JOCKEYS SEPARATED AT BIRTH FROM THE MUPPETS
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Aug 6, 20144 min read
WHEN WILL HORSE RACING RE-BRAND ITSELF
Every product undergoes various re-branding processes- Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald’s, Adidas, Disneyland, Playboy, McDonald’s again when...
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Jul 31, 20145 min read
HOW TO ATTRACT THE NEW RACING CLUB MEMBER AND HORSE OWNER
One of the biggest challenges for any racing club anywhere in the world is ensuring that wagering keeps ticking over as holding race...
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Jul 30, 20143 min read
FERRARI, THE HKJC AND EXTRA HORSEPOWER
Walking into the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong on the weekend, there were FIVE Ferraris parked almost next to each other. In fact, it’s...
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Jul 19, 20146 min read
THE 10 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CORNER: LUKE DITTMAN
“Mate, you forget. He’s only an f-ing jockey! What do you expect?” It’s something that’s been said many times and will continue to be...
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Jul 13, 20141 min read
Jockey To Watch: Sam Clipperton
Sure, it’s winter in Australia, which has many of the country’s racing pundits telling us not to bother looking at the races as the most...
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Jul 11, 20145 min read
HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT HK RACING SEASON
Last season, we did our best to try and make you see that blindly betting on win/place bets was not exactly the way to enjoy those Happy...
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Jul 10, 20145 min read
Who’s going to lead the horse racing out of the darkness?
Douglas Whyte always reminds me that one can count your friends on one hand minus a few fingers. This is a Life Lesson and nothing to do...
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Jul 8, 20145 min read
PETER MIERS AND HIS TRAIL BLAZING ROLE IN HK RACING
It was a very different time when Peter Miers landed in Hong Kong in the early Seventies and horse racing, caught between staying an...
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Jul 7, 20142 min read
AND SO, UNTIL NEXT SEASON
No one could have scripted it any better- not even the great Paddy Chayeksky, Alfred Hitchcock, or even, Hunter S Thompson. While Adele...
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Jul 6, 20145 min read
TIPS, TWEETS AND THE FINAL CURTAIN CALL AT SHATIN
—————————————— FROM THE RACING TWITTERVERSE —————————————— NOT ALL RACING FANS ARE ONE DIMENSIONAL. —————————————— Another “Well done!”...
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Jul 6, 20143 min read
Hong Kong: Home Sweet Home
Many of us still remember how E.T. wanted to go home. Many of us talk about “home sweet home” and how “home is where the heart is”, but I...
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Jul 5, 20142 min read
The Ballad of the 2013-2014 Season
The new season got off to a rocky start With a man-sized collision that came apart Whyte and Size went their separate ways Whatever...
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Jul 1, 201414 min read
GET SHORTY AND HONG KONG’S WANG DANG DIM SUM DOODLES
NO PUN INTENDED, BUT DO WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF JOCKEYS? Not that long ago, no one turned their back on riding or training in Hong Kong, or...
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Jun 28, 201411 min read
HUNCHES, DUNCES AND TWERPS
Yes? No? Maybe? Pull the other one? ————————————————– PETER V’LUNDIES AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE: WITH A MULLET...
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Jun 25, 20145 min read
TIPS, TWEETS AND THE GREAT TIPSTERS TWEETER FEUD
From the racing twitterverse —————————————————— THE GREAT TIPSTERS TWEETER FEUD —————————————————— THE FAST TRACKER BIDS ADIEU TO THIS...
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Jun 25, 20144 min read
THE HKJC AND WINNING FOR ALL OF HONG KONG
The word “monopoly” is often used when mentioning the HKJC as it has a monopoly when it comes to accepting wagering on soccer and horse...
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Jun 23, 20144 min read
THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF MATTHEW CHADWICK
Yesterday at Shatin, Matthew Chadwick, 24 next month, grew up in front of over 22,000 people on Members Day and gave Hong Kong racing the...
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