The Kah appeal and Hong Kong’s Golden Team
Yes, once again, the quite wonderful Jamie Kah won over the usually fickle and often kinda weird Hong Kong racing fans with their...
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Hans Ebert
- 2 days ago
- 4 min
The difference between funding and an investment in Hong Kong and what’s cool and uncool.
Maybe it’s been the lack of mentors, or maybe there’s always been a resistance to change because of too many looking out for numero uno....
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Hans Ebert
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Netflix, chopsticks, feng shui, cheongsams, mahjong and Hong Kong...
Hong Kong is looking at making a comeback. Or so we read. It’s waiting to tell the world that it’s back- changed, but that it’s back. But...
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Hans Ebert
- 5 days ago
- 4 min
Reality Checks And Crosses
Nothing many of us are doing these days makes any sense plus there’s no real purpose to much that we’re spending time doing- time that...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 24
- 4 min
Why Hong Kong needs its own Neverland
There’s no reason why certain things happen. They just do. It’s like how, once in a while, and when needing something to uplift and help...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 22
- 4 min
Hong Kong and its empty creative rice bowl
It’s a tough thing to say about one’s home, but today’s Hong Kong is an old person’s city suffering from shrinkage, which, I guess, is...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 21
- 2 min
The need for creativity amongst the clutter.
Only talented people can help to attract other talented and creative people. If believing that governments are going to help attract new...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 20
- 3 min
Can Lyle Hewitson be the next Douglas Whyte- and more?
The above is a question asked by some and answered in the affirmative by most Hong Kong racing fans. Like the one-time “Durban Demon”,...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 13
- 5 min
Horse racing in Hong Kong and winning the war against Pandemic Fatigue
As with any business, a vital part to the success of the horse racing industry is commitment. It’s another of those intangible things...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 7
- 3 min
What if...Taylor Swift or Elon Musk ran horse racing???
When in advertising and the ad agency I was with having the McDonald’s business, it was never ever about sitting on our McLaurels and...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 5
- 3 min
John Didham Speaks!!!
There’s no other way to say it: John Didham is a special person, even an enigma- quiet, unassuming, perceptive and confident enough in...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 4
- 2 min
The Joy Luck Club Of Horse Racing
It was not so much of a “Lucky Start” for Patrick Kwok Ho-chuen, the junior Sasa member, and owner of idiosyncratic galloper Beauty...
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Hans Ebert
- Jan 4
- 5 min
THE NEW GIRL POWER OF HORSE RACING!!!
It was a pretty insignificant mid-week race meeting at Mount Barker during the tail end of 2022, but the results of the eight races might...
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Hans Ebert
- Dec 30, 2022
- 2 min
Keeping it bubbly...
It would be too easy to turn this into some kinda “review” about some kinda nothing. But maybe with 2022 hurtling towards 2023 and...
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Hans Ebert
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Karis Teetan: Keeping it real. And being happy.
He’d been sidelined for months with a health tissue during which time he lost out on the wins of his regular rides including Romantic...
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Hans Ebert
- Dec 17, 2022
- 4 min
Horse racing and its stampede of elephants in the room.
These are interesting and important times for horse racing as, in case no one has noticed, there’s a changing of the guard taking place,...
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Hans Ebert
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Some Champagne and A Little Of Us
It’s best when you go somewhere to hear some ‘live’ music with no expectations. It helps to not be disappointed because there’s nothing...
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Hans Ebert
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
OneTeam and a celebration of life.
The most difficult part of getting anything new off the ground is making sure that you’re not carrying any deadweight and those with you...
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Hans Ebert
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
Running outta time...
I’ve been trying to understand But I no longer have the key You’ve gone and locked me out I can’t even see you for a cuppa tea See you...
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Hans Ebert
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
Back to the Champagne Bar...
With much of Hong Kong slowly opening up, there’s something special about the Champagne Bar at the Grand Hyatt having recently reopened...
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