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Hong Kong’s racing uncles- and a ride through a city coming of age.
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...
Dec 1, 20225 min read


A Tale Of One City And Two Horses: Golden Sixty and Silent Witness
Hong Kong has something to cheer on next month and it’s... a horse. Named Golden Sixty, not since the great and now happily retired...
Nov 22, 20223 min read


Over the moon cake about the new racing season...
The highlights of the opening day yesterday to the new Hong Kong racing season is that turnover was more than respectable considering the...
Sep 12, 20222 min read


HO! HO! HO!
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk How good was that, watching race 1 of @FastTrackHK @HongKong_Racing Hong Kong’s Biggest race day...
Dec 14, 20204 min read


THE 2020 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL JOCKEYS CHAMPIONSHIP COMES UNDER A ZAC ATTACK!
It made sense that the first race of the night- The Australia Handicap- would be won by reigning champion Hong Kong jockey Zac Purton....
Dec 10, 20204 min read


TONIGHT AT HAPPY VALLEY: THE HKIJC AND TWELVE OF THE BEST
What happens when a Brazilian, an Australian, a Mauritian, two Irishmen, three Frenchmen, one Hong Kong Chinese and three Brits walk onto...
Dec 9, 20202 min read


MEMORIES OF THAT DECEMBER NIGHT AND THE 2012 HKIJC…
It was a Wednesday night in December of 2012 and I was still trying my darnedest to understand the inner workings of the Hong Kong Jockey...
Dec 8, 20203 min read


IT’S HKIR WEEK…
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk It’s been a very longtime since Hong Kong has welcomed any international celebrities to town, but a...
Dec 7, 20204 min read


THE WEIRD LINK BETWEEN CHOW FAN AND JERRY CHAU
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk It’s tough for a few to take, but Hong Kong born Apprentice rider Jerry Chau continues to prove his...
Dec 5, 20203 min read


LOOKING ABOVE AND BEYOND HKIR WEEK…
By Hans Ebert @HansEbertMusic Visit: www.hans-ebert.com Sunday was a huge success in many different ways for the multi layered Hong Kong...
Dec 10, 20192 min read


HKIR AND BEING ON INFORMATION OVERLOAD
By Hans Ebert @HansEbertMusic Visit: www.hans-ebert.com There’s been plenty of “space” devoted to HKIR week in hotel lounges, bars, over...
Dec 8, 20192 min read


GIVING HORSE RACING A (REAL) SENSE OF BELONGING
By Hans Ebert @HansEbertMusic Visit: www.hans-ebert.com What the world has seen for almost six months- the peaceful protests against the...
Dec 7, 20196 min read


WITH AN (ALMOND) EYE TOWARDS HKIR WEEK
By Hans Ebert @HansEbertMusic Visit: www.hans-ebert.com To say that the HKJC has much riding on such a global marquee value name as...
Nov 9, 20193 min read


HONG KONG RACING: KEEPING THE HONG KONG DREAM ALIVE
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com Some people just can’t help being LOUD. And at the Champagne Bar of the Grand Hyatt, it was where...
Dec 10, 20183 min read


SO MUCH “MAIL”, SO MANY QUESTIONS: THE WORLD TURF CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SHA TIN
RACE 1 Worth a Quartet bet taking 2 and 4 as double bankers with a few legs for value. Of course Picken (9) with Moreira aboard must be...
Dec 9, 20182 min read


AND SILVESTRE THE BRAZILIAN CAT RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON…AND THE 2018 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL J
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com First things first…It might have been drizzling, but Irish eyes were smiling. This was when young...
Dec 6, 20184 min read


HAPPY WEDNESDAY: WHAT A STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN GETTING HERE
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com It used to be only about the Beer Garden. It was actually a friend in horse racing from Melbourne who...
Dec 3, 20186 min read


TIME FOR HORSE RACING TO GET REAL
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com It’s like music festivals. There are so many around these days that music fans are spoilt for choice....
Nov 26, 20185 min read


THE ONGOING COMEBACK OF JASON MASKIELL…
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com It wasn’t just good to hear. It had to be heard. It was inspiring. One seldom cheers on an interview...
Nov 21, 20182 min read


SOCIAL MEDIA: HOW EFFECTIVELY IS HORSE RACING USING IT? REALLY.
By Hans Ebert Visit Hans-Ebert.com There was a time not really that long ago though time often flies on unexpected wings at a worldwide...
Nov 17, 20186 min read
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