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.
Horses have evolved for speed. They have thin bones, thin tendons and all their muscles up near the body, to allow their legs to move very fast. That’s why the Thoroughbred is such an elite athlete.
As a fellow South African, Derreck David’s whirlwind visit to Singapore was one of those unexpected highlights – hell the boy can ride!
“Dubai remains a profitable place to race and we’ve shown so often how the relatively cheap South African runners can come here and earn good stakes – a Maiden Plate can be worth near half a million rands – you don’t get that anywhere else!”
He left behind an astonishing 330 stakes winners and his offspring won all the English classic races as well as many of the world’s other top features,
The death of 17 year old Olivia Inglis bonded the entire equestrian world together in honour of the young equestrienne. With the newly promulgated NHA rules, can racing do the same for retired racehorses?
With the Lion City in mind, I saw something I never thought I would see again at the Turf Club
While precocity certainly adds to a sire’s commercial appeal, even today, it is clearly not essential for a top sire to have been a top 2yo
The stallion market need not be that much of a lottery. With some savvy you can definitely load the odds in your favour, writes John Freeman
Truly, this is a phenomenal record for any mare, and Plucky Liege’s influence today can still be felt through the deeds of the numerous high class performers to have emerged from the Fappiano male line.
What relevance is it to the punter if we have R100 000 in the win pool, or R1000 000?
People are attracted to good things. They want to be near and part of them. Also – as I ended up experiencing first-hand – good stories, good horses and good people make one feel good about being involved with racing and that positivity spreads
In Time Is Money this week we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
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
