How Do You Like Your Hake, Sir?
It’s tantamount to booking a table at the Grill ‘N Butcher and then finding out when you are seated that they only serve fish!
13th September 2016
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It’s tantamount to booking a table at the Grill ‘N Butcher and then finding out when you are seated that they only serve fish!
When horses do wonderful things, they inspire feelings like nothing else on earth. The story of Something Else, the wonderful things he did, the feelings he inspired and the wonderful people who care for him
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
High drama and some potentially dangerous race-riding cast a dark cloud over the inaugural running of the R5 million HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth
After dedicating herself fully to the role for four challenging years, the increasing demands on her time and personal life have led her to reassess her career direction
Two smaller stables made their mark last week with notable victories, each carrying a backstory
Two South African star performers in Dean Kannemeyer’s Gimme A Prince and the Vaughan Marshall champion 3yo One Stripe, who runs in Sunday’s HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap, feature in the first edition of the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025
