Tag Archives: John Moore
THE HKIR CURTAIN RAISER ISSUE
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Sunday at Sha Tin was the big curtain raiser To Hong Kong International Week in December And though these are still early days There was plenty of everything for everyone to remember The Gnasher left many … Continue reading
THE AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH ISSUE
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It can’t be said often enough: Derek KC Leung is the most improved rider in Hong Kong. Now let’s lose the term “local” when describing him as he really deserves some opportunities overseas, perhaps starting with … Continue reading
HAVE WE LOST THAT WINNING FEELING AND WHY THE EVEREST NEEDS JEFF LLOYD
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Drinking from that half full glass of milk tea, what can one take away from Sunday’s race meeting at Sha Tin? Well, there was the very well-deserved treble by the often overlooked Derek KC Leung, his … Continue reading
WHAT TWO HORSE RACE?
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Hong Kong pls… the boy is 4/4 and can't get a handshake #poor #PoonTrain 🚂🚂🚂🚂 @Punters pic.twitter.com/IBXSeZjnaN — Mark Haywood (@hayw0od) September 13, 2017 Something quite remarkable happened on Happy Wednesday. Actually it’s been happening since … Continue reading
ZAC PURTON: MASTER BLASTER AND THE SEASON AHEAD
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk In cricket, scoring a century- a hundred runs- is also known as making a ton.The word is weighty because scoring a ton requires concentration, discipline, a thick skin to take the now obligatory sledging, especially when … Continue reading
FELIX COETZEE AND HIS TOP 20 CHAMPION HONG KONG HORSES (AND NEARLY MEETING AXL ROSE)
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk They would always say that he had a built-in clock in his head, which is why he was such a master of pace. Like his fellow South African jockeys -Jeff Lloyd, almost South African, and Basil … 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
HONG KONG RACING AND LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk While Derek Leung with 23 winners on board at the moment continues to focus on winning the annual Tony Cruz Award that is given to the season’s most successful local rider, racing at Sha Tin on … Continue reading
A DOSE OF REALISM AND NEOREALISM FROM MOREIRA IN THE AUDEMARS PIGUET QE11 CUP
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It wasn’t meant to happen. It wasn’t in the script. Just eight runners and what many quite rightly described as looking like being a “lacklustre race”, at least on paper. And then magic struck along with … Continue reading