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While it will be difficult to ignite shades of 2005 when a plan come together saw Anton Marcus steer Dunford to victory in the familiar orange and blue Robert Bloomberg silks, King Of The Gauls steps out on Saturday
South Africa’s newest equine insurance specialist Winx Brokers are celebrating their flying start by offering a R5000 cash prize to the Sporting Post reader who is closest to forecasting Saturday’s Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July quartet straight line
Shaheen Shaw goes over the card for Wednesday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth racemeeting
Don’t forget to take the free-to-play Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge on the day’s local racemeeting
The loss of a big job, seven weeks of suspensions, and the priority of focusing on living a balanced family life has meant that Grant van Niekerk hasn’t enjoyed the greatest season professionally
Mr Bodacious from the Gavin Smith stable takes his place in Race 6
James Armitage will be bringing a well-bred string of yearlings to the upcoming BSA KZN Yearling Sale, with Sandown offering eight lots at the sale
The National Punters’ Guide for today’s Fairview racemeeting has been published
Riethuiskraal will be bringing an imposing, quality draft to the BSA 2024 KZN Yearling Sale
A product of the SA Jockey Academy, Rachel Venniker (22) is set to make history
The free-to-play Hollywoodbets Punters’ Challenge is available for Tuesday’s local racemeeting
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
It’s time for our racing regulators to accept and understand that they are part of the game, and not outside of it, above it, or bigger than it
