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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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CALLAN ANSWERS THE QUESTION, “WHO’S THE BOSS?”
If those who saw the television promo spot for the Audemars Piguet QE 11 Cup shuddered and thought it was somewhat gloomy and slightly spooky, then the racing on Sunday at Shatin continued with the weirdness and surrrealism of it … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, zac purton
Tagged Audemars Piguet QE 11 Cup, Blazing Speed, David Raphael, Dundonnell, Joao Moreira, military attack, Neil Callan, Packing Pins, RICHARD GIBSON, Rubick, Sprint Cup, TOMMY BERRY, Tony Cruz, 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
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, DOUGLAS WHYTE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, NASH RAWILLER, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, zac purton
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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TIPS, THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY AND THE VARIETY CLUB SYNDROME
(Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) When it rains, it pours and all the news from Hong Kong racing’s Information Highway over the past few days- it almost seemed like making up for lost time- nearly made us get stuff in Hendrix’s Crosstown … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, dennis yip, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, Tommy Berry, Tony Cruz, www.fasttrack.hk, zac purton
Tagged Brett Prebble, Caspar Fownes, Douglas Whyte, HKJC, Joao Moreira, John Moore, John Size, Karis Teetan, military attack, Neil Callan, Perfect (China), South African racing industry, The Hong Kong racing industry, Tony Cruz, Tye Angland, Val de Vie, Variety Club, Zac Purton
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COS RACING MUST NOT BE AS SHOCKING AS BILL VLAHOS
(Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) Bill Vlahos tells court he is devastated by disappearance of $194 million from punters’ club – HERALD SUN It might not be the day the earth stood still- except for “psychologist” Bill Vlahos and partner in crime … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOHN MOORE, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry, TONY MILLARD, www.fasttrack.hk, zac purton
Tagged Akeed Mofeed, BILL VLAHOS, Dan Maxwell, Douglas Whyte, FLAGSHIP SHINE, John Moore, Longines HKJC Hong Kong International Races, Lord Kanaloa, military attack, Moonlight Cloud, RICHARD GIBSON, Shatin racecourse
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SOME OF THE BEST RACING PHOTOS WE HAVE SEEN
We get mail and we get mail, and to be frank, most of which we don’t read as our computers could implode and explode. By chance- or karma- we read this email from, we think, from someone named PON in … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, zac purton
Tagged good horse racing pics, military attack, PON in Sweden, Zac Purton
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THE ROLE OF RACING IN THE MARKETING OF HONG KONG
It’s disappointing that the significance of Hong Kong’s wins over the weekend Singapore’s biggest International Races have not been realized outside of the city’s racing world. (Source: SIA Cup) Then again, even international racing pundits gave these wins scant mention … Continue reading
Posted in casper fownes, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOHN MOORE, SINGAPORE TURF CLUB, www.fasttrack.hk, zac purton
Tagged atv, happy valley, happy wednesday, HKJC, LUCKY NINE, military attack, Singapore International Airlines Cup 2013, The Happy Wednesday Song, TVN
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