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Mike Bass and Justin Snaith’s father Chris had shared a house as students and had started their training careers together in the Cape Hunt amateur ranks
14th April 2020
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Mike Bass and Justin Snaith’s father Chris had shared a house as students and had started their training careers together in the Cape Hunt amateur ranks
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Leading SA trainer Justin Snaith writes that there are many questions going unanswered but that it is the same across all industries – we are not the only ones
We need to start planning now for the post COVID-19 era. Start forgiving and forgetting. Putting ego and testosterone urges in the pocket. Go back to the basics – get the right people in
Looking at things unemotionally, and in the cold light of day, who would not be keen to be doing everything in their power to get the show up and running as soon as tomorrow – under control, behind closed doors and with no tote outlets open?
Owners with horses in racing stables are paying full training fees without a clue as to when racing might resume.
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Could we see this year’s most famous horserace, the Durban July, decided for the first time by a computer?
The unofficial Mayor of Albert Falls recalls his late Mother’s love of the regal roan racer
Victorian greyhound Corona Cold has had a name change within 24 hours of making it a hat-trick of wins on the track.
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
