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HAPPINESS, SASSINESS AND THE INEVITABLE UGLINESS…
There was no magic formula involved. If there was a ‘strategy’, it was to give everyone their own space to have fun and for them to use...

Hans Ebert
Apr 21, 20245 min read


Why social media is taking us nowhere and Solina Chau can take us somewhere.
It’s interesting and also extremely worrying how things, especially human things, change because of technological advances, adopt their...

Hans Ebert
Apr 17, 20243 min read


HOW DOES HK RACING ADD UP?
Though there wasn’t a word about champion jockey Zac Purton failing to ride a winner despite having almost a full book of rides and quite...

Hans Ebert
Apr 15, 20244 min read


SWIMMING WITH SHARKS
From the top of the mountain To a house of cards Who’s there swimming With the toothless sharks? What happened to all those We thought...

Hans Ebert
Apr 13, 20241 min read


WHAT IS THE HKJC DOING ABOUT A SUNSET INDUSTRY WITH BANDAIDS
Frankly, we don’t buy into much of what’s written below as it reads like some desperate, and badly managed ping pong match that can go on...

Hans Ebert
Apr 12, 20243 min read


When Nic Met Wini And Harry Met Sally
Nic: It appears, Mr CEO, that the Club has made some rather bold and perhaps even desperate moves to attract and retain new horse owners....

Hans Ebert
Apr 12, 20241 min read


Alibaba And How To Open Sesame
One hopes that those leading horse racing clubs come down from their high horses and learn something from what Alibaba founder Jack Ma...

Hans Ebert
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Poem: You can float your boat
You can float your boat You can talk grand plans You can drop names like atom bombs But who are you kidding? And where’s the joke? It’s...

Hans Ebert
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Poem: We get lost when we’re a child
We get lost when we’re a child We then get dropped when we’re old In the middle there’s all kinds of stuff Sometimes there’s silver and...

Hans Ebert
Apr 12, 20241 min read


IT’S SHOWTIME!!!
Was it just another choreographed show? Has it got a little outta hand? Same old players teamed together Playing in a multi headed one...

Hans Ebert
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Poem:
The game is changing quickly The ducks aren’t all in a row The old ways are gone forever New ways aren’t going with the flow The jester...

Hans Ebert
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Poem: Don’t overstay your welcome
Don’t overstay your welcome The hounds are nipping at your heels Nothing ever lasts forever There’s always a final reel They build you up...

Hans Ebert
Apr 12, 20241 min read
EARLY MORNING THOUGHTS
It was one of the stranger days in a series of many strange days where many of us were keeping quiet about the many uncertainties in life...

Hans Ebert
Apr 11, 20243 min read


Hong Kong and its continued lack of a music driven brand personality.
It’s corny to say it, but since we’re living in an often cornball and dim sum world that is Hong Kong in 2024, it might as well be...

Hans Ebert
Apr 10, 20246 min read


DOES HONG KONG HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOUR?
It’s an interesting thing- humour- and just how it’s accepted or understood or misunderstood or banned by different nationalities often...

Hans Ebert
Apr 9, 20245 min read


WINI TAP DANCES AROUND THE HKJC DROWNING POOL
Betting on horse racing is serious business for those who follow it religiously. There are plenty of superstitions involved in the game,...

Hans Ebert
Apr 8, 20243 min read


Tony Cruz: 1500 Not Out
At a time when Hong Kong needs home grown heroes, it was apt that one of the city’s favourite sons in Tony Cruz trained his 1500th winner...

Hans Ebert
Apr 8, 20244 min read


Hans Ebert on the image of horse racing: Has it changed with the times? Really?
It might have gone unnoticed to many, especially those with better things to do with their time than stream horse racing from Meydan on...

Hans Ebert
Apr 1, 20246 min read


HOW RACING IN MACAU TURNED INTO A TASTELESS EGG TART.
There was something ironic tinged with sadness to see one of Macau’s favourite sons in champion trainer and jockey Tony Cruz bathing in...

Hans Ebert
Mar 31, 20243 min read


The Week That Had Hong Kong Sheikhing All Over.
Of course, Hong Kong has always been a golden magnet with a glittering Welcome mat laid out there to those from overseas with a good...

Hans Ebert
Mar 31, 20244 min read
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