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Oct 9, 20223 min read
Don’t play it again, Sam. Please.
Sam Agars, below, is a workmanlike racing writer, and having to constantly produce racing news for English-speaking Hong Kong readers of...
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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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Sep 7, 20224 min read
Zac, João, Hong Kong and the next Field Of Dreams...
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...
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Sep 1, 20223 min read
August 31, 2022
........................................ It was the loudest secret in Hong Kong- and Singapore- for almost two months, and it was made...
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Jul 16, 20224 min read
Addressing the elephant in the room: Who can replace Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges as CEO of HKJC?
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...
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Jul 13, 20222 min read
Hong Kong racing and that win-win situation
Well, what’s there to say about the races on Sunday other than, We told you so. And we’ll get into more Told you so’s like sand in an...
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Jul 6, 20222 min read
Tonight at Happy Valley: a real dog’s breakfast of racing...
Frankly, the one thing worth betting on in Hong Kong these days is new Chief Executive John Lee, who, just a couple of days into his new...
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Jun 13, 20225 min read
The changing face of Hong Kong, and with it, Hong Kong racing.
If the eleven races at Shatin on Sunday looked like a benefit meeting for Hong Kong-born riding and training talent, it was timely, and...
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May 29, 20223 min read
Hong Kong racing, sure. And its social responsibility?
Despite a few of those plodding races on the all-weather track that usually depend on pot luck, some of the races at Shatin this...
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Apr 11, 20229 min read
Hong Kong: The time has come The Walrus said...
I left Hong Kong for Melbourne about two weeks ago as I felt my parents were asking for me and I needed to see and thank them for...
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Mar 11, 20226 min read
Why Hong Kong Racing must change the narrative...
In a recent Talking Points column in the racing page of the SCMP, racing reporter Sam Agars wrote, “There is the thinking that...
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Mar 4, 20223 min read
Making the people of Hong Kong feel like champions...
In today’s Talking Points column in the racing page of the SCMP, racing writer Sam Agars writes, “There is the thinking that Hongkongers...
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Mar 3, 20223 min read
Racing and the importance of empathy
What has been noticeably “missing in action” these days in Hong Kong, where the government has been busy with their various and confusing...
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Feb 28, 20224 min read
THE LONG LOCKED DOWN DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD AT HONG KONG’S RACECOURSE GARDENS
It’s about being able to read the tea leaves before having the bi luo chun spilled all over yourself and wondering who’s coming to yum...
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Dec 22, 20213 min read
Darth leaves the dark side of the moon
Sure, he’s moody. We all get cranky once in a while. Some get more cranky than others. Often one thinks he’s angry with the world. It’s...
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Jun 12, 20214 min read
The problems ailing Hong Kong
As has been said often enough, probably especially by me, if a city isn’t working, nothing in it can. Hong Kong isn’t working in its...
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Jun 12, 20211 min read
Wallace Wan Fasttrack Gallery June 2021
Karis Teetan (HAPPY TANGO) vs. Matthew Poon (MANAGEMENT SUPREME) Apprentice Jerry Chau holds off MCLUCKY to win at Happy valley HARMONY...
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May 19, 20212 min read
TONIGHT’S HAPPY VALLEY RACING SHOUTOUT
Lovely gesture from @KarisTeetan to donate his riding fees from tonight’s racing at Happy Valley Racecourse to the family of his great...
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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 14, 20211 min read
The Wallace Wan Fasttrack Gallery 1
Jerry Chau after winning on Galaxy Emperor Brazilian Jockey Ruan Maia Chad Schofield winning aboard debutant Dragon Baby Joao Moreira...
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