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Mar 23, 20213 min read
That emotional attachment to Joao Moreira
Especially these days, without an emotional attachment with anything, nothing is going anywhere. An emotional attachment is also...
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Mar 18, 20213 min read
KARIS TEETAN AND THE OTHER CHANGING FACES OF HONG KONG RACING
Sometimes one thinks that he’s the Rodney Dangerfield of Hong Kong racing. No matter how many doubles and trebles and winners he rides,...
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Mar 13, 20212 min read
IS TOM WATERHOUSE CHANNELING ROBERT PALMER?
The job of advertising a product is, first and foremost, to have it noticed. Hopefully, the work stands out from the clutter, because...
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Mar 4, 20215 min read
A MAN CALLED SIZE
Many have written and continue to write about John Size and just what a remarkable horseman and trainer he is. There have also been...
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Mar 1, 20212 min read
WHEN SIZE AND MAGIC SHIFT GEARS AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES
Heavy is the head that wears the crown and such are the expectations demanded of him that when, after six races, he hadn’t ridden a...
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Feb 19, 20215 min read
TABCORP: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk The recent announcement that the grossly underperforming Tabcorp wagering division would likely be...
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Feb 15, 20213 min read
THE YEAR OF THE OX AND THE YEAR OF DEREK LEUNG’S COMEBACK
Many forget that before winning three consecutive races on Beauty Generation for the owners and John Moore, Derek Leung had won the 2017...
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Feb 11, 20212 min read
Hong Kong bloodstock agent Ian Sham and life in the racing bubble, bangles and beads…
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk It’s of course their money and some of them deserve everything they get and don’t get, because most...
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Feb 6, 20213 min read
HORSE RACING: WHAT’S WORKING AND WHAT’S DOO DOO IN THESE COVID DAYS
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk Frankly, I don’t think I have ever heard Joao Moreira so excited when talking about his rides, but...
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Jan 31, 20214 min read
THE SURREAL SIMULCAST IN HONG KONG OF THE MET
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk By the time we in Hong Kong started watching Met Day at Kenilworth in South Africa, Justin Snaith...
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Jan 29, 20215 min read
Continuing our series on Hong Kong’s game changers…
Those in the advertising and entertainment worlds find it difficult to understand when I talk about him as a game changer- him being...
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Jan 24, 20215 min read
HORSE RACING AND LOSING ITS ROAR IN THE LION CITY
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk The news that lightweight Brazilian rider Ruan Maia is leaving Singapore as the Theme From Exodus...
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Jan 18, 20212 min read
THE DAY ANTOINE HAMELIN REWROTE THE SCRIPT AND CAME IN FROM THE COLD…
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk Nothing went according to script. Like saying that the dog ate your homework, the jockey they call...
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Jan 17, 20214 min read
MAJOR TOM COMPLETELY LOSES TOUCH WITH GROUND CONTROL
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk It’s become rhythmic, yet also formulaic these days. Like the struggling musician who starts...
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Jan 2, 20212 min read
SRI LANKA: THE DARK HORSE IN THE RACE
The dark horse in the field waiting on the reserve list to be the next racing jurisdiction is Sri Lanka. Wait. This is not totally...
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Jan 2, 20214 min read
THE INSIDE TRACK
RACING’S KINDA WEIRD INSIDE TRACK ON NEWS AND STUFF… The first race of 2021 got off to a nice, kind and expected start with Joao Moreira...
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Dec 31, 20203 min read
THE INSIDE TRACK
A rather chilling yet also weird look by Madame Clare Voyant at what might be in store for the racing whirl in 2021… MEANWHILE, AT THE...
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Dec 20, 20202 min read
OLGA AND HELGA AND MAYBE BEEEG TEEEPS
Olga and Helga have been very shhhhh shhhhh and with no drinking bubbles for over two weeks because we have been in quarantine in...
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Dec 15, 20202 min read
GOLDEN SIXTY: SHOW THE LOVE…BUT LEAVE GOOD ENOUGH ALONE
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk What’s most refreshing to see is that they keep things in check. The wins are celebrated and might...
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Dec 14, 20204 min read
HO! HO! HO!
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk How good was that, watching race 1 of @FastTrackHK @HongKong_Racing Hong Kong’s Biggest race day...
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