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ALONG CAME JONES
“I can understand where he’s trying to come from, but I don’t know where he’s going with anything and how he’s going to get there, or...

Hans Ebert
Aug 9, 20235 min read


Opinion by Hans Ebert
Especially at a time when Hong Kong is trying to claw itself back to some form of relevance, music, especially ‘live’ music being part of...

Hans Ebert
Aug 6, 20234 min read


THE PURTON FACTOR
What more is there to say about everything Zac Purton accomplished this year for and in horse racing, plus, after fourteen years in the...

Hans Ebert
Jul 17, 20234 min read


Where, what and who to next for the Zac Attack?
Though he’s someone I consider to be a friend, I missed watching Zac Purton on Sunday break the record set by the brilliant Joao Moreira...

Hans Ebert
Jul 10, 20234 min read


Who will eventually replace Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges as CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club?
Who will dance their way into the multi million dollar role of eventually succeeding the 68-year-old German known as Winfried...

Hans Ebert
Jul 7, 202313 min read


Over, Under, Sideways, Down
You never stop learning about human behaviour You never stop having to be on your toes So many torrents of insincerity So many saying...

Hans Ebert
Jun 20, 20232 min read


When HE reconnected with WEB
Having divorced myself from it and learning to wean myself off even having the occasional fun bet, at least for me, horse racing these...

Hans Ebert
Jun 16, 20234 min read


WHY THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB FALLOUT IS A LOUD WAKE UP CALL FOR HORSE RACING
After one of my fairly recent Escapes From The Darkness Of Hong Kong, and arriving at the fabulous Changi Airport in Singapore, what...

Hans Ebert
Jun 8, 20236 min read


Zac Purton and after catching that Hail Mary pass
“It’s like water off a duck’s back”. One of my female friends who knows the ins and outs and side trips of horse racing here in Hong...

Hans Ebert
May 31, 20235 min read


Hong Kong racing and the importance of having Face
“He’s no longer thinking about winning the race/He’s wondering if he’s going to lose ‘face’”. I had these lines playing in my head after...

Hans Ebert
May 28, 20234 min read


Hong Kong racing and the importance of nostalgia today.
In the brilliant “Mad Men” television series about the early days of advertising in Madison Avenue, the character known as Don Draper...

Hans Ebert
May 21, 20234 min read


New mindsets and opening those windows of Change.
It’s not an Eureka Moment, but more of a reminder that has to do with words like “empathy” and “caring” and caring enough to do your part...

Hans Ebert
May 18, 20233 min read


Horse racing and the need for more empathy... and not more money.
There are many things about horse racing, and especially Hong Kong racing, that the more I know, the more that I don’t understand. But,...

Hans Ebert
May 16, 20235 min read


JIGGERING UP THE OLD HORSE RACING CAROUSEL AGAIN...
For someone who’s always been on the outside looking in and only flirting with this pastime known as horse racing, I’ve always listened...

Hans Ebert
May 13, 20233 min read


Honestas Ante Honoras
Those of us who attended the secondary school known as KGV(King George V) located at 2 Tin Kwong Road, Kowloon during the Sixties and...

Hans Ebert
May 9, 20233 min read


And then Merlin waved his wand…
Sometimes it starts for no reason It’s like you’re trying to find your way You row past the mists of Avalon And stumble upon a very...

Hans Ebert
Apr 30, 20232 min read


THE NEXT COMING OF THE TAO OF ZAC!!!
Apart from all the everything else that was going on almost every minute of every day to ensure that the FWD sponsored Champions Day...

Hans Ebert
Apr 30, 20231 min read


Looking into the and future etc
PSSSSSST!!! SEND IN THE CLOWNS!!! IT’S A CIRCUS OUT THERE!!! The Hong Kong Jockey Club hires a lion tamer because of the number of...

Hans Ebert
Apr 27, 20233 min read


WHEN FRANCESCA CUMANI, ASPIRATION AND HORSE RACING WENT HAND IN HAND
Someone I know who stumbles in and out of horse racing according to her wants and needs and challenges me about many things in life in...

Hans Ebert
Apr 24, 20235 min read


CAN HORSE RACING BE SAVED FROM ITSELF?
Maybe they’re now known as something else, but when in advertising, us in the creative department looked forward to working on PSAs-...

Hans Ebert
Apr 18, 20234 min read
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