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The Romantic Mauritian Warrior of Positivity...Karis Teetan!
Of course, he was happy, but happiness is the sum of so many different emotions that one has to wonder what was going through Karis...
Mar 21, 20222 min read
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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....
Mar 21, 20225 min read
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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...
Mar 11, 20226 min read
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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...
Mar 4, 20223 min read
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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...
Mar 3, 20223 min read
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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...
Feb 28, 20224 min read
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Cryptic notes from the crib
Cryptic notes from the crib ...................................... Can horse racing hear new opportunities knocking? With everything and...
Feb 27, 20225 min read
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G1 success Czarring Russian Emperor, Blake Shinn and Douglas Whyte...
There was a strange vibe to the race meeting at Shatin on Sunday. It wasn’t just the freezing cold weather and the first real yielding...
Feb 21, 20223 min read
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Bentley rides high despite Hong Kong hitting a new low
As a city, Hong Kong is on life support, and certainly not exuding its usual come hither good vibes ‘look’, all of which has had a...
Feb 12, 20223 min read
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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...
Dec 22, 20213 min read
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Cryptic notes from the crib
Cryptic notes from the crib ...................................... Jockeys can’t bet? Jockeys can’t bet but their wives can So can their...
Dec 11, 20216 min read
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This year’s HKIJC: We felt good like Brother James!
It had that Wow factor because those of us there at Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday night were able to see just what it means to...
Dec 9, 20212 min read
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Tonight: The curtain raiser to HKIR week: The Hong Kong International Jockeys Championship
More of a chilled out and entertaining evening of racing as opposed to going gonzo on the punt. For that, hold your horses and wait until...
Dec 8, 20211 min read
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A salute and Thanks to Hong Kong’s unsung horse racing heroes.
Some know them as “horse racing photographers”. Some of us know them by name- Wallace, Donald and Vieri. These are whom I would call true...
Nov 6, 20212 min read
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Nicole Kidman, “Expats” and that old Hong Kong question of Face
By Hans Ebert By now, almost everything that’s needed to be known about the “Nicole Kidman Eyes Wide Shut Little White Lies Hong Kong...
Aug 21, 20213 min read
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Why Canto Pop needs a facelift
by Hans Ebert Maybe now that Hong Kong has reached a point in its history where no one knows where it’s heading and what its future might...
Jul 3, 20215 min read
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Douglas Whyte: It always comes down to timing.
by Hans Ebert He never leaves anything to chance. Never has. It’s just the way he is. And if he pulls the wrong rein on anything to do...
Jun 26, 20215 min read
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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...
Jun 12, 20214 min read
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HONGKONG, LEADERSHIP AND THE ROLE OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk Even those who could, have been talking about leaving Hong Kong for greener pastures decades before...
Nov 20, 20205 min read
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What the world can learn from the HKJC
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk It is what it is and it’s now all to do with how the world adapts to the new normal of living under...
Mar 7, 20203 min read
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