Tag Archives: RACING VICTORIA
TAKING THE HIGH ROAD AGAINST THE LOWLANDS OF RACING.COM
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Sammy Hyland comes from great Australian racing stock. Father Melbourne Cup winning jockey Pat Hyland is an Australian Racing Hall Of Famer and his marriage to Maree is the stuff of dreams. Having said this, like … Continue reading
ENOUGH. IT’S TIME FOR THE WORLD’S FIRST ONLINE HORSE RACING LIFESTYLE CHANNEL
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk “Racing is in a quandary, Empty racecourses except for those employed to be there and a couple of die-hard old diggers who miss the glory days of Phar Lap, Tulloch and the like. Short sighted racing … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, The horse racing industry
Tagged Alibaba, Amazon, Andrew Catteral, Australian racing, consumer generated content, Dean Pettit, Giles Thompson, Hans Ebert, Horse racing, Jack Ma, marketing, MTV, music industry, online, RACING VICTORIA, Racing.com, Sammy Hyland, SINGAPORE TURF CLUB, social media, sponsorship, YouTube
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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS RACING.COM GALLOPING TO AND WITH WHO BY ITS SIDE?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk We’re not quite getting it. Then again, it’s been a long time since we understood how exactly racing in Victoria works. Or continues to unravel with no signs of a knight in shiny armour to put … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys
Tagged COBALT, Dean Pettit, Frankie Dettori, HKJC, Melbourne Cup, Melbourne Spring Carnival, Peter V'landys, RACING VICTORIA, Racing.com, Sammy Hyland, ShaneO, Tabcorp, The Everest, Wayne Hawkes
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James Mathers on the leadership issues affecting racing in Australia
Dear Hans Thank you for your very good article on leadership in the racing industry published last Friday. An outstanding article. In recent days, I have been pilloried on Twitter because of my criticism of the lack of leadership in … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry
Tagged ABC, Bindi Cheers, James Mathers, New South Wales racing, Queensland racing, Racing boards, RACING VICTORIA, RNSW, State Government Racing Ministers, Twitter, Victoria racing
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TIME FOR SOME EXECUTIVE ACTION, RACING CLUBS…
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk There’s a wonderful recording by the late Billy Preston, the only musician to be credited on a Beatles recording- he played keyboards on “Get Back”- called “That’s The Way God Planned It” and which is on … 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
HORSE RACING, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
By Hans Ebert It’s all been a bit quiet. It’s almost as if the sport needs some magic potion to rev up the Excitement Barometer. From speaking also to others, horse racing seems to be going through a bit of … 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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THE LOSING BIG AND THE CORPORATES AFFAIR ISSUE
By Keyser Soze TELEVISION NETWORKS SET TO LOSE BIG ON WAGERING REGULATION… To apply a racing analogy, the contraction of the corporate wagering operators market is a “Certainty”, as we have predicted in recent editions. The shrinking of the market … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys, Racing NSW
Tagged Hamish McLachlan, NSW racing, PETER MCGAURAN, RACING VICTORIA, Racing.com, Seven Network, The Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Awards, Tom Waterhouse, William Hill, Winx
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THE ALL SHOOK UP ISSUE
By Keyser Soze THE DAVID MOODIE BLUES? Victoria’s now infamous and tedious cobalt saga continues on its destructive path embroiling more prominent names in the Victorian governing body along the way. The past two weeks have seen more of these … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, PETER MOODY, Racing NSW
Tagged Brian Stewart, Crownbet, Damian Sheales, Danny O'Brien, David Moodie, Kane Ashby, MARK KAVANAGH, Peter Moody, RACING VICTORIA, Racing.com, SAM KAVANAGH, Sportsbet, terry bailey, Victorian Racing Disciplinary Board
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