Trainer William Haggas has been somewhat busy these days saying that though Oisin Murphy is a mighty fine jockey, he’s also been lambasting the recently crowned British champion jockey for some of his riding modus. Not to be left out, wife Maureen Haggas has chimed in by appearing to be none too impressed with the riding skills of Champion Hong Kong Jockey Zac Purton. This was after his ride at Randwick last weekend on the Haggas trained Lake Forest which came an inglorious l

It really has been a comedy of errors. Though some may see it possibly succeeding as a mockumentary in the style of a poppy version of Spinal Tap, or The Rutles, consider this: “The HKJC and X1X Entertainment Present Now United In Hong Kong, China”. Where once upon a Spice Girl, there were Posh, Baby, Ginger, Sporty and Scary Spice, when the same formula was repeated with SClub7, some of us actually knew there was a Rachel and Hannah in the group. In 2019, and from the same S

As someone who grew up, down and sideways in Hong Kong and took in the races at Happy Valley racecourse before “graduating” to see the start of horse racing at Shatin, what I have always wanted to see is a greater “fusion” between the sport and the city, and a more mainstream audience. Being in marketing for as long as I have and having lived and breathed advertising and creating product awareness, what has still not happened is this marriage between Hong Kong racing and Hong