The Pinnacles: WA racing takes off.
It might not have the bells, whistles and Godzilla-like million dollar marketing budget of something like the Everest, but The Pinnacles,...
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Sep 23, 20223 min read
Batman and Robin and horse racing’s changing of the guard...
It was a pretty messy looking race with some of the riders looking like drunken sailors out to paint the town red and blue, but,...
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Sep 13, 20222 min read
The Hong Kong Handsome Men’s Horse Racing Club
As an official chapter of the global Handsome Men’s Horse Racing Club, voting for membership will continue for the rest of this Hong Kong...
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Jun 29, 20224 min read
Whyte Magic and The Sunshine Kid
If there’s any doubt that like the city itself, Hong Kong racing is seeing a changing of the guard, this came screaming through when the...
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Jun 22, 20224 min read
Hong Kong racing’s Batman and Robin and the road ahead...
It’s quite extraordinary the long shadow that Douglas Whyte still casts over Hong Kong racing. To anyone trying to unseat him, well, that...
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Jun 21, 20225 min read
The Enigma And Success Story That Is Zac Purton.
Maturity and time always bring about a certain self-belief that everything is possible. It allows one to pick and choose what’s best for...
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Apr 28, 20222 min read
Not one to lie low for too long...
To describe him as “The Quiet Achiever” wouldn’t do Lyle Hewitson justice. Not at all. At the past two race meetings, the young South...
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Feb 21, 20223 min read
G1 success Czarring Russian Emperor, Blake Shinn and Douglas Whyte...
There was a strange vibe to the race meeting at Shatin on Sunday. It wasn’t just the freezing cold weather and the first real yielding...
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Jan 19, 20225 min read
Cryptic notes from the crib
Cryptic notes from the crib ...................................... POP THE BUBBLE, FACE THE TRUTH We’re all at war with an invisible...
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Jan 1, 20227 min read
Cryptic notes from the crib
Cryptic notes from the crib ...................................... The Whyte Knight to the rescue...and brings up weightier issues... To...
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Sep 9, 20213 min read
Partnering Winners: Hmmmmm.
by Hans Ebert The tide might have turned, but the big question is in what way, especially as the new Hong Kong racing season hits its...
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Aug 16, 20215 min read
And soon the wait will be over…
by Hans Ebert Like the rest of the world, Hong Kong isn’t immune from the other pandemic making its unwelcome presence felt- the one...
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Jul 14, 20212 min read
The Fast Track 2020-21 Hong Kong Racing Season Awards
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Award Winners: Douglas Whyte and Jerry Chau He arrived in Hong Kong by default when suddenly named the last...
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Jun 26, 20215 min read
Douglas Whyte: It always comes down to timing.
by Hans Ebert He never leaves anything to chance. Never has. It’s just the way he is. And if he pulls the wrong rein on anything to do...
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Jun 26, 20212 min read
TATTLETALES
There Are Headlines And Then There Are Headlines from the Department Of Cheese: “So butters up Croissant At Sha Tin”. Oui, mes amis, the...
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May 14, 20214 min read
The ongoing adventures of the Sorcerer and the Apprentice
Watching the Sorcerer and the Apprentice horse opera unfolding in Hong Kong between Douglas Whyte and Jerry Chau Chun-lok, one can’t stop...
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Apr 30, 20212 min read
Douglas Whyte and singing “My Way” his way…
As Yoda might say, Impossible is nothing. It’s something that happened yesterday when Jockey Neil Callan saw his appeal against a hugely...
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Apr 22, 20211 min read
(Harry) Bentley zooms into Hong Kong in style…
Harry William Meyrick Bentley, the British rider and multiple champion in Qatar with those fabulous eyebrows, succeeded where many riders...
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Jan 31, 20194 min read
DOUGLAS WHYTE: LEGEND. INSPIRATION.
By Hans Ebert @HansEbertMusic Visit: www.hans-ebert.com Maybe it’s what Douglas Whyte didn’t see and what some of us kept in check that...
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Jan 30, 20192 min read
Get ready for a few Baby Sharks at Happy Wednesday tonight!
As a quick recap of the races at Shatin or Sha Tin on Sunday, there were two very messy races. Someone who does quite a bit of riding for...
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