Tag Archives: Weichong Marwing
THE MAGIC AND WEIRD JOURNEY OF THE HKJC
Like our lives, with anything, there is a need to know where something or someone has come from to understand why and where they are what they are today. It’s like Alex Hailey’s Roots or a Family Tree and for … Continue reading
Posted in brett prebble, HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry, Tony Cruz, WEICHONG MARWING, zac purton
Tagged Corey Brown, Craig Williams, DAMIEN OLIVER, Douglas Whyte, Dwayne Dunn, Gerard Mosse, GLEN BOSS, HKJC, Joao Moreira, Jockey Challenge, Karis Teetan, Matthew Chadwick, Olivier Doleuze, Peter Miers, Richard Fourie, Tony Cruz, Tung-biu, Weichong Marwing, Zac Purton
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STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH
(Source: Safe Haven) I was asking a jockey last week why UK jockey Neil Callan is nicknamed “Rash” Callan. He said it had to do with his “rash riding tactics” and how jockeys sigh a joint sigh of relief when … Continue reading
THE NEW YEAR MUSICAL ISSUE
This the time for giving and we’d like to give some more than others. But as we walk through life’s uneasy path with a song in our hearts and often shit for brains, here are songs for those in racing … Continue reading
THE “CURTAIN COMES DOWN ON ANOTHER HONG KONG RACING SEASON AND RACINGB*TCH” ISSUE.
Someone asked us recently why the coverage of horse racing “cannot look like the movie ‘Seabiscuit.’” “Well, my little chitlin,”, we yawned, “Seabiscuit is a movie with actors, actresses and sets and lighting and Directors of Photography, great editors etc … Continue reading
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Tagged AMBITIOUS DRAGON, Black Caviar, Brett Prebble, BRIAN STEVENSON, Caspar Fownes, DEREK KC LEUNG, Douglas Whyte, Frankie Dettori, Hong Kong Jockey Club, John Moore, Kieren Fallon, Kim Kelly, Maxime Guyon, Paul O'Sullivan, Racingb*tch, Richard Cheung, Seabiscuit, Steve Cauthen, Tony Cruz, Weichong Marwing, William Nader, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges
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THE “MARKETING 101” ISSUE
FOR HONG KONG RESIDENTS ONLY WRITE A BALL-BUSTINGLY FUNNY CAPTION TO THE PHOTO BELOW AND WIN A DINNER FOR TWO AT GURU, HONG KONG’S FAVOURITE GROUP 1 INDIAN RESTAURANT. What could trainer Caspar Fownes be saying to jockey Gerard Mosse? … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Racing, Marketing of horse racing
Tagged ANIL ANBANI, Black Caviar, Caspar Fownes, Douglas Whyte, Gerard Mosse, Hong Kong Jockey Club, INDIAN TURF CLUB, JENNY CHAPMAN, LINDA RICE, Matthew Chadwick, Maxime Guyon, Peter V'landys, Racing NSW, RANJAN MAHTANI, SPANDAU BALLET, STEVEN SPIELBERG, Tony Cruz, TONY HADLEY, Vijay Mallya, Weichong Marwing
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THE “SPINNING OUTTA CONTROL” ISSUE
Racing writer Alan Aitken wrote an interesting piece in Hong Kong’s Morning Post last week. It was a very looooooong piece that went from the win of Dim Sum at the Lunar New Year Meeting to the local constabulary making … Continue reading
Posted in Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, Peter V'landys, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry, Victorian Racing Club
Tagged ALAN AITKEN, BRETT DAVIS, DARREN FLINDELL, Douglas Whyte, Greg Cheyne, HKJC, HORSE RACING IN CHINA, JENNY CHAPMAN, Michael Rodd, Peter V'landys, Racing NSW, RACING VICTORIA, SHANE WARNE AND LIZ HURLEY, Weichong Marwing
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THE “HELLO, 2011, HONG KONG RACING” ISSUE
Happy New Year and let’s not forget that we are now in 2011. Please. This will be one of the most critical years for the entire racing industry- globally- and those left standing- and others running towards fresh new pastures- … Continue reading
