Trainer ‘No Comments’ Raises Ire
‘You may phone me when Gold Circle pays my rent’, was the quip from one PE-based trainer
7th October 2016
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‘You may phone me when Gold Circle pays my rent’, was the quip from one PE-based trainer
It’s on paper and in one’s head. Throw in a keen eye and a touch of good fortune and October 15 suddenly becomes a day that could change your life!
The world’s premier sire, Galileo, continued his complete domination of the world’s top races, when his progeny, Found, Highland Reel and Order Of St George ran 1-2-3 in Sunday’s Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’arc de Triomphe
The stony faces belied the moment as the hammer fell on lot 244 – a magnificent Frankel colt out of the dual Group 1 winner Peeress, sold by breeder Cheveley Park Stud for 1.3 million and bought by MV Magnier, alongside Markus Jooste’s Mayfair Speculators
We chat to Eric Sands about the development of the Amahashe saddle pad and how it can help your horse
Spencer Cook of The Rock Farm near the famous Paarl Rock, Western Cape, reckons his 14 two-year-olds on offer at this year’s CTS Lanzerac Ready To Run Sale are by far the best he’s consigned.
The Last Lion (Choisir), winner of Saturday’s Gr1 Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes, has joined a long and impressive list of winners of this Newmarket showpiece feature
In order to help promote and celebrate the breed, some rather lovely folks from the South African Eventing fraternity organised two special trophies for the highest placed Thoroughbreds at SA Eventing Champs. Being superstars, Thoroughbreds won both classes.
For a fifth year in a row, champion sire Tapit headed the sires list at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale
The 2016 KZN Breeders Awards are set to take place at Bellwood Stud on 26 November and the KZN Breeders have announced their list of nominees.
One of the nicest and most friendly people around Singapore is our very own Barend Vorster and he celebrated a magnificent milestone on Friday evening
A man we are privileged to have known as a loyal friend of this great game and of the Sporting Post, a personal mate, and one of South African horseracing’s great characters, Shaheen Shaw, a husband, loving Dad and Grandad, passed away suddenly at the age of 55
