Monthly Archives: 07/2014

Although it has been more than a day since the final took place, I’m still enjoying the happy glow following the excitement of Germany clinching their 4th World Cup with a 1-0 extra-time win against Argentina on Monday morning.  As expected, it was a tight and nail-biting contest between the two sides.  Although Die Mannschaft…

I believe that many of you may have left a few messages on social media forums expressing your views about the results of the World Cup semifinals this week. As a German I can say that we earned an extraordinary, in fact freakish result, defeating Brazil 7-1 in the first semi-final early on Wednesday morning…

Whether you were at Sha Tin racecourse or not, I hope you managed to watch and enjoy our exciting season finale on Sunday.  Caspar Fownes and John Size ensured a thrilling climax to the Trainers’ Premiership, which marked a fitting end to what was a record-breaking season – I stand by what I said on…

We have almost reached the end of our current racing season with only the finale meeting at Sha Tin racecourse remaining. Anyone thinking tomorrow’s concluding race day will be a quiet wind down before the summer holidays is very much mistaken though! It promises to be a really exciting occasion and a fitting finale to…

Although the World Cup has held the attention of most sports fans in recent weeks, there was enough going on last weekend to distract racing fans away from events in Brazil.  Here in Hong Kong Caspar Fownes ensured there would be another exciting season-end climax to the champion trainer’s title, as he landed a win…