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An Owner’s Rule Of Thumb
Against the background of a playful seal frolicking in the shallow white water of the surf at Sonwabe Beach, Gary Lemke talks to passionate racehorse owner and successful businessman Andrew Brand
Against the background of a playful seal frolicking in the shallow white water of the surf at Sonwabe Beach, Gary Lemke talks to passionate racehorse owner and successful businessman Andrew Brand
Just two weeks after a bold move South to set up a new family home in Cape Town, JP van der Merwe celebrated the most memorable racing weekend of his career
At a well-attended function last Friday evening at the plush Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Ryan was awarded the LONGINES World’s Best Jockey crown for 2023
Linda Seja tells the Sporting Post that his love for horses was actually spawned early when as a young boy he herded cattle and loved to ride
His most emotional win was actually Royal Victory’s 2023 PinkDrive Listed Michaelmas triumph, because it happened to be on the annual cancer raceday
His famous Dad Syd always told him to ‘keep your eyes and ears open, and your mouth shut’ during an apprenticeship at the Alberton stables that has produced a generation of champions
Sporting Post-sponsored jockey Tristan Godden has enjoyed a good year and his season averages also received a welcome boost courtesy of Saturday’s four-timer
Receiving a feature race call-up from SA Champion trainer Justin Snaith was tantamount to getting the thumbs-up from Rassie Erasmus to run out in the Springbok jersey to take on the All Blacks at the Stade De France
KZN jockey Billy Jacobson and his family begin a brand-new life adventure on Saturday when they jet out of Durban, destined for the land of the long white cloud
Four winners in seven days speak loudly of the current rich form of Piet Botha’s Milnerton-based Dare 2 Dream team
The former SA Champion Apprentice, and certainly one of the best value lightweight riders in the country, said that he was genuinely excited about his new Dubai challenge
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