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 employment and training processes of our racing regulator should be in the dock – rather than a man who really was just doing a job he obviously is not competent to perform
While a small handful of sires dominated the South African General Sires List, the broodmare sires list features a number of outstanding sires, who either stand or stood at stud in South Africa
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea
I wonder if our handicappers blindly use these run ons? If so, their ratings must be suspect too, as after all it’s all about how far ahead or behind you finish in relation to the line horse
Punter expresses frustration with venue codes confusion
A son of Roberto’s sire Hail To Reason and Broodmare Of The Year Cosmah, Halo was a top class racehorse with his victories including the Gr1 United Nations Handicap of 1974
If the PR damage of broken horses, fixed results and welfare issues don’t sink us, the way we treat our customers will because as a marketing guru told me recently, when all’s said and done, goods aren’t sold, they are bought and people simply will not spend money on something they do not trust.
A truly eclectic group of stallions will be represented by their first South African two-year-olds this season
2016 Equus Award winner for print media Charles Faull has his say on the Durban July, handicapping and why the R6 punter is the most important person in racing
Nijinsky II, the last horse to win the English Triple Crown, was a truly outstanding stallion.
On 8 July 2016 the NHA announced that it had taken the decision to wind down the Riders’ and Trainers’ Benevolent Fund. We try and find out why and what it means going forward
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
