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.
If there is a worse punishment in life than marrying a horse mad girl, it must be having a horse mad daughter, so thanks and Happy Father’s Day to all the horse dads out there
Champion sprinter Zac Sprinter and reigning horse of the year Stepitup both suffered career ending injuries in recent weeks
This great festival has been graced by many outstanding subsequent sires and broodmares
Joey Ramsden cannot also skip the fact that the three trainers – or for want of a better word, three Gold Circle “stooges” – invited to the meeting, are employed by Gold Circle!
Our ‘man on the mic’, Rouvaun Smit, tells us about his trip to the 2016 Investec Derby Festival
Gai Waterhouse, the ‘first lady’ of Australian training, discusses the importance of mentoring the next generation of horsemen and women
Anton Marcus was asked his opinion about the track after the first race at Greyville the other day and he once again expressed his dissatisfaction with it. I believe all future questions aimed at jockeys will not be around the condition of the tracks, as a result of certain presenters having received letters
The word is out that Equus Award winning veteran Dave Mollett’s on-course presenting days are sadly over
The pedigree link uniting the two 2016 Epsom Classic winners comes via the great broodmare and former Arc winner, Urban Sea (Miswaki) – dam of both Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) and Sea The Stars (Cape Cross)
Asked for their opinion on seeing Monty Roberts, audience members produced a unanimous verdict: “bucket list”.
His yearling sale results this year have largely been mid-range, which suggests that the market hasn’t yet fully priced the percentages being delivered by his first crop
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
