28th June 2020
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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.
What was it necessary for the NHRA to get into a public spat with two top trainers?
In this new age of capacity fields and multiple reserve runners, a danger could be lurking for punters in the shape of those very reserve runners
A Press Release will be issued by the NHA with revised regulations on racing behind closed doors by latest 24 June, that will be effective 1 July
Breeder – ‘How wonderful is it that we now have money set aside for that tragedy or disaster often referred to as a rainy day?’
The purpose is to express my unhappiness, and that of the many people I have spoken to within racing, about the tone and high-handedness of the racing operator’s reply
Rainbow Bridge’s 11/2 maybe a touch generous for a horse that has never run a bad race. Ever. Punters are getting a price about a horse whose nose is never far from the winning line. Ever!
‘I have taken this issue up with them in previous years but have never had a satisfactory answer as to their reasoning around the surcharge threat’
If you look at the article about the dispute, I have to inform you that it gives the sport a very smelly feeling…
‘The deal with the Steinhoff two was a betrayal. At the time we knew that there was something more to the meeting with the Steinhoff two and what they had told us…’
He selects Galway in race 7 as his “Covid 19 got the better of me” banker
A R1 million yearling at Nationals last week, and a maiden stakes winner on Sunday – Soqrat’s shares are on the up
Superlative Stakes winner and Classic-placed Gustav Klimt will stand at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa, having stood at Haras d’Annebault most recently
