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They say silence implies consent. Do not allow your silence be construed as consent. Important decisions are being made regarding the future of horseracing and betting and if you want to have a say, now is your opportunity.
Females in America seem to be a strong, powerful voice. It is different in Australia for women, especially in the racing industry.
I only hope that whoever is in charge of the advertising for the July and the Met was watching the English Racing Festival and took some notes, suggests Joey Ramsden
While Gareth Pepper was working on his tan in Bali and indulging in a few cold ones, Corey Brown was riding at the top of his game on Friday
Raise A Native is not only the male line ancestor of American Pharoah, but he is also the grandsire of Affirmed (Exclusive Native) – the last horse prior to American Pharoah to lift the US Triple Crown series
On Saturday, 6 June 2015 American Pharoah, with his funny name, funny tail and gorgeous little companion pony Smokey took home the coveted American Triple Crown. It was glorious,
Usually something comes from the slow run one and does you from behind and if you are piggy in the middle, waiting for the one in front to come back, you quite often get done which seemed to be the case here…
With our champion jockey Manoel Nunes out for a month serving a suspension for retuning to scale underweight, Australian rider Michael Rodd stepped up to the plate this weekend
With a proliferation of new stallions in the SA sire ranks, Sarah Whitelaw notes that the KZN arsenal is looking particularly promising.
“We could feel the disappointment when people got knocked out of the exotics and realised there is a need for a product that keeps people involved throughout the day”
Captain Al well and truly dominated Saturday’s Scottsville meeting, with a pair of Grade One winners and a pair of Gr1 seconds
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
The Ridgemont’s Kieswetter and Drakenstein’s Rupert families are major players in our horseracing and the Monmouth Park feature thus held more than a passing interest for many of us
