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By popular request, we revisit…
PETER MIERS AND HIS TRAIL BLAZING ROLE IN HK RACING It was a very different time when Peter Miers landed in Hong Kong in the early Seventies and horse racing, caught between staying an amateur sport and turning professional, could … Continue reading
HAPPY VALLEY AND HORSES FOR COURSES
By Hans Ebert If anyone needs to understand what makes horse racing at Happy Valley so special, they really should have been at the races last night. Yes, most know and have seen the unique venue where there exists a … 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
THE HAPPY WINSDAY GORILLAZ WARFARE ISSUE
HORSE RACING AND GORILLAZ WARFARE There’s A Tale Of Two Cities, and, hopefully, this can be a Tale Of Two Brands (and one band) that can take horse racing, via the HKJC’s successful Happy Wednesday brand, to boldly go where … Continue reading
PETER MIERS AND HIS TRAIL BLAZING ROLE IN HK RACING
It was a very different time when Peter Miers landed in Hong Kong in the early Seventies and horse racing, caught between staying an amateur sport and turning professional, could have zig-zagged its way around the Mercedes Bends and ended … Continue reading
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