Tag Archives: Silent Witness
THE HARD YELL AND HEART SELL OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL RACES
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s needed a little time to absorb it all. From a business point of view, the Hong Kong International races on Sunday at Sha Tin was a massive success- turnover of over HK$1.6 billion, combined attendance … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, NASH RAWILLER, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, www.fasttrack.hk, zac purton
Tagged Derek Leung, Dylan Mo, fasttrackhk, Felix Coetzee, Hans Ebert, Highland Reel, HK Racing, HKIR, HKJC, Hong Kong, Mr Stunning, Nash Rawiller, Ryan Moore, Silent Witness, Time Warp, Tony Cruz, Zac Purton
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THE NUDGE NUDGE WINX WINX ISSUE FOR SUNDAY AT SHA TIN
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Still thinking of that absolutely devastating win by Winx in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington yesterday? What we shouldn’t forget is just how privileged we are to have been able to see the long string of … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, FELIX COETZEE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry
Tagged BRENTON AVDULLA, Chris Caserta, CHRIS WALLER, Damian Lane, Dutch Windmill, Edward Sadler, Felix Coetzee, Flemington, happy valley, HUGH BOWMAN, Jamie Kah, Jason Collett, Jeff Lloyd, Joao Moreira, Kerrin McEvoy, Mark Zahra, Raymond Thomas, Silent Witness, Stephen Baster, TIM CLARK, Turnbull Stakes, Tye Angland, Winx
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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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FELIX COETZEE AND HIS TOP 20 CHAMPION HONG KONG HORSES (AND NEARLY MEETING AXL ROSE)
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk They would always say that he had a built-in clock in his head, which is why he was such a master of pace. Like his fellow South African jockeys -Jeff Lloyd, almost South African, and Basil … Continue reading
Posted in FELIX COETZEE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOHN MOORE, The horse racing industry
Tagged Basil Marcus, Caspar Fownes, Deep Purple, Douglas Whyte, Egyptian Ra, Felix Coetzee, Jeff Lloyd, John Moore, John Size, Silent Witness, Silver Jubilee Cup, Tony Cruz, Vaya Con Dios
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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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HOW IS RACING REALLY GOING TO WIN?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk “Racing To Win”, that Cecil B DeMille of a production from the HKJC starring the Kim, Kourtney and Khloe of racing, is hardly riveting viewing, but, apparently, the programme has a loyal audience. Probably around 28, … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, The horse racing industry
Tagged Bet365, Carlos Wu, GOOD BA BA, happy wednesday, HKJC, Indigenous, Lawrence Wadey, Mr Vitality, Oriental Express, Racing To Win, Racing.com, River Verdon, Robin Parke, Silent Witness, Tung-biu, TVN, Viva Pataca
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THE FAREWELL TO ABLE FRIEND: THAT WAS IT?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk @Georgejmoore8 Don't know what I was expecting, but thought Able Friend deserved a better farewell. At least to me, it was flat @HKJC_Racing — RacingB*tch (@Racingb_tch) May 29, 2017 Silent Witness or Able Friend? What about … Continue reading
LIVING LEGENDS
Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk By Kat Coetzee “When I knew we had the race won, the roar from the crowd- the energy from those thousands- was a feeling I can’t put into words.” – Felix Coetzee I could write this article … Continue reading
THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE MOREIRA FACTOR
By Hans Ebert Not even the constant drizzle over Sha tin could rain on Joao Moreira’s parade. He couldn’t be stopped from showing the world his happiness- pumping his fist in the air, whooping it up, giving everyone his signature … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, The horse racing industry
Tagged 2017 BMW Hong Kong Derby, Able Friend, American Pharoah, Black Caviar, California Chrome, FRANKEL, HKJC, Joao Moreira, John Moore, Phar Lap, Rapper Dragon, Seabiscuit, Silent Witness, Winx, Zenyatta
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KAT, THE CAT AND THE TALE OF TWO COETZEES
(Courtesy of Fast Track) By Hans Ebert They couldn’t be more different. He’s soft spoken, reserved, and almost restrained. It’s all very disciplined, no doubt something ingrained in him from a very young age when an apprentice at the prestigious … Continue reading
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