Some friends were, I think, teasing me on the weekend that by bringing “entertainment” to horse racing with the Happy Wednesday brand for the Hong Kong Jockey Club, I had created a herd mentality that was neither here nor there- “The Square Peg In A Round Hole Solution”. Of course, Happy Wednesday under me was before Covid struck and Hong Kong was still a happy place. Today is not yesterday, and I understood what my friends were saying during these post pandemic times, where

THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE LUCK AWARD Trained by Mark Newnham, current head of the Trainer’s leaderboard in Hong Kong, a first starter ridden by the extremely tall, strong Jimmy Orman gaining increasing popularity in the city, drawn an outside barrier and absolutely smashed in the betting to start the race favourite, looked like waltzing in until suddenly something made him run out wide probably looking for the closest McDonald’s, and then surviving an enquiry and an objection fi

Some may disagree, but I believe that Maureen Haggas has done more to introduce the world of horse racing to a global mainstream audience more effectively and quicker than any marketing and promotional efforts of racing clubs, the racing media and the rather doggerel sounding ARF- the Asian Racing Federation. When Mo, as her friends know her, opened fire with two smoking barrels about what she believed to be a race ride of a “big sissy”, she single handedly made the word “sis