2019 Stars Of Africa
It is a particularly exciting field of horses that will face the starter at 16:20 on Saturday, 6 July
2nd July 2019
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It is a particularly exciting field of horses that will face the starter at 16:20 on Saturday, 6 July
An SP reader and avid Tellytrack viewer contemplates his self-imposed suspension from watching the racing channel
Draw 16 and above is not as disadvantageous as it once was.
Questions have been raised by a reader about the Stipes decision to treat the fancied Red Rascal as a runner in the final race at Kenilworth on Tuesday
With the July Handicap once again at our doorstep this becomes a topical issue this time of year as the better three-year-olds take on their older competitors
The big race panel’s all encompassing discretionary powers will be giving the connections sleepless nights
Over the years, stayers have dropped to the bottom of the food chain in the SA horseracing hierarchy. Few breed them. Less buy them – and nobody is incentivising them
More than half the field will be under sufferance at the weights and there is lots of potential value to be had for punters with a personal preference outside of the ‘big four’
We can’t afford to waste money like this when grooms need better accommodation, higher pay and owners subside the industry like never before!
A longstanding KZN owner feels that the principle of supplementary entries coming in ‘through the back door’ and possibly prejudicing provisional barrier draws of conventional first entries is manifestly unjust
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein
