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Conditions racing is intended to measure the merit of performance at set weights while handicapping is intended to level the performance at different weights; the former is expected to establish the quality of competing individuals while the latter is expected to produce the closest possible finish.
First and foremost, racefigures ensure that the better horses win more races.
A public handicapper should be a man of independent circumstances, in every sense of the word, and beyond suspicion of accepting illicit compensation for favours received
The official handicapper must work on the assumption that most horses are inherently consistent, and reproduce their best form for periods at a time – if not all the time. By measuring what is regarded as normal form, and expressing it in a figure, horses can be matched against each other and the playing field be levelled.
The Marx Brothers demonstrate how to make money at the races
Catalogue and physical checklists on how to buy a horse – for prospective buyers of thoroughbred racehorses.
Tom Ivers looks at the influence that equine exercise physiology has on bone density in the racehorse
Queen of the Turf and a public idol in her day, King’s Pact was one of the most famous race mares ever produced in South Africa.
A former SA Champion jockey and 3-time Met winner, sends out his first runner in the Met
Sean does not have medical aid cover and the Vascular Surgeon has recommended immediate surgery, quoting R139 000 with aftercare costs including rehabilitation and medication, and a wound nurse estimated at approximately R30 000
Conditions attached but the champion is back!
This year’s BSA Cape Yearling Sale will be held at a new venue, the SARDA Centre in Constantia, reflecting on the the partnership between BSA, SARDA and Constantia Valley Riding Club
Reducing foal crops and a focus on breeding sprinter-milers doesn’t help the situation of assembling decent sized fields for 3yo’s over ground
