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We live in an era of click-bait and hearsay and the audience of “Winning Ways” was unfortunately served up a poorly presented, one-sided story which would leave any reasonably objective audience with more questions than answers
Classic Hero with Rene Bonham up was the star yesterday when winning the 1994 Silver Bowl at Newmarket in lockdown day 60 puzzle poser
We should have completed the Gauteng autumn season and begun the wonderful KZN winter campaign, where it’s an absolute pleasure to ride in front of my former hometown crowd
The Day 59 poser was Northern March ridden by Billy Harvey for trainer Nic Claassen
Yesterday’s pic showed part owner Ken Mackenzie leading in the Argentinian-bred Ecurie after her brilliant victory in the 1986 Gr2 Computaform Stakes at Kenilworth
The people at the lead-in were Gladys Meaker, Dennis Bosch, Louis le Grange and Patrick Lunn
A reader says he is very disappointed with some of the comments which followed the Mike de Kock interview
The Rhodesian champ, Merciless Sun, won the Castle Tankard 1970 at Borrowdale and then was flown down from Salisbury to Durban to run in the Durban July
Who can name the guys in this photo from some years ago?
Multiple champion trainer Mike de Kock tells veteran broadcaster Andrew Bensley about the frustrations of the lockdown and says he and others are close to some’hard decisions’
The pic showed Casbah with Joe Byrnes up in the parade ring at Turffontein before winning the 1955 Johannesburg Summer Handicap by 5 lengths
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
Longstanding Dean Kannemeyer Racing team member Morris Mg Cube was the proudest man at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday after his favourite charge Gimme A Prince stormed to victory in the HKJC World Pool Gr1 Cape Flying Championship
