There’s no other way to say it: John Didham is a special person, even an enigma- quiet, unassuming, perceptive and confident enough in...

It was not so much of a “Lucky Start” for Patrick Kwok Ho-chuen, the junior Sasa member, and owner of idiosyncratic galloper Beauty...

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...

It would be too easy to turn this into some kinda “review” about some kinda nothing. But maybe with 2022 hurtling towards 2023 and...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

With much of Hong Kong slowly opening up, there’s something special about the Champagne Bar at the Grand Hyatt having recently reopened...

Don’t read the newspaper Because it’s all show and tell In between the lines is Just an empty shell You can telegraph me your thoughts...

Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges is on a high. And well he should be as Shatin on Sunday was a humongous whammy for Hong Kong racing and the...

It was good for what it was meant to be- HKIR week- during these uncertain times and in the midst of the constantly changing of the guard...

Guess it’s what angered and frustrated Bruce Lee until he started kicking down doors to make himself noticed and heard. The Little Dragon...

There’s something else riding on the Hong Kong International Races succeeding this year for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. It’s an intangible...

Someone’s gone and stolen all the music Someone’s kidnapped Father Time Someone’s taken away all spontaneity Everyone is happily falling...

Timeless and ageless The girl with stars in her eyes And kindness in her heart The girl who became a lady without changing The person I...

Not being a “horse racing writer”, and simply a writer observing everything going on around me and trying to make sense of it all, one...

Hong Kong has something to cheer on next month and it’s... a horse. Named Golden Sixty, not since the great and now happily retired...

What is it about Siobhan Haughey that draws me to her? That makes me cheer her on? That makes me follow her career? I guess it’s that...