Tag Archives: Racing NSW
PETER V’LANDYS AND HORSE RACING’S OWN GAME OF THRONES
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s taken a long and winding whirlybird route to get to where it is now. From being a copy of America’s Pegasus race, and through numerous changes that continue today, Peter V’landys, the Racing NSW supremo, … Continue reading
THE RACE FOR LEADERSHIP IN RACING IN AUSTRALIA
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Racing writer Shane Anderson recently tried his hand at writing a satirical piece on Peter V’landys, the CEO of Racing New South Wales, and seen by many as the Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Willy Wonka, and … Continue reading
LESS TALK AND MORE ACTION, PLEASE?
By Hans Ebert Australia was all a Twitter yesterday about the very sudden, but not unexpected, split between trainer John O’Shea and his tough task masters at Godolphin that includes constantly coming up against a Plumtree. According to one report, … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, PETER MOODY, Peter V'landys
Tagged Andrew Bensley, Audemars Piguet QE11 Cup, Charlie Appleby, Chris Roots, Godolphin, Gooree Park Stud farm, HKJC, JAMES CUMMINGS, JOHN O'SHEA, Mount Everest, Pakistan Star, PAN SUTONG, Peter Moody, Peter V'landys, Plumtree, Racing NSW, SEAN WOODS, Tony McEvoy, Twitter
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THE AMBUSHED BY EVEREST ISSUE
WHEN RIVALRY IS AMBUSHED BY VINDICTIVENESS In Politics, Disunity is Death. It’s the same for any commercial sector or sporting code. In the dark and distant past, rivalries in sport were often marked by vindictiveness and played out in the … Continue reading
THE EVEREST: A REVIEW OF ONE MAN’S CRUSADE TO BRING INNOVATION TO HORSE RACING
By Hans Ebert All eyes are on #TheEverest as we climb towards the richest turf race in the world! @racing_nsw pic.twitter.com/sYnmFiaEk3 — Sky Racing (@SkyRacingAU) February 17, 2017 Over the years, many have made movies about horses, and characters in … Continue reading
THE THREE AMIGOS GO TO SHATIN AND ALL OVER THE PLACE
Have you missed us, muchachos? The Three Amigos have been holidaying with our favourite señoritas in our luxurious hacienda in Sri Lanka where we went upcountry to Nuwara Elya and watched the local gauchos ride at the recently opened Sri … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, dennis yip, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN SIZE, The horse racing industry
Tagged Colin Dean, Danny Brereton, Geoffrey Allendorf, Jose Corralles, Mark Gallagher, PETA, Racing NSW, Rambo Tse, Sammy Hyland, Simon Jones, Stanley Chin, Stevie Arnold, The Macau Jockey Club, Tommy James
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A NOD IS AS GOOD AS A WINX ISSUE
TWEET OF THE DAY Michael Freedman granted a trainer's license for next season in HK? Smart move, especially with the future in mind👍 pic.twitter.com/KdLkDxvvmS — RacingB*tch (@Racingb_tch) February 17, 2017 IS RACING ITS OWN WORST ENEMY? It is stating the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, BLACK CAVIAR, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys, Tony Cruz
Tagged ATC, Black Caviar, Charles Darwin, happy valley, happy wednesday, Peter Moody, Racing NSW, Randwick, Silent Witness, Tony Cruz, Winx
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THE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE ISSUE
By Hans Ebert BACK WITH EXTRA BITE (AND MORE RELISH) CAN RACING SURVIVE THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER? It’s just little over a month since we farewelled 2016, and yet it seems so long ago. Perhaps when historians … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES
Tagged ATC, Caulfield Guineas day, Chris Munce, David Hayes, Hong Kong International Sprint, Matthew Poon, Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, Racing NSW, Regan Bayliss, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges
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THE NO LAUGHING MATTER ISSUE
By Keyser Soze CLEAR UP THE DAVID MOODIE ALLEGATIONS. PLEASE. Can the albatross hanging around the neck of Australian racing from the spate of cobalt positives get any murkier? If the scandals in NSW, which claimed the training careers of … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry, Victorian Racing Club
Tagged CHRIS WALLER, Danny O'Brien, Darren Smith, Daryl Timms, David Moodie, Kris Lees, MARK KAVANAGH, Racing NSW, SAM KAVANAGH, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, VCAT
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THE DON’T TAKE ANYTHING FOR TROY GRANTED ISSUE
By Keyser Soze TIME FOR ACTION, TROY! Thanks to its cantankerous neighbours down south in bleak city, NSW racing has enjoyed an unwanted and unnecessarily extended honeymoon period escaping the blow torch which MUST be applied to its expanding belly. … Continue reading
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