Tag Archives: the Jockey Challenge

HONG KONG RACING AND LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk While Derek Leung with 23 winners on board at the moment continues to focus on winning the annual Tony Cruz Award that is given to the season’s most successful local rider, racing at Sha Tin on … Continue reading →

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PARTICIPATION AND BEING PART OF THE WINNING TABLE

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

By Hans Ebert Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk Think about making music. It usually takes days and months to write and record 4-5 songs. And then what? Where and how is it going to be heard? Sure, there are so many delivery … Continue reading →

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THE HKJC: BRINGING MORE MAGIC TO THE WORLD OF HORSE RACING

Posted on January 20, 2016 by

By Hans Ebert Action really speaks louder than words, especially when it comes to sports, and even more so when that sport is horse racing. We can write, tweet, blog and talk about this and that jockey, and how they’re … Continue reading →

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TAKING THE INSIDE TRACK WITH THE FAST TRACKER

Posted on May 3, 2015 by

THE INSIDE TRACK CASPAR DOES VEGAS? We’re unsure if Caspar Fownes will be at Shatin this afternoon. After training four winners at Happy Valley on Wednesday- three of them on the trot- Cas flew over to his other happy stomping … Continue reading →

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HONG KONG WONTONS, DING DONGS, THEN SOMES AND DIM SUMS

Posted on November 29, 2014 by

NEIL CALLAN IS NO DONKEY He’s a bit like a combination of The Scarlet Pimpernel and Zorro, but the emergence of Neil Callan to be one of the top riders in Hong Kong has surprised many- but, one doubts, it … Continue reading →

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SIZE MATTERS AND SEEING THE BIG PICTURE

Posted on November 10, 2013 by

Saturday was a very strange day for racing fans starting with a series of flops at Flemington including the miserable performance of Hong Kong’s Lucky Nine down the straight 1200 metres in the VRC Sprint Classic. Not to be smart … Continue reading →

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THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF THE KID AND WHITEY AT SHATIN- EVEN WHEN THEY WEREN’T THERE.

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Zachariah The Kid was relaxing in Phuket, chewing tobacco and shooting beer bottles off a wall. It kept his itchy fingers busy and he laughed madly as the bottles exploded into smithereens. He was twitching like the trigger on a … Continue reading →

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