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THE SURREAL SIMULCAST IN HONG KONG OF THE MET
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk By the time we in Hong Kong started watching Met Day at Kenilworth in South Africa, Justin Snaith...
Jan 31, 20214 min read


Continuing our series on Hong Kong’s game changers…
Those in the advertising and entertainment worlds find it difficult to understand when I talk about him as a game changer- him being...
Jan 29, 20215 min read


MAJOR TOM COMPLETELY LOSES TOUCH WITH GROUND CONTROL
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk It’s become rhythmic, yet also formulaic these days. Like the struggling musician who starts...
Jan 17, 20214 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


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


THE INSIDE TRACK
THE MARKETING OF JAMIE KAH??? SERIOUSLY? Larry, Moe and Curly Joe were deep in discussion the other day on the dead people’s racing and...
Nov 18, 20204 min read


GROUNDHOG DAY ENDS NEXT SUNDAY: THE NEW HONG KONG RACING SEASON IS UPON US
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk It’s only a week to go before going stir crazy for many in Hong Kong comes to a halt. It’s been...
Aug 30, 20205 min read


HORSE RACING: HONG KONG’S ONLY REAL MADE IN HONG KONG PRODUCT
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk Made In Hong Kong products have become an endangered species. A rarity. It makes one wonder if...
Aug 16, 20204 min read


THE HKJC AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE
What’s often naive thinking is when some who profess to understand the ins and outs of horse racing still have the blinkers on when...
Jul 18, 20202 min read


HAYMARKET, SHATIN…AND RACING’S WOW FACTOR…
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk Below is the fabulous venue at Shatin Racecourse known as Hay Market- which surely should be...
Jun 9, 20202 min read


AND IT WAS ANOTHER ZAC ATTACK (AND SO MUCH MORE)
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk Everything that’s had to be written about him has, but then when the man dubbed The Zac Attack...
May 8, 20203 min read


THE ONGOING ZAC AND JOAO SHOW
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk The last time Hong Kong racing fans saw such intense rivalry was between then-reigning champion...
Mar 31, 20203 min read


The HKJC: on the front foot (again) as the government dithers
When people serve you a plate of waffles and expect you to be a mind reader or The Riddler and try to understand what they might be...
Mar 29, 20202 min read


VINCENT CY HO: HIS TIME IS NOW
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk To some, he’s come out of nowhere. But not to those who remember him when Vincent CY Ho first...
Mar 23, 20203 min read


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


E.B. AND HORSE RACING: FIGHTING TO BRING BACK HONG KONG’S CAN DO SPIRIT
By Hans Ebert Visit: www.fasttrack.hk If someone with an interest in Hong Kong horse racing and thinking things couldn’t get much worse...
Feb 14, 20204 min read


CRUZ-ING AND THE TWILIGHT ZONE OF RACING
By Hans Ebert These days, he’s travelling below the radar, not that he wants to, or even thinks about it, but everything that could have...
Feb 12, 20204 min read


WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM WHAT RACING IN HONG KONG IS GOING THROUGH
By Hans Ebert He’s used this somewhat downtime to make an addition to his bag of tricks- throwing his whip into the waiting hands of the...
Feb 9, 20206 min read


THE RACES AT SHA TIN TODAY: DEFINITELY DIFFERENT
By Hans Ebert Zac Purton, Hong Kong racing’s high priest of everything, has been quoted as saying that riding at the races at Shatin this...
Jan 27, 20203 min read


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ONGOING VINCENT HO SHOW…
By Hans Ebert It might not have been a race where one expected to see The Clash Of The Titans- it was a Class 5 race with riders...
Jan 23, 20203 min read
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