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 horse racing season.
Why? Perhaps give those who might need it the time to improve themselves and change from Old Spice to Egoiste.
At this early stage of proceedings, the leaderboard for The Hong Kong Handsome Men’s Horse Racing Club looks like this- something not easy to list with any degree of certainty in a masked city where no one really knows anything or who anyone is anymore for sure.
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Harry Bentley
Handsome British Jockey and rumoured to be mentioned as the mysterious “H” in Bridget Jones’ Diary.
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Lyle Hewitson
Cutenesses personified and resident Hello Kitty South African Jockey who can spell and articulate his feelings. Apparently owns the patent for Hewy, a technological breakthrough where someone can be in six places at once.
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Jerry Chau
Kinda macho Hong Kong-born Jockey with an official fan club. Rumour has it that he has plans to launch Chau Chau Fitness and Well Being Centres and Chau Chau Pizzas and Dim Sum.
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Caspar Fownes
Champion Horse Trainer, The King Of The Valley, a very Spicy papadum and random dancer followed by aliens resembling Mr Bean.
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Tony Cruz
Champion horse trainer, racing Legend and Robert DeNiro doppelgänger known for asking jockeys and owners, “You talkin’ to me?”
He’s his own man, knows where the bodies are buried and knows that he doesn’t have to play the game. He IS The Game.
The only person we know who wants to sing every song at a karaoke session and hears himself as a one man Bee Gees, Stylistics, The Delfonics and the entire Barry White Orchestra.
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Douglas Whyte
Horse Trainer who dares to buck trends and dresses like Beetlejuice swimming in a salmon pink waterfall.
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Antoine Hamlin
Tough looking French Jockey with some saying that this is the season when he will make his mark. Okay. Scales mountains for fun.
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Zac Purton and João Moreira
The Odd Couple Of Horse Racing. Perhaps not handsome, per se, though some may disagree, and now at a point in their lives with nothing to prove to anyone.
They’re certainly personalities and know their worth. They’re worth squillions, and, for all anyone knows, the double act could be taking le pissoir outta everyone.
We find them fun and good guys who refuse to be put into some box.
Someone should make a cartoon series based on them. Maybe we will.
Hong Kong racing is gonna miss these guys more than they realise.
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