Tricky Ricky’s Island Style
The inclement Cape weather put paid to our racing on Saturday, which was moved to the Sunday, only to be moved yet again to the Monday!
25th September 2013
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The inclement Cape weather put paid to our racing on Saturday, which was moved to the Sunday, only to be moved yet again to the Monday!
Have we handed ourselves over to an outfit who have profits and shareholder dividends as their sole operational goal?
The death of leading sire Western Winter bought to a close a remarkable era in South Africa racing.
The SPCA frequently have to make the hard decisions but seeing that bit of fighting spirit, they all decided to give Fantasia another chance
That incident on Sunday was handled extremely badly and predictably the NHA ran true to form…
SARAH WHITELAW: Moutonshoek’s exciting young stallion Marchfield traces back to one of the greatest broodmares in the stud book – Alablue
SARAH WHITELAW: Few stallions in recent years deserve the title of “rags to riches success” more than Danehill Dancer.
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
