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.
Former L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Gimmethegreenlight, currently South Africa’s Leading First Crop Sire for the season, is yet another exciting young sire from the Royal Charger male line
Africa’s greatest race, prefaced by Johnny Clegg’s Spirit of the Great Heart, was won by a black horse, ridden by a white jockey, trained by an Englishman and owned by an Afrikaner. Rainbow nation indeed.
AE Passmore’s forgotten world record and Full Dress – the greatest July story never told
To lift my spirits, I will be watching the July day in its entirety from a beach lounger in Bali hopefully not scaring too many families while donning my budgie smuggler
Thank heavens for the Lewis Hamilton-style taxi driver who got me to the sales ground in the nick of time.
It attracts very little attention in the local press due to it’s being run on the same day as the Vodacom Durban July
Charles Faull digs deep in his vaults for some of the best July stories never told and shares his thoughts on the 2016 Durban July field
In Racing’s South African village we appear to have a number of twins. Some of our prominent racing folk have celebrity brothers and sisters.
The late Omar Sharif once said that what he loved about the “mating game” in the thoroughbred world, was that it was like “playing God”
It is an absolute disgrace that a handful of shareholders triumph at the expense of the many stakeholders earning a keep from racing
The world’s number one sire, Galileo, was once again to the fore at last week’s Royal Ascot meeting
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
