The interest in the pastime had been waning for some time, and when I woke up on Sunday afternoon after being back in Hong Kong for a few days and seeing how the rest of the world lives and not just survives, the usual weekend horse races were on. I wasn’t the least bit interested in who was riding what and even thinking of having a bet. All it did was make me wonder if gambling on horse racing is the most exciting consumer product the city has and where it rates with young H

Let’s maybe start with a little pimple therapy and build from here to things more multi dimensional and actually relevant to life, especially in Hong Kong where I have lived for over fifty years- important things like the costs of living with happiness instead of surviving with worry and fear because this city is STILL struggling with a locked down mindset… I’ve been asked about why turnover at the Hong Kong races last Wednesday night was down by over 13 percent. Think I care

Though knowing the ins and outs of horse racing pretty well without disappearing into the deep end of the karaoke carpool, I can’t help wondering if we have seen the end of an era and, if so, how the next era is going to start. The 2025 Lexus Melbourne Cup had it all and the racing writers have said it all with those in the main roles being galloper Half Yours with his positive attitude, two extremely likeable trainers Calvin and Tony McEvoy and the irrepressible and such a t