World’s Best in 2013?
SARAH WHITELAW: The World’s Number 1 for 2013; World Cup Pedigrees; Sadler’s Wells inbreeding on the rise
28th March 2013
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Sporting Post columnists share their opinions and insights into horse racing from South Africa and around the world. They are experts who have a deep understanding of the sport of kings, enjoy their thoughtful and fresh articles.
SARAH WHITELAW: The World’s Number 1 for 2013; World Cup Pedigrees; Sadler’s Wells inbreeding on the rise
ROBYN LOUW: At Clairwood on Sunday. All the Kings Horses and all the Kings Men – our priorities are entirely backwards
It’s not just any festival – it’s the Cheltenham Festival. Over 235,000 racing enthusiasts descend on Prestbury Park to see 28 races in total and 12 Gr1 contests.
Dean Kannemeyer suggests there is great value and some outstanding quality in this weekend’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale Book 2.
SARAH WHITELAW: The Millennium Crop; Strike Smartly’s success; Curlin vs Big Brown
ROBYN LOUW: R7.5 milion up for grabs with the newly launched 3YO Challenge Series, the exclusive reserve of graduates of the CPYS Book 2.
LANCE BENSON: Are our racing gods falling into the blame trap and the leaning on past glories when it comes to igniting a revival of racing?
SARAH WHITELAW: When Never Bend, a son of one of history’s greatest sires Nasrullah, retired to stud in 1964, he had a lot to recommend him.
The author suggests that he has known a few guys who played the horses until their death
LANCE BENSON: Are we marketing the game correctly? This crossed my mind after spending Sunday at Durbanville in the company of a few dirty pigs in the parade ring
ROBYN LOUW: In 1974 Tony Kalmanson established Varsfontein Stud just outside Paarl and the Kalmanson name has been a fixture on the local racing landscape ever since.
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
