Epsom – Star Breeding Ground
The Investec Derby and Oaks will be run this weekend and these two great classics have their roots way back in 1780 and 1779 respectively
1st June 2017
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The Investec Derby and Oaks will be run this weekend and these two great classics have their roots way back in 1780 and 1779 respectively
A reader reminisces and remembers why he fell for the Sport Of Kings
Some horses are born to be rock stars. November Rain surprised everyone by being a sprinter, defied the odds by surviving a road accident and is now excelling in his second career
Leading US sire, Distorted Humor, continues to make his mark in the world’s greatest races
Oscar Foulkes shares the incredible story of Sergeant Hardy, who lines up for this weekend’s Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint
Few sires have enjoyed more cross hemisphere success and Fastnet Rock is emulating his sire, Danehill, whose stock found favour the world over
The surprise supplementary entry of Hat Puntano has added an air of intrigue to the 2017 Vodacom Durban July
Cape racing photographer, Ricky De Nobrega, calls it a day and wraps up the Equine Edge
Odds-on favourite Hernando’s Promise has always been the Bookies best buddy but his shares dropped to new lows with punters at Kenilworth on Saturday
While everyone knows Felix Coetzee, few know that his equally talented daughter Kat Coetzee is doing an equally good job taking Hong Kong by storm on the music stage
“Horses make and break our hearts, but carry our stories and bring us together to share them in faraway places,” writes Malcolm Draper
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
Cape Racing’s ongoing tussle with Mother Nature in what has been a wet July to beat all July’s, produced a fairytale at a sunny, but very chilly, Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
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
