HAPPY WEDNESDAYS AND HAPPY ENDINGS
“Riding at Happy Valley is like having a disco full of thousands of people in your living room! I love it!” Jockey Neil Callan When,...
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Jan 18, 20154 min read
THE FAST TRACKER GOES LOOKING FOR SOME DIVINE INTERCEPTION
Race 1 Blizzard won like a promising type at its first start in Hong Kong recently, and despite carrying topweight and drawn barrier 11,...
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Jan 14, 20151 min read
THE FAST TRACKER JUST WANTS SOME WARM WEATHER
Race 1 SELECTIONS: 8-1-4-9 Race 2 SELECTIONS: 6-5-1-10 Race 3 As mentioned here every Happy Wednesday, the first leg of the Six Up has...
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Jan 13, 20156 min read
A HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME: AGAIN, WE ASK, WHY NOT?
The subject above has been mentioned here before and it will keep being mentioned along with the happy trails of other new initiatives...
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Jan 10, 20153 min read
THE FAST TRACKER IS JUST HOPING FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT ANOTHER NAT CHAN/KHARU MOMENT
Race 1 TWO dirt races to start off proceedings? Jeezus, No Thanks. If I WERE to have a bet, I’d probably box these up for the quinella-...
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Jan 8, 20152 min read
THE FAST TRACKER GETS IT BANG ON AGAIN!
THE FAST TRACKER LOOKS TO BRETT PREBBLE FOR RICHES. RACE 5 Sempiternal must be one of the most improved horses this season and has built...
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Jan 7, 20156 min read
THE FAST TRACKER LOOKS TO BRETT PREBBLE FOR RICHES.
RACE 1 Oh good gawd, Kharu is in this race which means many will have to stomach all that posturing from its owner and notorious photo...
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Jan 5, 20151 min read
THIS HAPPY WEDNESDAY, WE RETURN TO THE SIXTIES
The Twist, the Beatles, mini skirts and Go Go boots, the Wahtusi, Mods and Rockers, Twiggy and good vibes, man. The sounds, fashion and...
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Jan 4, 20152 min read
THE FAST TRACKER TRIES TO STIFLE A YAWN
RACE 1 SELECTIONS: 6-12-14-2 RACE 2 SELECTIONS: 7-12-1-2 RACE 3 SELECTIONS: 3-5-7-10 RACE 4 Looks and sounds like a nightmare race!...
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Jan 4, 20156 min read
MAGIC, MOREIRA AND MANAGEMENT
The Magic returns this afternoon when Joao Moreira, like the Beatles’ JoJo, gets back to where he belongs- the race track- after three...
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Jan 1, 20155 min read
THE FAST TRACKER RIDES INTO 2015 ARMED WITH QUIET CONFIDENCE
With Joao Moreira and Zac Purton serving out their suspensions, there’s an open look to some of the races on this first meeting of the...
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Dec 31, 20141 min read
WIN ONE OF THESE LIMITED EDITION AUTOGRAPHED HK INTERNATIONAL JOCKEY CHALLENGE POSTERS!
Tell us who is your favourite jockey on Twitter (@FastTrackHK) in, well,140 words or less, and the FIVE judged by us to be the best...
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Dec 31, 20146 min read
WHY HORSE RACING CAN BE A CREATIVE PRODUCT
Creativity and horse racing very rarely go hand in hand, or come together. For some reason, they travel along different paths. It’s a...
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Dec 28, 20144 min read
THE FAST TRACKER HEADS TOWARDS A NEW YEAR
Apart from being the last race meeting of 2014, today is also the last meeting before Zac Purton starts a pretty lengthy suspension while...
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Dec 27, 201412 min read
THE BROADCASTING OF ITS RACES: ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE HKJC TO BE A GAME CHANGER
While racing fans in Australia has been caught off-guard with the sport itself caught between a rock and a hard place with the TVN/Sky...
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Dec 20, 20143 min read
THE FAST TRACKER HEADS FOR A MEETING WITH NO MAGIC
Race 1 There are some first starters here that have been working well, and though they’ll be needing further in time, this 1000 meter...
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Dec 17, 20146 min read
WHEN A RACING CLUB BECOMES MORE THAN A RACING CLUB
One has to wonder how many visitors to the Hong Kong International Races last week realised they were here at one of the most important...
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Dec 15, 20143 min read
LONGINES HKIR DAY: HONG KONG’S EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO THE WORLD
Let’s first get those “boring numbers” out of the way: 74,000 people on course and a turnover of HK$1.465 billion. On top of this, add...
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Dec 14, 20143 min read
THE FAST TRACKER GOES INTERNATIONAL
Race 1 A small, but quality field of six runners and where tactics will come into play. I’ll be banking on Douglas Whyte to take this...
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Dec 10, 20146 min read
WHY YOU SHOULD BE UP FOR A HAPPY WEDNESDAY AND TONIGHT’S HONG KONG IJC CHALLENGE.
THINGS TO DO AT TONIGHT’S BUDDA-BING-BUDDA-BANG RACE MEETING… *Get to the races early. Traffic is usually hell between 4-6pm when taxis...
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