Stipes Now Count Whip Strikes
Are we pushing the envelope trying to count jockeys’ crop strikes – and what’s the margin for error?
13th May 2019
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Are we pushing the envelope trying to count jockeys’ crop strikes – and what’s the margin for error?
The present system of commissions on reserve prices means that the sales companies financially benefit regardless of whether a vendor’s horse is sold or not
When KZN voter, Mr Dlamini arrived at his local voting station and found nowhere to tether his horse, local trainer Doug Campbell stepped into the breach
In one of the most exotic cities in the world, it seems the waters of Victoria Harbour have room for everyone after all
The handicappers have taken it upon themselves to ignore the rules with freely applied merit ratings
Perhaps South African horseracing’s powers-that-be should be making adjustments to our proliferation of black-type races before we come under pressure to reassess and reassign our graded races
When it comes to yearlings, to name, or not to name – that is the question
Saturday’s result is a rare event, and in no way indicates a weakness in the MR system. Some horses can up their game when so required. The winner was one such horse
This great producer’s legacy appears safe through a growing number of top class broodmare daughters and increasingly successful stallion sons
As a young racing photographer the opportunity to photograph the Dubai World Cup was just a pipe dream. Thanks to the Sporting Post and Hollywood Bets my pipe dream came true a fortnight ago!
If we had more trainers like Tobie Spies, maybe we would all be whinging less about field sizes as our equine athletes languish in their boxes and don’t pay their way
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
