Tag Archives: Frankie Dettori
THE MELBOURNE SPRING CARNIVAL: DID IT LOSE ITS FOOTING?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Sure, Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick. But when there’s a Big Stick to shake, and instead of it being shaken and stirred, it’s waived in a feeble manner, it leaves one scratching their head … Continue reading
HORSE RACING NEEDS A SHARP NEW SUIT
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk And so, I’m writing this standing on the edge of a feather expecting to fly, and looking down from a precipice of self truths. They’re just words, but maybe they reach someone. Maybe there are some … Continue reading
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS RACING.COM GALLOPING TO AND WITH WHO BY ITS SIDE?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk We’re not quite getting it. Then again, it’s been a long time since we understood how exactly racing in Victoria works. Or continues to unravel with no signs of a knight in shiny armour to put … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys
Tagged COBALT, Dean Pettit, Frankie Dettori, HKJC, Melbourne Cup, Melbourne Spring Carnival, Peter V'landys, RACING VICTORIA, Racing.com, Sammy Hyland, ShaneO, Tabcorp, The Everest, Wayne Hawkes
Leave a comment
DEPRESSION AND WHY THE HORSE RACING INDUSTRY SHOULD BE FIGHTING IT
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Sadly, many- too many- who are leaders of the horse racing industry are hardly great role models. Some have allowed their self-serving agendas to create a divisive and dysfunctional industry with the future looking hardly bright … Continue reading
CELEBRATING SUCCESS AND KNOWING THE ART OF RESTRAINT
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Australian sporting fans are probably the most patriotic and rabid in the world. Sometimes, there’s a tendency to go a tad overboard where even when their team has lost, especially at cricket, they’ve “won” because the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MOORE, JOHN SIZE, The horse racing industry, Tommy Berry, zac purton
Tagged Basil Marcus, Christophe Soumillon, Darren Beadman, Douglas Whyte, Frankie Dettori, Gérald Mossé, Hughie Bowman, Joao Moreira, John Moore, John Size, MIA, Michael Kinane, Robbie Fradd, Ryan Moore, TOMMY BERRY, Yutake Take, Zac Purton
Leave a comment
GIRL POWER TAKES OVER SPRING
BACK WITH EXTRA BITE (AND MORE RELISH) It could not have happened at a better time for Spring Carnival racing after the prolonged trials and tribulations that Australian racing is still plodding through. Saturday’s feature racing in Melbourne and Sydney … Continue reading
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE FUGLY ISSUE
By Keyser Soze IS RACING IN AUSTRALIA CAPABLE OF REINVENTING ITSELF? Simply NO. The evidence in the “form guide’ suggests the odds of reinventing itself to expectations of a very much more demanding and unforgiving demographic in today’s socio-economic jungle … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, BLACK CAVIAR, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, NASH RAWILLER, The horse racing industry
Tagged AFL, AFL X, Black Caviar, Chautauqua, FRANKEL, Frankie Dettori, happy wednesday, Joao Moreira, Jockeys Premiership, Jockeys Premiership table, Mr Fried Rice, Nash Rawiller, Silent Witness, The Gnasher, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Winx, Zac Purton
Leave a comment
WHEN HORSE RACING GIVES BACK: THE HKJC CHARITIES TRUST
(Courtesy of http://www.fasttrack.hk) By Jenny Bridle The social event for the international horse racing crowd on Friday night was the Longines Hong Kong International Races Gala Dinner held at the new Hong Kong Convention Centre in Wanchai. Here, Frankie Dettori, … Continue reading
Posted in FRANKIE DETTORI, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, The horse racing industry, www.fasttrack.hk
Tagged 2015 Investec Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Aaron Kwok, BREEDERS CUP, Frankie Dettori, HKJC Charities Trust, Hong Kong Convention Centre, Jenny Bridle, Jue Yao, Longines Hong Kong International Races Gala Dinner, Simon Baker, World's Best Jockey Award
Leave a comment
NOT EVEN “THE MESSIAH” CAN MASK CHALLENGES FACING AUSTRALIAN RACING
Racing Australia Chairman John “the messiah” Messara’s keynote address at last week’s 49th International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) conference in Paris painted a very rosy picture of the state of Australian racing. In the art world it would have … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, JOHN MESSARA, Marketing of horse racing, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry
Tagged Australian racing, Australian Racing Board, DAMIEN OLIVER, Frankie Dettori, IFHA, International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, JAMES CUMMINGS, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, John Messara, Mackinnon Stakes, Pablo Picasso, Racing NSW, Ryan Moore, SAM KAVANAGH
Leave a comment
HORSE RACING: CUSTOMER-CENTRIC OR CONSUMER FRIENDLY?
by Hans Ebert It might sound silly, but for horse racing to be more than it is today, and much more than it should be tomorrow, it must be more than only about horse racing. It must be more than … Continue reading
Posted in Gai Waterhouse, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOAO MOREIRA, The horse racing industry
Tagged consumer friendly, customer-centric, Francesca Cumani, Frankie Dettori, Gai Waterhouse, Golden Horn, JAMES MCDONALD, Joao Moreira, The Racing Club, Treve, winning post, Zac Purton
Leave a comment
RB 