WIN A LIMITED EDITION 2017 LONGINES HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL JOCKEYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP AUTOGRAPHED
Simply tell us who won this season’s HKIJC at Happy Valley Racecourse in December 2017. The first five correct entries received will win...
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Dec 23, 20173 min read
WILL IT BE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AT SHA TIN TODAY?
If taking a Six Up at Sha Tin this afternoon, it will be a Four Up if really short short priced favourites Hot King Prawn (5) in race 6...
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Dec 21, 20174 min read
THE NIGHT NORMAN CHENG REALLY HEARD THE ROCK IN GUITARIST JAY APUNGAN
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It was a long overdue night out with Norman Cheng, my longtime friend from the days when we were in bands to...
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Dec 10, 20171 min read
FAST TRACK TO WINNING ON HKIR DAY!
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk RACE 1 VICTORY BOYS (2) CIRCUIT HASSLER (1) BRING IT ON (10) LOTUS STRIKES BACK (6) RACE 2 BRAVO WATCHMAN...
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Dec 6, 20173 min read
IT’S HKIR WEEK…AND THEY’RE OFF TONIGHT ON THIS HAPPY WEDNESDAY!
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Golf balls might be whacked around in tournaments, the first E Prix took place here over the weekend where a...
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Dec 2, 20172 min read
THE BEST OF THE BEST: PART OF THE HKIR MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk BEST DIM SUM Ding Dim 1968 (Shop No.A, 14D Elgin Street, Soho, Central) Why: Authentic, creative and...
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Dec 1, 20172 min read
THE ODE TO HKIR WEEK
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Everyone is getting ready for another HKIR week Where the new Stars Of The Turf will be crowned The racing...
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Nov 30, 20172 min read
THE CENTRAL ESCALATOR: PART OF THE HKIR MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s truly Hong Kong’s most underrated tourist attraction: This escalator known simply as the Central...
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Nov 30, 20172 min read
DISCOVERING STOCKTON: PART OF THE HKIR MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk STOCKTON (G/F., 32 Wyndham St., Central) With its very narrow entrance, it’s difficult to find, but enough...
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Nov 16, 20172 min read
AND WHAT IS A HAPPY WEDNESDAY? ALL THIS AND MORE
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk For an eight race card on a pretty grey evening on Wednesday night, turnover of over HK$1.2m- an increase of...
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Nov 5, 20172 min read
GOOD JOSS AT SHA TIN THIS AFTERNOON
This afternoon at Sha Tin looks like being the platform for the Joao Moreira and Karis Teetan Show with us backing the Mauritian Magician...
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Oct 29, 20171 min read
READY FOR A BIG RACE DAY OUT AT HAPPY VALLEY?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk The only day meeting of the season at Happy Valley with four senior riders sitting out suspensions- Joao...
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Oct 18, 20175 min read
PROST! HERE’S TO ANOTHER HAPPY WEDNESDAY OKTOBERFEST
We won’t be paying AUS$600,000 to scale Everest and watch the Jason Derulo Show at Randwick from some slots- what? The Everest is already...
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Oct 14, 20174 min read
THE AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH ISSUE
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It can’t be said often enough: Derek KC Leung is the most improved rider in Hong Kong. Now let’s lose the term...
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Oct 11, 20172 min read
FASHIONISTAS: THE EVOLUTION OF THE HAPPY WEDNESDAY BRAND CONTINUES…
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk First there was the Beer Garden. Of course, before everything, there was Happy Valley racecourse and the horse...
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Oct 8, 20174 min read
THE NUDGE NUDGE WINX WINX ISSUE FOR SUNDAY AT SHA TIN
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Still thinking of that absolutely devastating win by Winx in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington yesterday? What...
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Oct 6, 20171 min read
OUR HAPPY THURSDAY OKTOBERFEST WUNDERBAR PRESSIE LAST NIGHT AT HAPPY VALLEY: A $16,000 TREBLE FOR AN
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk R6: 1-3-4 HEROIC GURU (1) STAR MAJESTIC (3) Won at $35 RAZOR QUEST (4) R7: 2-8 BEAUTY MASTER (2) KEEP...
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Oct 5, 20173 min read
READY FOR A WINNING HAPPY THURSDAY OKTOBERFEST?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Not surprisingly, the past few Happy Wednesdays have seen Australian jockeys, especially digger Zac Purton...
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Oct 1, 20176 min read
GOOD JOSS FOR SUNDAY (And get back to where you belong, Joao Joao. Please)
It’s been said here before, and it will be said again: To date, this has been a dress rehearsal for the latest Hong Kong racing season....
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Sep 22, 20171 min read
BOOMERANG IS BAAAAAACK THIS HAPPY WEDNESDAY!
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk With racing fans in Australia, and especially Melbourne, getting ready for the big Spring Carnival, Hong Kong...
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