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.
For those fatalists preaching that horseracing is a dying game, some fuel would have been provided by the sponsors at Scottsville, where the Baker & Baker Undertakers Maiden Plate closed the eight race programme.
LANCE BENSON: Nothing is more important in horseracing than picking the right horse, whether you are punting horses or buying them. Random swipes in the dark may have worked on the odd occasion but a scientific ordered approach to yearling selection dramatically reduces risk.
SARAH WHITELAW: Montjeu described as an “eccentric genius” died at 16 years at Coolmore
ROBYN LOUW: Why should we be rewarding what are essentially medicated cripples? Our views and priorities become seriously skewed when it’s only the results that count.
A son of South African stallion Badger’s Drift has recorded a dazzling victory in Kenya’s biggest race – the Kenya Derby
A high quality day of horseracing on Saturday 31 March was tarnished somewhat by logistical gremlins. In a world where we are able to share
We salute Dennis Drier and Alec Forbes! The coastal coupling overcame all the odds to clinch top honours in the R1 million Gr1 SA Fillies
Faulty lifts, delayed planes, solar outages and absent false rails. An eventful Friday afternoon from Port Elizabeth to Singapore and a great way to celebrate
The prodigious talent of Richard Fourie caught his fellow jocks fast asleep at Kenilworth today. A track running fast and a deceptively powerful tailwind are
LANCE BENSON:The vast chasm between good and poor communication to the public was shown by two separate incidents on our Tellytrack screens last week.
ROBYN LOUW: What does it feel like to have a winner? Amazing. Incredible. Indescribable. It is a feeling quite unlike any other.
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
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
