The need for creativity amongst the clutter.
Only talented people can help to attract other talented and creative people. If believing that governments are going to help attract new...
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Hans Ebert
Jan 20, 20233 min read
Can Lyle Hewitson be the next Douglas Whyte- and more?
The above is a question asked by some and answered in the affirmative by most Hong Kong racing fans. Like the one-time “Durban Demon”,...
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Hans Ebert
Jan 13, 20235 min read
Horse racing in Hong Kong and winning the war against Pandemic Fatigue
As with any business, a vital part to the success of the horse racing industry is commitment. It’s another of those intangible things...
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Hans Ebert
Jan 7, 20233 min read
What if...Taylor Swift or Elon Musk ran horse racing???
When in advertising and the ad agency I was with having the McDonald’s business, it was never ever about sitting on our McLaurels and...
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Hans Ebert
Jan 5, 20233 min read
John Didham Speaks!!!
There’s no other way to say it: John Didham is a special person, even an enigma- quiet, unassuming, perceptive and confident enough in...
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Hans Ebert
Jan 4, 20232 min read
The Joy Luck Club Of Horse Racing
It was not so much of a “Lucky Start” for Patrick Kwok Ho-chuen, the junior Sasa member, and owner of idiosyncratic galloper Beauty...
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Hans Ebert
Jan 4, 20235 min read
THE NEW GIRL POWER OF HORSE RACING!!!
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...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Keeping it bubbly...
It would be too easy to turn this into some kinda “review” about some kinda nothing. But maybe with 2022 hurtling towards 2023 and...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 29, 20222 min read
Karis Teetan: Keeping it real. And being happy.
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...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 17, 20224 min read
Horse racing and its stampede of elephants in the room.
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,...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 15, 20222 min read
Some Champagne and A Little Of Us
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...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 14, 20222 min read
OneTeam and a celebration of life.
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...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Running outta time...
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...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 13, 20222 min read
Back to the Champagne Bar...
With much of Hong Kong slowly opening up, there’s something special about the Champagne Bar at the Grand Hyatt having recently reopened...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Don’t read the newspaper
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...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 12, 20223 min read
Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges is on a high.
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...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 11, 20228 min read
And that was the week that was. Now what?
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...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 5, 20224 min read
Still no entertainment industry from Asia “suitable” for world tastes?
Guess it’s what angered and frustrated Bruce Lee until he started kicking down doors to make himself noticed and heard. The Little Dragon...
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Hans Ebert
Dec 4, 20223 min read
This year, the HKIR and about winning for the comeback of the Hong Kong brand.
There’s something else riding on the Hong Kong International Races succeeding this year for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. It’s an intangible...
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Hans Ebert
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Hans Ebert Poetry
Someone’s gone and stolen all the music Someone’s kidnapped Father Time Someone’s taken away all spontaneity Everyone is happily falling...
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