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...

Getting ready for December 7 and the Hong Kong International Jockeys’ Championship? While many wait for Jamie Richards, now in his first...

Some might remember Pakistan Star, the enigmatic racehorse who won a few races in Hong Kong and then decided that he’d had enough and...

“Who’s Al Capone’s brother that’s just walked in?” This was something I asked friends I was with at the Kato Bar in Shatin Racecourse as...

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...

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...

While channel surfing and waiting to catch the running of The Everest from Randwick and the Caulfield Cup, we were stopped in our tracks...

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,...

The Brazilian Magic Man João Moreira makes his much anticipated return to Hong Kong racing today though, to be frank, apart from perhaps...

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...

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...

This was a tough one, and so many with their own thoughts and many wanting to vote for themselves with bots. This might work on Instagram...

All kinds of stuff about horse racing, yes, but also other stuff that we find interesting and which maybe you will, too....

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...

Most of us know why it does not happen, but it’s still worth revisiting to at least try and change the narrative though knowing this is...

If Nostradamus, I would look to the future and see that the racing season that comes to a close this evening will be one of the most...

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. We’ve grown up and grown old hearing this truism. Now that times have changed and the shoe is on...