SA Horse Of The Year – Voting Closes Midnight!
It’s always a hotly debated topic – don’t be an after the race merchant – have your say today
15th August 2021
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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.
It’s always a hotly debated topic – don’t be an after the race merchant – have your say today
Our industry has been severely damaged by crooks like Navarro and Rhein – let us in Southern Africa fight back with integrity as our core principle
The day has already started in a testing vein for punters with the Fairview meeting moving from the turf to the all-weather track
‘Since starting out in racing in the 60’s it was drummed into me that the NHA rules & regulations are to be followed to the letter and they apply to everyone connected in racing, no matter who you are’
Without wishing to be rude, the reality is that trainers and jockeys are the servants of owners and punters and it is the latter groups, or their elected alternates, who must rule the roost
Top racing attorney explains just why there may have been no complaints against the Racing Control Executive
My suggestion for it to function properly is that the Board be corporatized
What I like best about racing people is that despite the haters on Facebook and Descartes and the odds and the science and the linear logic, they will repeatedly abandon sense, sleep and safe accounting practice to put themselves on the line because they stubbornly believe in magic.
I have absolutely no doubt that absolutely no one in authority will listen to Leon Smuts or any other reader here
Racing is at a crossroads today with so many challenges facing the sport and many of the woes because of greed and a lack of understanding of what makes for good entertainment
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
Longstanding Dean Kannemeyer Racing team member Morris Mg Cube was the proudest man at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday after his favourite charge Gimme A Prince stormed to victory in the HKJC World Pool Gr1 Cape Flying Championship
