Tag Archives: Simon Fuller
CHANGING THE FACE OF SPONSORSHIP IN HORSE RACING
By Hans Ebert Almost two decades ago, a group of us, including a few jockeys from the land Down Under then riding in Macau, were talking about sponsorship- the sponsorship of jockeys, and how this could work. The discussion didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES, zac purton
Tagged David Beckham, Douglas Whyte, Gary Moore, Hong Kong Jockey Premierships, HUGH BOWMAN, Kei Chiong, LEWIS HAMILTON, Melbourne Cup, MICHELLE PAYNE, Simon Fuller, TOMMY BERRY, Tony Cruz, X1X Entertainment, Zac Purton
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THE ARF, THE ARC AND THE PASSAGE TO INDIA?
By Hans Ebert We never undertook The Passage To India that would have taken us into the bowels of Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, and this year’s gathering of ARF- the Asian Racing Federation- for ARC, the Asian Racing Conference. … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, The horse racing industry, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES
Tagged ARF, Asian Racing Federation, Facebook, HKJC, horse racing industry, Jay Z, McCartney, RADIOHEAD, Simon Fuller, Tim Cook, White Stripes, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, YouTube
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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
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Gai Waterhouse, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry, zac purton
Tagged Adam Lambert, Brandon Stockdale, BRENTON AVDULLA, Carrie Underwood, CHRIS PARNHAM, Christophe Soumillon, Douglas Whyte, Frankie Dettori, Gai Waterhouse, HAPPY VALLEY RACECOURSE, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, Jye McNeil, Kayla Nisbet, Kevin Pieterson, LEWIS HAMILTON, Lucy Warwick, Ryan Moore, SACHIN TENDULKAR, Shane Warne, Simon Fuller, THE DURBAN DEMON, THE MAGIC MAN, THE ZAC ATTACK, TOMMY BERRY, Zac Purton
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WHAT THE HORSE RACING INDUSTRY CAN LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
“I am really unsure about ‘Horse Racing’ as a sport. Mostly because I know very little about it. I have obviously seen all the big events and know how big they are. Here in America after the Triple Crown winner, … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, casper fownes, DOUGLAS WHYTE, GERARD MOSSE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, Music Industry, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged "American Idol", Adam Lambert, ANDY MURRAY, Carrie Underwood, Craig Williams, happy wednesday, Joao Moreira, LEWIS HAMILTON, Napster, Simon Fuller, Zac Attack
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TIMING: THE MAGIC OF MOREIRA AND LOOKING AHEAD WITH THE HKJC
PART OF THE FEEL GOOD STORIES Let’s not beat around the bush, and be coy, Roy: Joao Moreira has changed the face of horse racing forever. Some might still argue that Christophe Soumillon and/or Ryan Moore are “the best jockeys … Continue reading
Posted in DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA
Tagged Annie Lennox, Basil Marcus, Brand Beckham, Carrie Underwood, Christophe Soumillon, David Beckham, Douglas Whyte, Frankie Dettori, HKJC, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse racing, Joao Moreira, Larry Wong, Ryan Moore, Simon Fuller, the horse racing industry, THE MAGIC MAN, Zac Purton, zac purton and tagged Adam Lambert
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TIMING: THE MAGIC OF MOREIRA AND LOOKING AHEAD WITH THE HKJC
Let’s not beat around the bush, and be coy, Roy: Joao Moreira has changed the face of horse racing forever. Some might still argue that Christophe Soumillon and/or Ryan Moore are “the best jockeys in the world”, but both are … Continue reading
Posted in DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Adam Lambert, Annie Lennox, Basil Marcus, Brand Beckham, Carrie Underwood, Christophe Soumillon, David Beckham, Douglas Whyte, Frankie Dettori, HKJC, Joao Moreira, Larry Wong, Ryan Moore, Simon Fuller, THE MAGIC MAN, Zac Purton
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HOW SIMON FULLER CAN SAVE THE HORSE RACING INDUSTRY
Let’s first get this straight: There is Simon Cowell, the entertainment mogul who gave the world- good grief- the Teletubbies- before making a name for himself playing Judge Nasty on “American Idol” which, with his pukka over-the-top English accent, he … Continue reading
TWO THUMBS UP AND ANOTHER COX UP
HONG KONG ENTRIES KEEP GETTING BETTER The Moonee Valley race Club must be salivating at the quality of international entries for Hong Kong’s International Day in December. Then again it is increasingly acknowledged as world champions day, so it should … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOHN SIZE, MOONEE VALLEY
Tagged APYSCHOLOGIST, Cox Plate, Douglas Whyte, happy valley, HKJC, Hong Kong’s International Day, Jane Chapple-Hyam, John Size, Lord Kanaloa, Luger, Moonlight Cloud, Mull of Killough, Simon Fuller, The Moonee Valley race Club, Winfried Englebrecht-Bresges, X1X Entertainment
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DO WAH DODDY DODDY AND A HAPPY WEDNESDAY
We were with Robert Dodds, Executive of xixentertainment at the races at Happy Valley, xix being the entertainment company that manages the careers of Beckhams, Lewis Hamilton, Andy Murray, Annie Lennox and owns the Rights to the “Idol” franchise. Dodd … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES, www.fasttrack.hk
Tagged Adrenaline, ANDY MURRAY, Annie Lennox, Beckhams, Beer Garden, finding happy wednesday, Giddy Up, happy valley, HKJC, ibu, LEWIS HAMILTON, Robert Dodds, Simon Fuller, xixentertainment
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WILL THE MARKETING OF RACING BE ALLOWED TO BE CREATIVE?
By Hans Ebert I tweeted the two commercials below and asked the question, Why can’t the marketing of racing be this creative? The question-and the commercials- must have struck a chord with others as the tweet was retweeted and favorited … Continue reading
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