It might not have the bells, whistles and Godzilla-like million dollar marketing budget of something like the Everest, but The Pinnacles,...

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,...

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...

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...

It’s quite extraordinary the long shadow that Douglas Whyte still casts over Hong Kong racing. To anyone trying to unseat him, well, that...

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...

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...

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...

Cryptic notes from the crib ...................................... POP THE BUBBLE, FACE THE TRUTH We’re all at war with an invisible...

Cryptic notes from the crib ...................................... The Whyte Knight to the rescue...and brings up weightier issues... To...

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...

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...

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Award Winners: Douglas Whyte and Jerry Chau He arrived in Hong Kong by default when suddenly named the last...

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...

There Are Headlines And Then There Are Headlines from the Department Of Cheese: “So butters up Croissant At Sha Tin”. Oui, mes amis, the...

Watching the Sorcerer and the Apprentice horse opera unfolding in Hong Kong between Douglas Whyte and Jerry Chau Chun-lok, one can’t stop...

As Yoda might say, Impossible is nothing. It’s something that happened yesterday when Jockey Neil Callan saw his appeal against a hugely...

Harry William Meyrick Bentley, the British rider and multiple champion in Qatar with those fabulous eyebrows, succeeded where many riders...

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...

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...