THE END OF SEASON HAPPY WEDNESDAY PAR-TAY IS ON AGAIN
Don’t think of it as the end of Happy Wednesday for another season. Look at it as one rollicking excuse to party like it was 1999 and leave #Brexit and everything else stuffing up the world behind. Roll out the barrel, hit the Beer Garden with full force, grab a burger, back a winner and get back to the sunny side of the street.
This Happy Wednesday is one BIG party like it was last year with many making a beeline for the After Race party at Adrenaline. Now, the photos below of a few well-known jockeys and some unknowns look a bit on the stiff side, but, trust us, a good time was had by all. Sometimes, pictures lie.
IS IT A BIRD? A PLANE? NO, THAT WAS PAKISTAN STAR!
The video of his win has gone viral. And why not? Apart from the call by a surprised- and that’s putting it mildly- Brett Davis, and a look of shock on the face of jockey Karis Teetan, who was posing for the cameras thinking he had won on second placed Bear Chum, it’s not everyday that you see a horse tailed off, seemingly struggling, and then pick up the leaders as if they were standing still by gliding down the outside, and with the jockey barely moving a muscle. But that’s exactly what the Tony Cruz-trained Pakistan Star did at Shatin on Friday- Reunification Cup Day.
A HK$6 million purchase in March at the HKJC International Sale, the German-bred Pakistan Star- and recommended by not who many think had the wherewithal to have this horse checked out in the first place- was not even mentioned by Hong Kong’s wide expanse of professional tipsters. This was another dent and blow to their credibility as far as the newbies to the Sport of Kings, who don’t like losing, are concerned. Losing is a concept they don’t understand when supposedly being guided by those who know better. And how many times are they meant to lose before seeing a light at the end of the tunnel to keep them in the game?
When interviewed on that wonderfully illuminating HKJC production that is Racing To Win, Matthew Chadwick, who rode Pakistan Star to that mind-blowing win, was not even asked about the horse. He was interviewed at length about his ride Grand Prize, which failed ingloriously. Pakistan Star, meanwhile, won at 16 to 1- not exactly cricket score odds, which means that it was quietly fancied, probably by Hong Kong’s small Pakistani community.
Said trainer Tony Cruz, “I didn’t even back it. Even if I did I wouldn’t have got the quinella. The horse definitely has potential, but is pretty stubborn and does what he wants. On Friday, I guess somewhere during the course of the race, he thought, ‘Oh, well, let me show them who’s the boss!’ I couldn’t believe how quickly he ran that last quarter. Matthew didn’t even have to really touch him. He never even broke into a sweat and ate up really well that night”. Finally, some honesty. Continued Cruz aka Putha Man: “Of course, the owners were happy, You know them- Kerm Din and his family. Being Muslims, they don’t even bet. They also don’t drink, which meant I got their bottle of champagne for the horse winning.” More refreshing candour from a real straight shooter.
WHO MADE THE HAPPY WEDNESDAY GLAM SQUAD THIS SEASON
Seriously now, where else in Hong Kong does such an assortment of fashionable people assemble other than the Beer Garden at Happy Valley Racecourse? We call them the Happy Wednesday Glam Squad. Eat your heart out, Taylor Swift and Squad.
We can’t show the entire Happy Wednesday Glam Squad, but here are some of the leading contenders picked by those with an eye for all things trendy- and serial trendsetters.
WIN OF THE SEASON: DEBUTANT PAKISTAN STAR BLOWS THEM AWAY LAST FRIDAY AT SHATIN
Did you miss the debut of Pakistan Star? Take a look at this, his final 400 in 21.22s #HKracing pic.twitter.com/x7nyOkuwE1 — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) July 1, 2016
What’s got us talking…
How Brooklyn rapper Desiigner turned a $200 beat into a deal with Kanye – and a smash hit https://t.co/6o0C5v1UDy — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 2, 2016
Kanye West has released his 10-minute, controversial "Famous" video on YouTube https://t.co/mNDsUszhO7 — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 1, 2016
Britain is divided and Brexit was unmistakably cultural https://t.co/QH23MaTHqk pic.twitter.com/TACcDt3fY4 — The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 2, 2016
this wasn't virtual reality, but more augmented reality — a seamless projection of a virtual world in the real one: https://t.co/bqpQIoEzWD — björk (@bjork) July 3, 2016
This is what a Happy Wednesday SOUNDS like!
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