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 son of Elusive City , although very well handicapped, had it all to do and after some scintillating trackwork and a very professional recent trial the stage was set for a positive return
Singapore racing is in a very strange place. Literally, writes the Racing B*tch
Eclipse Champion Turf Female of 2015, Tepin, who made a winning reappearance on Saturday when successful in the Gr3 Endeavour Stakes, is a daughter of one of Storm Cat’s most underrated and best bred sire sons
Racing, judging on the size of our fields, is going to have to start being a lot more flexible and so is a certain sales company
A horse that really went well was Magnum – he bolted in on the day and he is still my one to follow here in Singapore.
Sporting Post’s resident breeding correspondent Sarah Whitelaw takes a brief look at news from a selection of stud farms and finds some exciting developments
If we don’t respect ourselves, can we really expect anyone else to? Perhaps we should stop standing back for sponsors and start standing up for racing.
I have attended racing festivals at almost every major racing jurisdiction in the world, some many times, and I have never seen anything like this before
The Chinese New Year is upon us and we have been spoilt in terms of quality racing
Over the centuries that man has been racing horses, there have been many special ones along the way. Each had some special quality that marked them out as different, a cut above the rest and it’s a quality that transcends time, borders and continents. These are horses that change lives and re-set the course of destiny. These are the magic horses.
The win of Smart Call in Saturday’s Gr1 J&B Met provided the recently deceased sire Kingmambo with yet another cornerstone in his career
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
