No Easy Games – Mark Schmidt
All 14 remaining games are critical to the finals chances of the aspirants. It is a given that they must win both games.
8th June 2011
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All 14 remaining games are critical to the finals chances of the aspirants. It is a given that they must win both games.
ROBYN LOUW: Mostly bad service is simply annoying, but occasionally it can potentially affect your life. An unpleasant or difficult experience is unlikely to encourage us to return any business. So how do we fix it?
LANCE BENSON: Horseracing as an industry has sadly become a cold, uncaring, unsentimental shell, dominated by egos and commercial considerations.
SARAHWHITELAW visits Pocket Power in his retirement maybe heading for a new career in show jumping
LANCE BENSON: It was a scintilating sprint festival at Scottsville followed by error riddled racing from Kenilworth and Ngong. Where will it end?
ROBYN LOUW: Heroes are generally people we admire for doing things that we cannot, and someone who is out there living one of my dreams is the bright, bubbly girl with the mega-watt smile, Vicky Minott.
SARAH WHITELAW: looks at the world’s oldest and most prestigious race – The Epsom Derby and the stud successes that followed
Some players announce themselves on the rugby scene the moment they take the field in front of our television cameras, some take longer, but it is no less worth the wait.
Marc Weinberg quizzes Barry Irwin on his unique successes. How does he do it!
LANCE BENSON: I often wonder if the decision makers and policy boffins, or should that be buffoons, that govern the game of horseracing realise just how many punters, and owners too, have done their lives and boots in the name of an undying love for the sport of kings.
ROBYN LOUW: I bang on about horses pretty much all the time. Because I love horses. I love having horses. I love the fun of breeding.
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
