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Nov 15, 20221 min read
We love Happy Endings.
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...
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Nov 14, 20224 min read
Brent Thomson: The Man known as The Babe
“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...
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Nov 2, 20224 min read
John Didham: The Magic Man of Macau racing.
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...
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Oct 22, 20223 min read
João
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...
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Oct 17, 20225 min read
The world’s biggest coming out party happened at two racetracks in Australia...
It had to happen, and it should, with the talk in Australian racing circles these past few days being about the very successful two...
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Oct 15, 20223 min read
The Everest and the Caulfield Cup: Lessons in winning.
While channel surfing and waiting to catch the running of The Everest from Randwick and the Caulfield Cup, we were stopped in our tracks...
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Oct 9, 20222 min read
A Good Spring Cleaning at RSN...
We don’t know if Andrew Bensley, above, joining as Programme Director is the reason, but whatever it is, Racing and Sports radio station...
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Oct 5, 20223 min read
When oh when will horse racing stop talking to itself?
Until horse racing pries itself away from talking to itself, it’s simply going to stay in its own box feeding carrots and patting itself...
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Sep 30, 20223 min read
Hong Kong racing... and maybe facing the facts?
Under the heading, “Can the Jockey Club attract star riders, or will a Covid hangover loom large?” South China Morning Post racing writer...
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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 22, 20222 min read
Cryptic notes from the crib
All kinds of stuff about horse racing, yes, but also other stuff that we find interesting and which maybe you will, too....
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Sep 18, 20222 min read
A multi million dollar Six Up Jackpot at Shatin today. Enough said.
The Brazilian Magic Man João Moreira makes his much anticipated return to Hong Kong racing today though, to be frank, apart from perhaps...
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Sep 15, 20224 min read
Luke and Lyle and bringing storytelling to horse racing...
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...
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Sep 13, 20223 min read
The Most Interesting Characters In Horse Racing
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...
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Sep 11, 20223 min read
Cryptic notes from the crib
All kinds of stuff about horse racing, yes, but also other stuff that we find interesting and which maybe you will, too....
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Sep 2, 20224 min read
Why horse racing continues to stay in its own box
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...
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Aug 23, 20223 min read
About living a balanced life...
Unless owning Baaed, below, Nature Strip or Anamoe or a billionaire jockey, trainer, racing executive or owner, or anyone who is someone...
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Aug 22, 20221 min read
It’s official! The Handsome Men’s Horse Racing Club is ALIVE!!!
It’s taken quite a lot of time and manpower working around the clock, but we now have the final members of The Handsome Men’s Horse...
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Aug 13, 20221 min read
OUI! THE MATURE HANDSOME MEN’S RACING CLUB!!!
Following months of anonymous phone calls, presents of bottles of Old Spice and cans of Carnation Condensed Milk- voila!- the first round...
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