Tag Archives: Tony Cruz
BRING ON HONG KONG’S STAR WARS: THE 2017 BMW HONG KONG DERBY
By Hans Ebert It’s Star Wars this afternoon starring the best four year old gallopers to make the grade in Hong Kong. After months of wondering who’ll make the cut, weeks of reading about the runners’ chances from their trainers, … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE
Tagged 2017 BMW Hong Kong Derby, ALAN AITKEN, Ben Melham, Danny Shum, David Morgan, Eagle Way, Gary Portelli, HKJC, Hong Kong Derby, HUGH BOWMAN, Joao Moreira, John Moore, MACAU JOCKEY CLUB, Pakistan Star, RACING VICTORIA, Rapper Dragon, Rosehill, Seasons Bloom, She Will Reign, Tabcorp, Tony Cruz, Winx
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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
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS AT THE RACES…
By Hans Ebert Even the Marx Brothers would have thought that last Sunday’s Day At The Races at Shatin bordered on a surreal mix of weirdness, tinged with sadness, and a patch of flatness, where it just didn’t matter who … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, DOUGLAS WHYTE, GERARD MOSSE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz
Tagged Able Friend, CAULFIELD, Christophe Soumillon, Daniel Ng, David Hayes, Gérald Mossé, Gold Mount, Helene Paragon, Joao Moreira, McDonald, Melbourne Cup, Neil Callan, Oakleigh Plate, PAN SUTONG, Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup, RICHARD GIBSON, Rosehill, Sheidel, TOMMY BERRY, Tony Cruz, Werther, Wilson Woo, Winx
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A NOD IS AS GOOD AS A WINX ISSUE
TWEET OF THE DAY Michael Freedman granted a trainer's license for next season in HK? Smart move, especially with the future in mind👍 pic.twitter.com/KdLkDxvvmS — RacingB*tch (@Racingb_tch) February 17, 2017 IS RACING ITS OWN WORST ENEMY? It is stating the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, BLACK CAVIAR, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys, Tony Cruz
Tagged ATC, Black Caviar, Charles Darwin, happy valley, happy wednesday, Peter Moody, Racing NSW, Randwick, Silent Witness, Tony Cruz, Winx
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DAVID FERRARIS: BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!
By Hans Ebert It’s been said enough of times: Horse racing can be an unforgiving sport and loaded from all sides with people with very short memories. One is only as good as their last win and can go from … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, DAVID FERRARIS, DOUGLAS WHYTE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Anthony Delpech, Ashtontown, Brett Prebble, David Ferraris, Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic, Hong Kong Gold Cup, Joao Moreira, Lady Of Cadiz, Marco Chiu, Michael Roberts, Queen Elizabeth 11 Cup, the Hong Kong Cup, Tony Cruz, Vengeance Of Rain, Zac Purton
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THE MAN THAT IS WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES
By Hans Ebert Meet Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges- not the Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges everyone can read about on the Hong Kong Jockey Club website, Google, or through Wikipedia, but more about the man behind the man who has the very challenging role of … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, The horse racing industry, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES
Tagged Adrenaline, Caspar Fownes, Conghua Training Facilities, Douglas Whyte, Gold Bauhinia Star, Haymarket, HKJC CEO, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Legends, Tony Cruz, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges
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WORTH REVISITING AS #HKIR NEARS: TONY CRUZ: THE BRUCE LEE OF HONG KONG RACING
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk When John Hardie wrote that “Tony Cruz Is Not The Greatest Thing Since Fried Rice”, and how the then-young Champion jockey of Hong Kong had an apparent penchant for “fast cars, fast women and the fast … Continue reading
WORTH REVISITING AS #HKIR NEARS: SILENT WITNESS: LIVING LEGEND
By Hans Ebert “Have you seen the size of his nostrils? I remember (trainer) Tony Millard’s father telling me that you can tell a good horse by the size of their nostrils. It gives them that extra oxygen, and, man, … Continue reading
ABOUT THAT OLD WHYTE MAGIC…
By Hans Ebert He’s looking happier, he’s riding winners with the deceiving ease that’s been his trademark, and there’s that steely determination expected of the jockey everyone agrees is the consummate professional. Some say, Douglas Whyte is back, to which … Continue reading
Posted in DOUGLAS WHYTE, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN SIZE, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, www.fasttrack.hk, zac purton
Tagged Basil Marcus, Brett Prebble, Champion jockey, Douglas Whyte, Glorious Days, Joao Moreira, Jockeys Premiership, John Size, London News, Queen Elizabeth 11 Cup, Tony Cruz, Zac Purton
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