Opinion

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.

Winds Of Change Need To Blow!

I see little or no prospect of this sport being restored to something approaching credibility unless the entire coterie of Jooste accomplices and appointees removes itself from office

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Fake Marketing?

Longstanding racing man Garrick Bergh suggests we should be differentiating between gross and nett when making claims about possible winning cheques

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Coin Toss (photo: Robbie Biller)

Heads Or Tails

The suspension of direct travel from Hong Kong to Australia may hold opportunities for South Africa

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Sectional Timing – A Clock Up

The word is out that the archaic piece of equipment that resembles a 1970’s laptop and that is required to be carried by our racehorses has been rejected as outdated

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2005 J&B Met win with Alastor

How To Sell Racing Down The River?

The abandonment of the Met public gallops and the decision to host the invitation-only barrier draws at an off-course venue are probably not the ideal route to follow to cement Joe Public’s relationship with a sport that is crying out for a market that it once almost owned

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Braam van Huyssteen (photo: hamishNIVENPhotography)

Owning The Eagle

Braam van Huyssteen talks us through his first Gr1, BMT and the privilege of owning L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate hattrick winner, Legal Eagle

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2018 Gr1 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate (hamishNIVENPhotography)

A Plate Fit For A King

Despite a world of expectation – and public opinion – on his shoulders, Legal Eagle took his third L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate on Saturday, 6 January 2018

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