One Size Does Not Fit All
The owner, or potential owner, the gambler and the socialite, who is just looking for a good time, have vastly different requirements and trigger points, suggests a reader
3rd September 2014
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The owner, or potential owner, the gambler and the socialite, who is just looking for a good time, have vastly different requirements and trigger points, suggests a reader
Summerveld is the most beautiful place and I am sure Gold Circle have made every effort to put in all the amenities and facilities to try and accommodate everyone and keep them all happy. Never an easy task
Forty Niner retired to Claiborne Farm with many feeling that he was the heir apparent to his own sire, Mr Prospector.
It’s horses for courses! They’re happy there and they perform well there. It is unnecessary to be so negative and derogatory.
Racing South Africa comments on Simon Burgess’ post ‘Taking the Mountain to Mohammed’
SA jockeys’ success in Hong Kong – “probably only the first few chapters of a very successful and colourful ongoing novel”
Australia is not the first Derby winner sired by a Derby winner out of an Oaks winner. Sarah Whitelaw examines a few more examples.
These days are always loads of fun and a good time to catch up with people one has not seen for a while. However, there are also sometimes a few too familiar faces and it is amazing what some will do for a free lunch!
“We can rehome a horse with confidence, knowing that it has the skills to carry it forward in its second career”
Why don’t we actively market South Africa to the world, asks Simon Burgess
“Racing. It’s A Rush”…The press release sounds rather pony-tailish – full of words, sure, but tired ones. Our man Bling – charismatic, young, black and a champ in a tough game – would pump life into the marketing. Also for the PR bods to sign up is another young blond, albeit a natural one – Justin Snaith.
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
