Tag Archives: Shane Warne
IS CRICKET HONG KONG BEING HONG KONG ENOUGH?
By Hans Ebert (Courtesy of Fast Track) Some of us learned to play cricket in our backyards. Some of us had to make do with a plank of wood for a bat and bowled with a ball made of socks … Continue reading
NEEDED: WORLDWIDE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO GET SPORTS- AND RACING- BACK ON TRACK!
WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH “The blight must stop”, declared Fairfax’s Sunday Age editorial’s opening line on cheating, drugs and corruption in sport. Whilst a true and accurate reflection of a restless and increasingly angry community comprising a diverse sports loving … Continue reading
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
TIME FOR SOME IN HK RACING TO GET OFF THEIR HIGH HORSES
Hypocrisy and phoniness are, of course, rampant in every aspect of life, though it has to be said that the world of horse racing does a very good job of sticking its neck out and often winning the photo finish … Continue reading
THE “YES WE CAN? DOOMSDAY” ISSUE
We were reading an interesting blog the other day which asked the question, “Has Technology Over-taken The Music” and how everyone and their dog are creating new distribution channels, new apps etc, but how the actual producing of music has … Continue reading
THE “NEW DEVELOPMENTS” ISSUE
FLU ALERT:VICTORIAN RACING GETTING THE NSW DISEASE! It is obvious that the poisonous tentacles of the Racing NSW/Tabcorp alliance have penetrated the quarantine barrier that separates the racing states of NSW and Victoria- obvious, because the Victorian mouthpiece for the … Continue reading