De Kock Bemoans NHA Inexperience
‘Many owners and trainers in South Africa have suffered losses and sometimes even humiliation at the hands of inexperienced Stipes’
23rd November 2014
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‘Many owners and trainers in South Africa have suffered losses and sometimes even humiliation at the hands of inexperienced Stipes’
“I’d like to call on CTS and the TBA to steady the boat as soon as they can. Guys, for the sake of everyone in our industry, please sort out your nonsense!”
Taking advantage of young girls and dressing them up like that is sexist, it is demeaning and if nothing else, it just plain ruins the photographs.
It is a good time to look at the leading stallions of the major racing countries for the year 2014.
I had mixed emotions when I picked up my cell phone the other morning and saw I had been Whats App’ed and included in a “whinger’s” group about handicapping
Although Peintre Celebre and Thunder Gulch are being pensioned, it is hard not to see these two wonderful thoroughbreds continuing to have an impact on major races for years to come.
The loss of Admire Rakti and Araldo in the 2014 Melbourne Cup has added fuel to animal welfare debate and despite both parties claiming to have horses’ best interests at heart, we seem more interested in fighting each other, than fighting for the horse.
Storm Cat, sire of 4 Breeders Cup winners and broodmare sire of Cup heroes Speightstown (Gone West) and Folklore (Tiznow), has left a lasting mark on the Breeders Cup races, and his momentum shows no sign of slowing down.
At this stage it’s 2-0 to Joburg, but I’ll be back to try and settle the score again soon.
The recent spate of welfare scandals proves that welfare is a hot topic. Luckily for us, that also means opportunity, if we’re willing to take it.
2014 sees the 31st renewal of the Breeders Cup, first held at in 1984. Sarah Whitelaw looks at which of these rich championship races has exerted the most influence on the stud book.
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
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
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
