if Matty Chadwick would be fit to ride and, if not, who the replacement riders might be had us shaking our heads at The Ministry Of Silly Walks and wondering … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, DAVID FERRARIS, dennis yip, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, zac purton
Tagged Blake Shinn, Champions And Chater Cup, David Hall, Designs On Rome, Douglas Whyte, Gary Moore, Guy Walter, happy wednesday, HKJC, Hong Kong Racing, Joao Moreira, John Moore, Matthew Chadwick, Nathan Berry, Racingbitch, Shane Anderson, TOMMY BERRY, Tye Angland, Zac Purton
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