Tag Archives: Royal Randwick
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
JAMES MATHERS WRITES IN ABOUT HIS BEAUTIFUL DREAM FOR CANTERBURY RACECOURSE
I went to bed earlier this week somewhat confused. I was having difficulty understanding the ATC’s decision to spend about $3 million on a synthetic track at Canterbury racecourse, a racecourse where the only horses trained are those in quarantine….only … Continue reading
JAMES MATHERS WEIGHS IN ON THE STATE OF RACING IN SYDNEY
So where do we start. My comments are restricted to racing in Sydney. I don’t think they should apply to Melbourne or Hong Kong, very different racing jurisdictions. Sadly the industry has just about thrown everything at Sydney racing…. grand … 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
RINGING IN THOSE CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES
By Hans Ebert When even we get bored of banging on and on about the same thing, which, in a nutshell is that racing in Australia has various leadership problems, with no one on the horizon to help pull things … Continue reading
NORM SNOWDEN HAS ANOTHER RANT!
Ah, the much maligned mug punter and TAB. Can I just say, we are all mug punters in one way, shape or form. And as for the TAB, at least they have always contributed to racing and never knocked a … Continue reading
JOCKEYCAM AND LOOKING AT HOW RACING MUST BE VIEWED
The biggest problem for any industry is when the customer becomes smarter with, especially, technology than those managing and marketing the product. It’s like the music industry where music companies are now constantly forced to play catch-up as video killed … Continue reading
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
1 Comment
WOWSER! THE WHOLE ONE TICKET FOR ATC MEMBERS TO DAY ONE OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS STOP PRESS ITEM OF THE DAY
To kick off The Championships at Royal Randwick, the ATC Board would like to extend, to you, one complimentary Members’ Guest ticket valued at $195.00 to use on Day 1 of The Championships this Saturday, 4 April. The Board would like … Continue reading
RB 