Devil’s Advocate
The school of public opinion appears deeply divided on the S’manga Khumalo case, but are we missing the point?
19th March 2014
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The school of public opinion appears deeply divided on the S’manga Khumalo case, but are we missing the point?
A layman’s view of the recent public spat between racing operators and bookmakers
A passionate lifelong fan pulls no punches as he tells officialdom that they are presiding over a dying sport, which is going nowhere fast
We had an interesting week in Dubai where Variety Club ran an extremely decent second on Super Saturday.
World leading sire More Than Ready’s statistics do make for interesting reading. In SA he has been represented by 8 runners to date – of which six have won, and four are stakes winners.
“I can’t emphasise enough that the course of my entire career was decided on that visit,” Felix explained
Eightfold Path, a son of triple champion US sire Giant’s Causeway and champion racemare Divine Proportions is one of the best bred young sires standing in South Africa.
Will horseracing wake up and smell the roses and start providing information to try and power the interest of existing and prospective new customers?
When Noble Causeway produced unbeaten Samraat, he became the 6th son of Giant’s Causeway to produce an important graded stakes winner.
A week is a long time in politics, they say. Well, it’s been a busy one for racing and we’ve been dealt a series of rather hefty body blows
Every few years the National Horseracing Authority decides to put the minimum weights of jockeys up. It has been quite a while since this has happened and maybe it is time it happens again.
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
The Ridgemont’s Kieswetter and Drakenstein’s Rupert families are major players in our horseracing and the Monmouth Park feature thus held more than a passing interest for many of us
