1st August 2018
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Sporting Post columnists share their opinions and insights into horse racing from South Africa and around the world. They are experts who have a deep understanding of the sport of kings, enjoy their thoughtful and fresh articles.
The marketing rationale in the thinking of having an overseas racecaller on one of our major days is flawed in intself
William Milkovitch has done his homework and provides his expert view of the card – he is going with the field in the Gold Cup and hoping Humpty Dumpty comes rolling home!
Primary funders hold the Power to alter the current disastrous path that racing is taking
It might be my name on the page as the breeder, but it was a team effort – I consider myself the lucky recipient
The problem with the system of handicapping is that it is a highly emotive and subjective issue and if you have three racing enthusiasts sitting around a table you will probably get four different opinions as to a horse’s merit rating
The pity is that we have nowhere to complain or anybody to go to in order to raise our concerns – so says a punter in the Sporting Post Mailbag
Skeleton perms, Drunk Uncle’s perms – whatever it takes to win the Place Accumulator on Vodacom Durban July Day!
Someone who moves their strike rate of breeding stakes-winners from 3% to 9%, while outperforming the breed average by a factor of three, is still getting it ‘wrong’ 91% of the time!
With trainers’ percentages and grooms’ pay grabbing headlines, we discuss big cheques and hot potatoes
Resolving the current issues needs a collective effort by all involved
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
