DEANJOHN_HongKong
And as long as my heart will beat, sweet lover we'll always meet,
Here in my deep purple dreams!
...... DEANJOHN returns for the last Group 1 of the season ~
** THE STANDARD CHARTERED CHAMPIONS & CHATER CUP **
at SHA TIN next Sunday! updated 15h 2m ago.
Here in my deep purple dreams!
...... DEANJOHN returns for the last Group 1 of the season ~
** THE STANDARD CHARTERED CHAMPIONS & CHATER CUP **
at SHA TIN next Sunday! updated 15h 2m ago.
In the still of the night once again I hold you tight.
Though you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams.
And as long as my heart will beat, sweet lover we'll always meet,
Here in my deep purple dreams!
DEANJOHN is back one last time on Sunday May 27.
Though you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams.
And as long as my heart will beat, sweet lover we'll always meet,
Here in my deep purple dreams!
DEANJOHN is back one last time on Sunday May 27.
The 2 great loves of DJ's life -- the GGs and G-Strings!
SHAKE YOUR BOOTY ...... DEANJOHN returns for the
THE STANDARD CHARTERED CHAMPIONS & CHATER CUP
at SHA TIN
on SUNDAY MAY 27.
A highlight of racing seasons since 1991/92, the Triple Crown series has always attracted the cream of local stayers and riders. In last year's Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup, Mighty High beat the 2010 titleholder, Mr. Medici, by a short head.
The first and second legs of this year's Triple Crown, the Stewards' Cup and Hong Kong Gold Cup, were won by Ambitious Dragon. Can the horse replicate River Verdon's amazing 1994 Triple Crown clean sweep by also emerging victorious in this year's third and final event?
Don't miss seeing whether 2010 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup winner, Mr. Medici, and Queen Mother Memorial Cup winner, Dominant, have got what it takes to stop him!
THE STANDARD CHARTERED CHAMPIONS & CHATER CUP
at SHA TIN
on SUNDAY MAY 27.
A highlight of racing seasons since 1991/92, the Triple Crown series has always attracted the cream of local stayers and riders. In last year's Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup, Mighty High beat the 2010 titleholder, Mr. Medici, by a short head.
The first and second legs of this year's Triple Crown, the Stewards' Cup and Hong Kong Gold Cup, were won by Ambitious Dragon. Can the horse replicate River Verdon's amazing 1994 Triple Crown clean sweep by also emerging victorious in this year's third and final event?
Don't miss seeing whether 2010 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup winner, Mr. Medici, and Queen Mother Memorial Cup winner, Dominant, have got what it takes to stop him!
DEANJOHN has left the building.
Mark your diaries : DJ returns for Chaters and Champions Raceday at Sha Tin on Sunday May 27.
Pleasant DREAMS, DJ
Mark your diaries : DJ returns for Chaters and Champions Raceday at Sha Tin on Sunday May 27.
Pleasant DREAMS, DJ
Last night I had a crazy dream
About a chick in a black bikini
Oh, she looked so good
She couldn't be real
She must be a magic genie
SEE YOU SUNDAY MAY 27 for the CHATERS and CHAMPIONS RACEDAY.
About a chick in a black bikini
Oh, she looked so good
She couldn't be real
She must be a magic genie
SEE YOU SUNDAY MAY 27 for the CHATERS and CHAMPIONS RACEDAY.
Mr Hong Kong,DEANJOHN _ _ _"the eighth wonder of the Asian world"
- - - is tipping this Sunday for Champions Mile Raceday at Sha Tin.
- - - is tipping this Sunday for Champions Mile Raceday at Sha Tin.
What with 7 INCHES last weekend, I am into RAIN this week so it can be dry next weekend.....Because Next Sunday is BMW CHAMPIONS MILE DAY!
RAIN! Hong Kong horses ~ and I ~ hate RAIN on racedays!
Well, I've been howling in my sleep
You've been starring in my dreams
I want your Sha Tin Ki$$, DJ.
DEANJOHN] returns for the GROUP 1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin *THIS SUNDAY*
You've been starring in my dreams
I want your Sha Tin Ki$$, DJ.
DEANJOHN] returns for the GROUP 1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin *THIS SUNDAY*
FOR HONG KONG SELECTIONS go to DEANJOHN
Future Meetings and course selection for April and May at Sha Tin and Happy Valley. The meetings marked *** are the meetings I will be selecting on.
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Sha Tin
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Apr 1 Sunday. B plus 2 Course
Apr 9 Monday. C Course / All Weather Track
Apr 21 Saturday. C plus 3 Course / All Weather Track
Apr 29 *** Sunday. A Course ~ Audemars Piguet QEII Cup Day
May 6 *** Sunday. A plus 3 Course ~ BMW Champions Mile Day
May 12 Saturday. B plus 2 Course ~ Chairmen's Day
May 16 Wednesday Night. All Weather Track
May 19 Saturday. C plus 3 Course ~ ATV Day
May 27 *** Sunday. A Course ~ Standard Chartered Day
Happy Valley
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Apr 15 Sunday. DAY MEETING. B Course
Apr 18 Wednesday. Night C Course
Apr 25 Wednesday. Night C plus 3 Course
May 2 Wednesday. Night A Course
May 9 Wednesday. Night B Course
May 30 Wednesday. Night C Course
Don't want a silver dollar,
or a rabbit's foot on a string!
The happine$$,
of my Sha Tin Tip$,
No rabbit's foot can bring!
Future Meetings and course selection for April and May at Sha Tin and Happy Valley. The meetings marked *** are the meetings I will be selecting on.
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Sha Tin
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Apr 1 Sunday. B plus 2 Course
Apr 9 Monday. C Course / All Weather Track
Apr 21 Saturday. C plus 3 Course / All Weather Track
Apr 29 *** Sunday. A Course ~ Audemars Piguet QEII Cup Day
May 6 *** Sunday. A plus 3 Course ~ BMW Champions Mile Day
May 12 Saturday. B plus 2 Course ~ Chairmen's Day
May 16 Wednesday Night. All Weather Track
May 19 Saturday. C plus 3 Course ~ ATV Day
May 27 *** Sunday. A Course ~ Standard Chartered Day
Happy Valley
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Apr 15 Sunday. DAY MEETING. B Course
Apr 18 Wednesday. Night C Course
Apr 25 Wednesday. Night C plus 3 Course
May 2 Wednesday. Night A Course
May 9 Wednesday. Night B Course
May 30 Wednesday. Night C Course
Don't want a silver dollar,
or a rabbit's foot on a string!
The happine$$,
of my Sha Tin Tip$,
No rabbit's foot can bring!
THERE WON'T BE MANY COMING HOME ~ after a tough night, last night, at Happy Valley!
Still it's back to SHA TIN on Sunday, and don't forget WORLD CUP NIGHT ~ Saturday night from Dubai. Six top Hong Kong horses are competing, including super horse Ambitious Dragon. It will be his first run outside his homeland, and when a horse travels for the first time, you can never be totally sure they will settle into the place.
Look out for more in my thread, Hong Kong Stars Depart for Dubai, at this link:
http://www.puntersparadise.com.au/forum/Hong-Kong-Stars-Depart-for-Dubai_11010/
Roy Orbison always helps on tough nights!
DEANJOHN ~ your international passport to punting pleasure!
Still it's back to SHA TIN on Sunday, and don't forget WORLD CUP NIGHT ~ Saturday night from Dubai. Six top Hong Kong horses are competing, including super horse Ambitious Dragon. It will be his first run outside his homeland, and when a horse travels for the first time, you can never be totally sure they will settle into the place.
Look out for more in my thread, Hong Kong Stars Depart for Dubai, at this link:
http://www.puntersparadise.com.au/forum/Hong-Kong-Stars-Depart-for-Dubai_11010/
Roy Orbison always helps on tough nights!
DEANJOHN ~ your international passport to punting pleasure!
DEANJOHN born before the wind,
Also younger than the sun.
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic.
Hark, now hear the sailors cry,
Smell the sea and feel the sky.
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic.
Let DEANJOHN take you back to a time and era when racing was number one!
I want to rock your gypsy soul,
Just like way back in the days of old.
And together we will flow into the mystic
Come on girl...
Also younger than the sun.
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic.
Hark, now hear the sailors cry,
Smell the sea and feel the sky.
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic.
Let DEANJOHN take you back to a time and era when racing was number one!
I want to rock your gypsy soul,
Just like way back in the days of old.
And together we will flow into the mystic
Come on girl...
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
The best jockey won the race with a brilliantly tactical ride......Douglas Whyte proves once again why he is in a class of his own!
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Fay Fay gave trainer John Size a long-awaited first victory in a thrilling renewal of the HKG1 Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby this afternoon, thanks in no small measure to an ice-cool ride from perennial Champion Jockey Douglas Whyte.
The Falkirk gelding prevailed in a battling drive to the wire by a neck from the persistent John Moore-trained Same World, with the fast-finishing HKG1 Mercedes-Benz HK Classic Mile victor Sweet Orange a diminishing head away in third for trainer David Ferraris. Moore's HKG1 Mercedes-Benz HK Classic Cup winner Zaidan took fourth as Fay Fay stopped the clock at 2m 04.41s.
Whyte exhibited precisely why he is a Hong Kong riding legend with an intelligent example of jockeyship in the 2000m showpiece. Drawn widest of the 14 runners, the South African allowed his mount to roll forward three deep into the first turn before slotting in to sit handily within striking distance of the slow fractions set by the front-running Bullish Champion.
"Your options are limited when you've got Gate 14, it wasn't our initial option to go that close forward but we were going to be positive on him," revealed Whyte. "But when they slackened up on the stable bend I let him roll forward under his own steam and within a matter of 100m I had the race in control. He was just lobbing along beautifully so from that point of view I've got to say that Gate 14 was a blessing in disguise.
"Same World levelled up with me in the final 100m but this horse knows how to fight and he knows how to lay it down when the pressure's put on him," continued Whyte.And the Size stable star, a close runner-up in the Classic Mile before running a below-par fourth in the Classic Cup, proved his resilience in the final stages as he saw off all-comers to give Whyte his second victory in the race following on from Super Satin in 2010.
"I was positive on him at the 600m and that was the key between winning and losing today because Same World had to make up the ground on me," added Whyte.
Size has enjoyed numerous big-race victories since relocating to Hong Kong in 2001 and has six Champion Trainer titles under his belt, but was clearly elated at having landed a first triumph in the Blue Riband event.
"It's always nice to win a big race and in Hong Kong the big race to win is the Derby," said the Australian. "Fay Fay won a race very early as a two-year-old, which is probably a bit unusual for a Derby winner. Through injury he had more than 12 months off the track through his three-year-old year but that has probably stood him in good stead as I've been able to step him up at his leisure and he made steady progress to the point that he got into the Group 1 races.
"We'll see how the horse is. (The Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup) is a pretty good idea but the horse might not agree with that. It depends on what sort of condition he's in and how he takes this race."
The owner's sister, Nancy, has been involved with Fay Fay from an early stage, having purchased the gelding as a yearling."I bought him very cheaply in New Zealand and he has done so much for us," she said. "I'm very proud of the horse. I hoped he would go on to do great things but the Derby is the Derby and you can never expect a horse is going to be a Derby winner, so to win it is something special."
In the preceding race, Thumbs Up benefited from a drop in grade to take the 1800m HKG3 Premier Plate (Handicap) in fine style under Brett Prebble.The seven-year-old shrugged off the dual burden of top-weight and the wide 12 gate to unleash a storming stretch run that nailed victory by a length and a half from King Of Scots.
"He's a class horse and he deserved that win," said trainer Caspar Fownes. "He's had his fair share of problems but he bounced back nice and strong today under handicap conditions carrying a lot of weight. He's a proven Group One horse and we'll have a bit of fun with him through to the end of the season."
Almost 53,000 witnessed the thrilling Derby action on-course in Hong Kong, with the day producing turnover of HK$1,204 million.
Marianne Faithfull - Come And Stay With Me....Mick Jagger's girlfriend!
For the replay of the Derby go to DEANJOHN
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Fay Fay gave trainer John Size a long-awaited first victory in a thrilling renewal of the HKG1 Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby this afternoon, thanks in no small measure to an ice-cool ride from perennial Champion Jockey Douglas Whyte.
The Falkirk gelding prevailed in a battling drive to the wire by a neck from the persistent John Moore-trained Same World, with the fast-finishing HKG1 Mercedes-Benz HK Classic Mile victor Sweet Orange a diminishing head away in third for trainer David Ferraris. Moore's HKG1 Mercedes-Benz HK Classic Cup winner Zaidan took fourth as Fay Fay stopped the clock at 2m 04.41s.
Whyte exhibited precisely why he is a Hong Kong riding legend with an intelligent example of jockeyship in the 2000m showpiece. Drawn widest of the 14 runners, the South African allowed his mount to roll forward three deep into the first turn before slotting in to sit handily within striking distance of the slow fractions set by the front-running Bullish Champion.
"Your options are limited when you've got Gate 14, it wasn't our initial option to go that close forward but we were going to be positive on him," revealed Whyte. "But when they slackened up on the stable bend I let him roll forward under his own steam and within a matter of 100m I had the race in control. He was just lobbing along beautifully so from that point of view I've got to say that Gate 14 was a blessing in disguise.
"Same World levelled up with me in the final 100m but this horse knows how to fight and he knows how to lay it down when the pressure's put on him," continued Whyte.And the Size stable star, a close runner-up in the Classic Mile before running a below-par fourth in the Classic Cup, proved his resilience in the final stages as he saw off all-comers to give Whyte his second victory in the race following on from Super Satin in 2010.
"I was positive on him at the 600m and that was the key between winning and losing today because Same World had to make up the ground on me," added Whyte.
Size has enjoyed numerous big-race victories since relocating to Hong Kong in 2001 and has six Champion Trainer titles under his belt, but was clearly elated at having landed a first triumph in the Blue Riband event.
"It's always nice to win a big race and in Hong Kong the big race to win is the Derby," said the Australian. "Fay Fay won a race very early as a two-year-old, which is probably a bit unusual for a Derby winner. Through injury he had more than 12 months off the track through his three-year-old year but that has probably stood him in good stead as I've been able to step him up at his leisure and he made steady progress to the point that he got into the Group 1 races.
"We'll see how the horse is. (The Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup) is a pretty good idea but the horse might not agree with that. It depends on what sort of condition he's in and how he takes this race."
The owner's sister, Nancy, has been involved with Fay Fay from an early stage, having purchased the gelding as a yearling."I bought him very cheaply in New Zealand and he has done so much for us," she said. "I'm very proud of the horse. I hoped he would go on to do great things but the Derby is the Derby and you can never expect a horse is going to be a Derby winner, so to win it is something special."
In the preceding race, Thumbs Up benefited from a drop in grade to take the 1800m HKG3 Premier Plate (Handicap) in fine style under Brett Prebble.The seven-year-old shrugged off the dual burden of top-weight and the wide 12 gate to unleash a storming stretch run that nailed victory by a length and a half from King Of Scots.
"He's a class horse and he deserved that win," said trainer Caspar Fownes. "He's had his fair share of problems but he bounced back nice and strong today under handicap conditions carrying a lot of weight. He's a proven Group One horse and we'll have a bit of fun with him through to the end of the season."
Almost 53,000 witnessed the thrilling Derby action on-course in Hong Kong, with the day producing turnover of HK$1,204 million.
Marianne Faithfull - Come And Stay With Me....Mick Jagger's girlfriend!
For the replay of the Derby go to DEANJOHN
I've been traveling over mountains,
Even through the valleys, too.
I've been traveling night and day,
I've been running all the way,
Baby, trying to get to you.
DEANJOHN returns next Sunday for Derby Day!
Shakin Stevens
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THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG DERBY ~ SHA TIN MARCH 18
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Run for Pride! The chance for Once in a Lifetime Glory! Sunday March 18 ~ see you there!
The Hong Kong Derby first took place in 1873 ~ a full 11 years before the establishment of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. 2012 marks the 135th running of the race. Like other leading derbies worldwide, the Hong Kong Derby is regarded as the most prestigious and historic event on the local racing calendar.
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Last year's Derby went to the outstanding AMBITIOUS DRAGON!
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Ambitious Dragon, ridden by that French 'cowboy' Maxime Guyon and trained by Anthony Millard, storms past Xtension and Let Me Handle It to be crowned winner of the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby (HKG1, 2000m) at Sha Tin Racecourse last year!
For more news on the Derby before I return from a short break, check out the website:
http://special.hkjc.com/promo/en/2012-derby/db12-index.asp#HKDerby_JCBW_highlights_e
Good Luck
DJ
THE MERCEDES-BENZ HONG KONG DERBY ~ SHA TIN MARCH 18
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Run for Pride! The chance for Once in a Lifetime Glory! Sunday March 18 ~ see you there!
The Hong Kong Derby first took place in 1873 ~ a full 11 years before the establishment of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. 2012 marks the 135th running of the race. Like other leading derbies worldwide, the Hong Kong Derby is regarded as the most prestigious and historic event on the local racing calendar.
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Last year's Derby went to the outstanding AMBITIOUS DRAGON!
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Ambitious Dragon, ridden by that French 'cowboy' Maxime Guyon and trained by Anthony Millard, storms past Xtension and Let Me Handle It to be crowned winner of the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby (HKG1, 2000m) at Sha Tin Racecourse last year!
For more news on the Derby before I return from a short break, check out the website:
http://special.hkjc.com/promo/en/2012-derby/db12-index.asp#HKDerby_JCBW_highlights_e
Good Luck
DJ
DEANJOHN never chokes!
Sha Tin tips at DEANJOHN
Because nothing,
..... but *NOTHING*,
takes the place of you, DJ!
Sha Tin tips at DEANJOHN
Because nothing,
..... but *NOTHING*,
takes the place of you, DJ!
Thank you for posting this video on my wall, DJ. Indeed, Vengeance of Rain's passing is very sad as I had the pleasure of seeing him race in Hong Kong and was one of my favourite horses. The video is a wonderful tribute to a fantastic thoroughbred.
SELECTIONS FOR SUNDAY AT SHA TIN will be posted at DEANJOHN
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VENGEANCE OF RAIN was one of the all time Champions of Hong Kong. He may have recently passed away ~ he died at Cambridge Stud, the place of his birth ~ but he will always be in my heart!
Here is a wonderful tribute to the marvelous horse.
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VENGEANCE OF RAIN was one of the all time Champions of Hong Kong. He may have recently passed away ~ he died at Cambridge Stud, the place of his birth ~ but he will always be in my heart!
Here is a wonderful tribute to the marvelous horse.
