No Comment – What’s The Answer?
Sabine Plattner Racing trainer Andre Nel prefers to give his pe-race comments on his first-timers and rested horses on the course on raceday.
3rd October 2018
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Sabine Plattner Racing trainer Andre Nel prefers to give his pe-race comments on his first-timers and rested horses on the course on raceday.
Nobody worth his salt in the sport of racing needs an introduction to Pat Shaw – he’s as much a totem of the game in South Africa as Vincent O’ Brien was to Ireland and Bob Baffert to America
It has been almost three months since an unmarked vehicle with a flashing blue light hijacked a courier vehicle and allegedly stole the post-race equine specimens for Africa’s Greatest Horserace
These little gestures happen on a daily basis and usually pass without any fuss or fanfare, but nonetheless form the glue that holds our unique community together.
A popular face at many National Yearling Sales, he acquired international fame and recognition when a guest auctioneer at the Goffs Orby and November Sales between 1981 and 2012
There are now at least 8 people not doing the job that 4 able staff can do!
The holiday province had a great year once again, producing two Gr1 winners in the season with Takingthepeace excelling to take two legs of the Triple Tiara and placing in the final leg
Manic Monday. Wacky Wednesday. Freaky Friday. Super Saturday. But what name for a Tuesday when two of South African horseracing’s captains jumped ship?
The Thoroughbred Breeders Association and Bloodstock South Africa held a seminar for the KZN Breeders Club recently to discuss the scoring of mares for the National Yearling Sale
‘We want to deliver the best quality racing on a consistent basis. That’s what we are striving for. We do not want to host the most racemeetings for the sake of it’
Just hours after the Springboks beat the All Blacks in Cape Town to lift the 2024 Freedom Cup, an equine speed merchant that first saw the light of day just 130km away from the DHL Stadium was announcing his arrival on the US racing scene
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
