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Persian Wonder raced in SA with his first start on 9 May 1964 in the Drill Hall Stakes where he finished second last
The Vodacom Durban July being run on 25 July is conditional on government allowing racing to restart in the near future
Hopefully the business rescuer is able to perform his duties independently, and able to clean the slate – we do not want one employee from the old regime to keep his job
Congratulations to Jay August for Saturday’s win when he came up with Kipling son, Top Secret, who won the Queen’s Plate twice
Horseracing needs to get with the programme of modern family life and adapt accordingly
Yesterday’s puzzle photo was of jockey Alan Munro and Clifton Queen winning the 1995 Tibouchina Stakes
There is no time like right now for racing to join forces under one banner for once and for all, and to abandon the petty provincialism and move forward with one voice
I still have a horse in training relentlessly consuming thousands each month. Once a mug always a mug?
Yesterday’s pic of Terrance Millard and Felix Coetzee with 1986 Gr1 Gold Cup winner Occult was a popular find for many
It looks to me as if the punter has just literally given up the ghost with racing
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