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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
Two proposals of note have been discussed recently in relation to the National Horseracing Authority debate
How do the powers that be hope to generate the turnovers required in order to finance future racing with the fare on offer?
An idea to create a measure of positivity in an industry desperate to keep the momentum of the good news of Kommetdieding’s Vodacom Durban July victory going
In an era of reduced stakes, it’s easy to blame the prize money on offer, especially when Eastern Cape stakes are currently higher
The 7-year wait may be over after today’s Gr1 Vodacom Durban July
As usual, a highly competitive card for Vodacom Durban July Day with four juvenile features adding to the challenge!
In a three part mini-series, Robert Bloomberg brings us up top date on the current SANTA / NHRA saga and discusses his Vodacom Durban July day thoughts.
As I understand it, the possible introduction of a Supervisory Board in effect means supervising the supervisor, not so?
Superlative Stakes winner and Classic-placed Gustav Klimt will stand at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa, having stood at Haras d’Annebault most recently
