It’s almost like saying, “Mate, let’s not get too ahead of yourself”. Maybe it is. When thinking how well Silvestre de Sousa is fitting...

To understand how far anything in Hong Kong has travelled, and this includes horse racing, there’s always a need to revisit the past and...

Hong Kong has something to cheer on next month and it’s... a horse. Named Golden Sixty, not since the great and now happily retired...

Cutting straight to the chase, the successes of Trainer Frankie Lor For-chuen often seem to go “silent running”. It’s even easy to forget...

He’s always reminded me of a cowboy from the Wild West who lost his way and time traveled to today and with writer H.G. Welles giving him...

With him sidelined for at least tonight’s races for testing positive to Covid-19, it means that with The Zac Man away, the other cats...

While wondering when Hong Kong might see the return of the Brazilian Magic Man- Joao Moreira- another Brazilian is certainly doing more...

He’s one of my closest friends and has been for over twenty years. Whenever we meet, whether in Melbourne where he and wife Andrea and...

A lunch with “Casibah” aka Caspar Fownes goes through a rollercoaster ride of emotions, and all good in their own ways. In the end,...

When knowing that João Moreira was unwell, it made me call time on everything and re-evaluate my own life. I wouldn’t say that I know...

It had to happen, and it should, with the talk in Australian racing circles these past few days being about the very successful two...

Sam Agars, below, is a workmanlike racing writer, and having to constantly produce racing news for English-speaking Hong Kong readers of...

Under the heading, “Can the Jockey Club attract star riders, or will a Covid hangover loom large?” South China Morning Post racing writer...

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,...

Maybe he’s something of a late bloomer, maybe it was the time spent riding in Japan during the off-season, or maybe he’s simply found the...

By Hans Ebert There’s a new gun in town and his name is Luke Ferraris. Hang on, wait. Luke Ferraris has been riding in Hong Kong since...

The highlights of the opening day yesterday to the new Hong Kong racing season is that turnover was more than respectable considering the...

During these very uncertain times and where we’re not only seeing a changing of the guard, but a complete reversal of fortunes and mighty...

One doubts many can see it, but The Zac And João Show that has been going on since the mercurial Brazilian Magic Man arrived in the city...

........................................ It was the loudest secret in Hong Kong- and Singapore- for almost two months, and it was made...