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Horse racing is much more than an excuse for gambling. It is a love for the beauty, grace and speed of the horse. It can also be an intellectual battle of examining competing facts and trying to formulate the future from results of the past. In some ways it is an investigation, as performed by an eager detective. And in other ways it can be the thrill of a crossword puzzle, with multiple possible responses, but ultimately only one correct answer. It is a thing of beauty as much as it is a matter of commerce. I have been involved with horse racing in both practical and intellectual ways. From time spent as an apprentice jockey, to later the research of bloodlines in the multimillion dollar world of thoroughbred breeding and sales. And for the past twelve years I have provided speedrating information to the racing industry and public through my company: Speedratings (www.speedratings.com.au).

Images from Happy Valley

February 6th 2010 07:39
So often on the Internet you look for photographs of favourite horses - and photos of feature races - and can only find the tiniest image. Or worse still a great photograph defaced by a proprietary watermark.

It is a pleasure for me to reproduce these photographs by Neil Murray on RacingWrite in their full glory.

These photographs were also taken at Happy Valley racecourse in Hong Kong last Wednesday.

Click photograph for larger image.

night horseracing at Happy Valley
night horseracing at Happy Valley


Race 4 IMPLIED VOLATILITY, trainer Y O Wong, jockey Howard Cheng (Flying Spur-Jeune Girl, Jeune GB)

night horseracing at Happy Valley
night horseracing at Happy Valley

Race 2 CLASSA SUPREME, trainer L Ho Jockey Ben So ( Justice Prevails -Madam Fuji by High AceUSA)

night horseracing at Happy Valley
night horseracing at Happy Valley


Race 3 JUST CHILL trainer B K Ng, jockey Keith Yeung (General Neddiym-Raise a Spark by Raise a Cup USA)


night horseracing at Happy Valley
night horseracing at Happy Valley

BONDI LAD, trainer C S Shum, jockey Eddy Lai (Bel Esprit-Bondi Lass by Geiger Counter USA)


NEIL MURRAY PHOTOGRAPHY
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