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.
This season’s Community Shield will be the battle of Manchester which pits last season’s FA Cup winners Manchester City head-to-head with Premier League champs Manchester United.
LANCE BENSON: It is good to observe a touch of innovation from Tellytrack. The introduction this week of Neil Andrews’ Betting World show in three new live slots, including Saturday and Sunday morning, should lift the quality of the sparse magazine programme line-up on the racing channel.
ROBYN LOUW: Happy birthday to all our horses ! May you all live to light a hundred candles. Well, perhaps not the horses, but hopefully the industry anyway.
SARAH WHITELAW: The unbeaten 2yo, Harbour Watch, stamped himself as a leading contender, and current favourite, for next year’s 2000 Guineas, with a fluent win in Friday’s G2 Richmond Stakes.
The All Blacks were far too good for the Springboks in their Tri-Nations opener, beating the Boks 40-7 in a commanding performance in Wellington over the weekend.
Michael Roberts will contest the South African trainers championship in the not to distant future.
The first three weekdays after the Durban July now belongs to Summerhill’s Winter School. It is one of the better investments I’ve made in some years, writes Alec Hogg
Since 1996, the Tri-Nations has been fiercely contested between the Southern Hemisphere’s top three rugby nations; New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
Pre-season international friendlies continue and we will be served with a high-profile encounter this weekend with two of the greatest clubs in world football coming up against each other.
OSCAR FOULKES shares some observations about the state of horse racing in South Africa and looks for intervention to save racing.
LANCE BENSON: Taking the freakish dominance of Mike De Kock out of the equation, the national trainer leader board tells a very positive story about the effectiveness and performance of Cape trainers
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
