Tag Archives: Victor Espinoza
THE 2015 RACINGB*TCH AWARDS
*The #Hashtag Award: This goes to the HKJC’s Executive Manager of Racing Communications Pat Cummings, and all his hashtags during #HKIR Week twittered by twelve relatively young, #enthusiastic and Bambi-like “influencers” from #America. It was a very good initiative, and … Continue reading
Posted in HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Beer Garden, Christine Bowman, Gavin Lerena, HKIJC, HKIR, HKJC, JAMES MCDONALD, Jennifer Palor, Longines World Best Jockey Award, MICHELLE PAYNE, Neil Callan, NSW, Pat Cummings, Patrick Cummings, Richie Callander, Silvestre de Sousa, Victor Espinoza, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Zac Purton
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A MONGOL WITHOUT A HORSE IS LIKE A BIRD WITHOUT WINGS
By Jenny Bridle While Triple Crown winner American Pharoah with jockey Victor Espinoza won the Breeders Cup Classic on Halloween day at Keeneland Racecourse in Kentucky, a big story had unfolded earlier in the day with some interestingly dressed men … Continue reading
HORSE RACING: HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO (INCLUDING EFFECTIVELY MARKETING CO-MINGLING)
Back in the day, Bonnie Tyler channeled Rod Stewart and made an impassioned plea via her song, “Holding Out For A Hero”. If ever horse racing needed a theme song, this is it- a sport sorely lacking in heroes, and, … Continue reading
Posted in FRANKIE DETTORI, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry
Tagged Ahmed Zayat, American Pharoah, Black Caviar, Bob Baffert, Brent Thomson, Christophe Soumillon, Deep Impact, FRANKEL, Frankie Dettori, George Moore, Joao Moreira, Kingston Town, lester piggott, Michael Kinane, Pat Eddery, Phar Lap, Ryan Moore, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Silent Witness, Steve Cauthen, Victor Espinoza
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HORSE RACING AND ITS NON-USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Much has been said and talked about “social media” in relation to the future of horse racing and “engaging the next generation of racing fans”- all nice, pat sound bites, but far removed from reality. Apart from Twitter, the horse … Continue reading
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