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.
ROBYN LOUW: With Phumelela taking the reins as of the first of Feb and our new brooms no doubt wanting to sweep clean, perhaps now is the time to address what appears to be a glaring hole in our armour and look at a few issues of good old communication.
SARAH WHITELAW: One of South Africa’s best performed and well bred young stallions is the Kingmambo horse Mambo In Seattle. Now standing at Moutonshoek, Mambo In Seattle’s sale to South Africa was greatly assisted by leading US bloodstock agent, Alistair Roden.
It has been a nightmare of a freaky fortnight for South African horseracing. Why is it that the corporate cancer of bad publicity so quickly
Crashing back down to mama earth. That’s the simplest way of describing the swing from Saturday’s Met party down to the country freshness and simplicity
LANCE BENSON: The battlers who spent pocket money on PA’s, and studied form rather than physics before even failing Matric. We idolised household names like Bert Abercrombie, Dana Siegenberg and Herbie Lasker . We eat, drank and slept racing forever.
But today we are just so horribly yesterday and out. We may as well change our Saturday routine and buy a second-hand fishing rod at Cash Converters. Maybe that way we’ll actually hook a Bass?
ROBYN LOUW: I’m going to set aside all the tat – the gossip that so readily flows after a social event, hideously inappropriate comments from people who should know better having to be retracted by lesser mortals who should have put a stop to it in the first place; bungled track inspections; price-inflating buy backs; and the negative, discouraging comments from those factions always so eager to see a star fall from grace.
SARAH WHITELAW: Chatting with Emily Jones – the voice of GBI – on a trip to the Cape Sales.
Despite the incompetence of Tellytrack and some shocking antics from the Greyville starting stalls, it only takes one smart horse to save a racemeeting from
The prospect of a really good horse is truly what keeps the racing dream alive. It’s incredible to see the rewards for those brave enough to reach for the stars.
Horseracing pays scant attention to the undeniable value of high quality sponsors and the potential supporting role of the arts. That is demonstrated in no
Plenty will be written about J&B Met and Derby winners Igugu and Jackson in the weeks and months ahead. But spare a thought for the
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
