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After a lifetime around horses and a decade of doing Ready To Run panel duty, Kannemeyer mused philosophically as he paid tribute to the quality that had just paraded past the seven esteemed panellists
Every wondered how racing silks are made? We chat to Fiona McLeod from Odds On Colours to find out.
The gallops for the 2016 Emperors Palace Johannesburg Ready Ready To Run Sale were held on Monday at Randjesfontein
The Glen Kotzen trained Mount Keith’s runaway win at Kenilworth on Saturday marked an opening South African success for the well-bred recently imported Oratorio stallion, Fencing Master
‘Watching the horses gallop is like having a peek at the answer sheet prior to an examination’
The more things change, the more they stay the same could be the heading describing the leading sires list in the Northern Hemisphere this year
We have beaten the Ready To Run drum with gay abandon. That’s simply because it works!
While 43 of the originally catalogued lots were withdrawn, 93 lots were sold at an average of R74 322-58
How does one put the fun into racing and target a new generation of racegoers? Wocket Woy has the answers
Michael Azzie, representing Mr A & Mrs FJ van Vuuren has advised withdrawals from their draft on the November Mixed Sale
The dual world champion and ten-time Gr1-winning son of Galileo has made a blistering start with his first crop of runners
Time has flown by and it’s been thirty years since the first issue of the Sporting Post hit the shelves in October 1994
The champagne corks were popping at the magnificent Owloon Horses in Paarl earlier this week when their 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July winning broodmare Souk delivered a handsome and beautifully conformed Fire Away colt
Tragedy struck Suzette and Basie Viljoen’s fledgeling Wellington-based breeding operation Hopes And Dreams on Monday evening when the farm’s flagship mare and 2022 SA Horse Of The Year Captain’s Ransom reportedly died while giving birth
The 2025 World Sports Betting Cape Town MET is back on Saturday 25 January and tickets are now on sale
