Tag Archives: JAMES MCDONALD
THE “ONE BIG MAC TO GO WITH EVERYTHING ON THE SIDE”
By Hans Ebert NZ jockey James McDonald is banned for 18 months after admitting having a $1,000 bet and has lost @godolphin job in Australia pic.twitter.com/2Q8232q26E — Channel 4 Racing (@Channel4Racing) December 22, 2016 Everything that needs to be known … Continue reading
THE COMMON SENSE ISSUE
By Keyser Soze OUTBREAK OF COMMON SENSE OVER WHIPS RULES! It’s not often when the tail wagging the dog is welcomed, but in this instance, the refreshing and bold admissions coming out of the National Stewards Conference earlier this week … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, The horse racing industry
Tagged Australian Racing Board, Blake Shinn, Chief Stewards, GLYN SCHOFIELD, Godolphin, Hughie Bowman, JAMES MCDONALD, Jason Collett, National Stewards Conference, Racing Australia, Ray Murrihy, Sam Clipperton, terry bailey, TIM CLARK, TOMMY BERRY, Tye Angland, WHIPS RULES
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THE NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN MOODY BLUES ISSUE
By Keyser Soze PETER MOODY RIDES HIS SEESAW If Australian racing’s underclass had its way they’d declare a national day of mourning to commemorate Pater Moody’s decision to take his bat and ball and leave the oval. The reason for … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, MOONEE VALLEY, SINGAPORE TURF CLUB
Tagged "Rocket Man", CAULFIELD, David Moodie, Elmer Funke-Kupper, Flamberge, Hun Sun, JAMES MCDONALD, James Packer, Melbourne Spring Carnival, Moonee Valley, Nick McKenzie, Peter Moody, RACING VICTORIA, Racing.com, Richard Baker, Rocket Man horse, ShaneO, Tabcorp
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THE 2015 RACINGB*TCH AWARDS
*The #Hashtag Award: This goes to the HKJC’s Executive Manager of Racing Communications Pat Cummings, and all his hashtags during #HKIR Week twittered by twelve relatively young, #enthusiastic and Bambi-like “influencers” from #America. It was a very good initiative, and … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Beer Garden, Christine Bowman, Gavin Lerena, HKIJC, HKIR, HKJC, JAMES MCDONALD, Jennifer Palor, Longines World Best Jockey Award, MICHELLE PAYNE, Neil Callan, NSW, Pat Cummings, Patrick Cummings, Richie Callander, Silvestre de Sousa, Victor Espinoza, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Zac Purton
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THE LIGHTEN UP ISSUE
FIX YOUR OWN BACKYARD UP FIRST? HMMMMM? Under the headline “Southern Comfort”, the Tele’s Nic Ashman gave the Victorians (“our poor southern cousins”, as he called them), a decent serve on the composition of this weekend’s Caulfield Cup field, inferring … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry
Tagged @dirtycowboys, Complacent, Feather Boa, Godolphin, Hauraki, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, JOHN O'SHEA, Magic Hurricane, Melbourne Cup, Peter Vlundies, Racing NSW, RACING VICTORIA, RSN, Tele’s Nic Ashman, TVN
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NOT EVEN “THE MESSIAH” CAN MASK CHALLENGES FACING AUSTRALIAN RACING
Racing Australia Chairman John “the messiah” Messara’s keynote address at last week’s 49th International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) conference in Paris painted a very rosy picture of the state of Australian racing. In the art world it would have … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MESSARA, Marketing of horse racing, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry
Tagged Australian racing, Australian Racing Board, DAMIEN OLIVER, Frankie Dettori, IFHA, International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, JAMES CUMMINGS, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, John Messara, Mackinnon Stakes, Pablo Picasso, Racing NSW, Ryan Moore, SAM KAVANAGH
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HORSE RACING: CUSTOMER-CENTRIC OR CONSUMER FRIENDLY?
by Hans Ebert It might sound silly, but for horse racing to be more than it is today, and much more than it should be tomorrow, it must be more than only about horse racing. It must be more than … Continue reading
Posted in Gai Waterhouse, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry
Tagged consumer friendly, customer-centric, Francesca Cumani, Frankie Dettori, Gai Waterhouse, Golden Horn, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, The Racing Club, Treve, winning post, Zac Purton
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THE ROLE OF JOCKEYS IN THE MARKETING OF HORSE RACING
Watching Joao Moreira, Zac Purton, Douglas Whyte and others inter-acting with racing fans lined up along the rails at Happy Valley Racecourse as they jog their horses back to the winner’s circle, brings home the point that these jockeys- and … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Gai Waterhouse, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry, zac purton
Tagged Adam Lambert, Brandon Stockdale, BRENTON AVDULLA, Carrie Underwood, CHRIS PARNHAM, Christophe Soumillon, Douglas Whyte, Frankie Dettori, Gai Waterhouse, HAPPY VALLEY RACECOURSE, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, Jye McNeil, Kayla Nisbet, Kevin Pieterson, LEWIS HAMILTON, Lucy Warwick, Ryan Moore, SACHIN TENDULKAR, Shane Warne, Simon Fuller, THE DURBAN DEMON, THE MAGIC MAN, THE ZAC ATTACK, TOMMY BERRY, Zac Purton
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BRANDS AND THE BRANDING OF HORSE RACING
“I can’t believe that. That’s not Joao. Joao is not a confrontational person.” Zac Purton was standing up for his friend Joao Moreira regarding another of those racing rumours started by the usual posse of petty ankle biters who supposedly … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Able Friend, BMW, BMW HK Derby, Christophe Soumillon, Douglas Whyte, Gai Waterhouse, happy wednesday, Hughie Bowman, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, Longines, Luger, Mike De Kock, Zac Purton
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THE “CHAMPIONSHIPS”: CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE CALLED ROYAL RANDWICK
“What a crap way to end a crap day of racing!” Disgruntled punter after Day One of “the championships”. And it came to pass that on Easter Monday, April 7, 2015, Day One of “the championships” finally got underway as … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, brett prebble, casper fownes, dennis yip, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN SIZE, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Able Friend, Almond Lee, Andrew Webster, Best Jade Triumph, Brett Prebble, Brucie Clark, CHRIS WALLER, Country Melody, DAMIEN OLIVER, DARREN FLINDELL, Dashing Fellow, Deane Lester, Gai Waterhouse, Greg Miles, Happy Agility, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, JOHN O'SHEA, RNSW, Rouge Et Blanc, Royal Randwick, The Doncaster, Top Bonus, Zac Purton
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