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13th January 2012
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Keep supporting the Tote. And if there just happens to be the odd objection here or there, or some other mystery that rattles your emotional
The vast chasm between the hype and glamour of this past Saturday’s royal raceday and this afternoon’s rather mundane midweek fare was vividly illustrated at
After being lucky enough to get one of the only few seats left on BA on Friday I got in to Cape Town in time to get to Kenilworth on Saturday. I would not have wanted to be anywhere else in the world.
LANCE BENSON: If you own or train a racehorse in South Africa right now, you should be asking yourself why the sudden concern, interest, meddling and apparent sabotage of a process and viable sales outlet that has worked like a well-oiled machine for two centuries?
ROBYN LOUW: I have been accused of taking the scenic route to making a point (or to borrow the Afrikaans phrase – ek gaan haal altyd die hond agter die bos uit). So, this weekend’s Queen’s Plate, I attended last year and it was wonderful. I’d had, to quote Mr Jobs, an insanely great time.
SARAH WHITELAW: Legendary North American sire, Storm Cat, was retired from stud duties back in 2008. His remarkable influence on the modern thoroughbred, however, shows no sign of waning.
The spectacular L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day held at Kenilworth on 7 January was the ultimate personification of the ritzy, glitzy and quite glamourous smile on
It took eight races and a starting stall incident to baulk the winning streak of favourites at Scottsville on 8 January. Not bad going for
Justin Snaith produced the Gr1 gem for owner Hassen Adams when the Australian bred 3yo colt Gimmethegreenlight won the Gr 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
Tellytrack presenter Shaheen Shaw justly berated his production team during the embattled channel’s broadcast on Friday 6 January. Shaw took the back-room to task for
Run For It ran a disastrous race in the R300 000 Gr2 Peninsula Handicap run over 1800m to throw the J&B Met ante-post betting into further
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
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
