Tag Archives: HUGH BOWMAN
TODAY #HKIR HAS ARRIVED. AND KEEPING IT REAL LIKE CHRISTINE BOWMAN
Sure, the focus is first and foremost on the racing and seeing and finding the winners. But after that last race has been run and many will gather at the Champagne Bar for the annual post-mortem about who did what … Continue reading
THE NUDGE NUDGE WINX WINX ISSUE FOR SUNDAY AT SHA TIN
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Still thinking of that absolutely devastating win by Winx in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington yesterday? What we shouldn’t forget is just how privileged we are to have been able to see the long string of … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, FELIX COETZEE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry
Tagged BRENTON AVDULLA, Chris Caserta, CHRIS WALLER, Damian Lane, Dutch Windmill, Edward Sadler, Felix Coetzee, Flemington, happy valley, HUGH BOWMAN, Jamie Kah, Jason Collett, Jeff Lloyd, Joao Moreira, Kerrin McEvoy, Mark Zahra, Raymond Thomas, Silent Witness, Stephen Baster, TIM CLARK, Turnbull Stakes, Tye Angland, Winx
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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
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
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE
Tagged 2017 BMW Hong Kong Derby, ALAN AITKEN, Ben Melham, Danny Shum, David Morgan, Eagle Way, Gary Portelli, HKJC, Hong Kong Derby, HUGH BOWMAN, Joao Moreira, John Moore, MACAU JOCKEY CLUB, Pakistan Star, RACING VICTORIA, Rapper Dragon, Rosehill, Seasons Bloom, She Will Reign, Tabcorp, Tony Cruz, Winx
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DOUGLAS WHYTE: FULL STEAM AHEAD IN THE GROUP 1 RAILWAY STAKES IN PERTH
By Hans Ebert The big news for Hong Kong racing fans so far this week was Douglas Whyte leading all the way to land the Group 1 Railway Stakes in Perth yesterday- the second time he’s won a Group 1 … Continue reading
JIMMY “THE VOICE” CUPPLES ADDS TO THE EXCITEMENT OF LONGINES HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL RACES
He’s the voice behind the latest theme song for Happy Wednesday titled “We’re Having A Happy Wednesday”. He’s also the voice behind “We’re All Here Together”, an anthemic song about racing and, especially, the Hong Kong International Races, and another … Continue reading
GIRL POWER TAKES OVER SPRING
BACK WITH EXTRA BITE (AND MORE RELISH) It could not have happened at a better time for Spring Carnival racing after the prolonged trials and tribulations that Australian racing is still plodding through. Saturday’s feature racing in Melbourne and Sydney … Continue reading
CHANGING THE FACE OF SPONSORSHIP IN HORSE RACING
By Hans Ebert Almost two decades ago, a group of us, including a few jockeys from the land Down Under then riding in Macau, were talking about sponsorship- the sponsorship of jockeys, and how this could work. The discussion didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES, zac purton
Tagged David Beckham, Douglas Whyte, Gary Moore, Hong Kong Jockey Premierships, HUGH BOWMAN, Kei Chiong, LEWIS HAMILTON, Melbourne Cup, MICHELLE PAYNE, Simon Fuller, TOMMY BERRY, Tony Cruz, X1X Entertainment, Zac Purton
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THE CO-MINGLING AND PIE IN THE SKY ISSUE
By Keyser Soze CO-MINGLING: SEIZE THE DAY! BUT DO THEY KNOW HOW TO, TONTO? It’s distressing enough to be confronted with the challenges which racing faces on all fronts. Imagine climbing Everest and Kilimanjaro with little or no respite? Racing’s … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Marketing of horse racing, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry
Tagged ATC, Blake Shinn, Brett Prebble, Darren Pearce, David Hall, Grace Grace, HUGH BOWMAN, NSW, Racing Minister Grace Grace, Randwick, Sheikh Bin Khalifa, Sky Thoroughbred Central, Tabcorp, The Sky racing, TOMMY BERRY, Victoria, Zac Purton
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THE “WHIPPING INTO NON ACTION” ISSUE
By Keyser Soze BREEDERS LEVY: THE GREAT ESCAPE Australia’s premier annual yearling sale – the William Inglis Easter sale- kicks off in Sydney next Tuesday. The three day sale showcases le crème de la crème of Australia’s thoroughbred yearlings and, … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, DOUGLAS WHYTE, FELIX COETZEE, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry
Tagged ATC, Basil Marcus, Blake Shinn, Breeders Levy, Easter weekend BMW Stakes, Felix Coetzee and Douglas Whyte, Golden Slipper, HUGH BOWMAN, Kathy O’Hara, Melbourne Cup Week, Mick Dittman, Racing NSW, Rosehill, Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, TOMMY BERRY, William Inglis Easter sale
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