Through The Looking Glass
Trainer Joey Ramsden’s call to his colleagues to render support and run their horses, or face losing races, may be falling on deaf ears. The
1st March 2012
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Trainer Joey Ramsden’s call to his colleagues to render support and run their horses, or face losing races, may be falling on deaf ears. The
We don’t enjoy beating the same old drum day in and day out. But the monotony may well be the sharp knife in the back
Second guessing and subdued chaos followed the cancellation of the sixth race at Scottsville on Sunday 26 February. The racing operators and Saftote predictably once
In what must surely be a world record for the De Kock yard in a Group race, punter’s woes continued when the champion trainer produced a 100-1 shot to win the R1 million Gr2 Betting World Gauteng Guineas run over 1600m.
The Cape pace pirates were caught flat-footed by the initiative of top jockey MJ Odendaal. In the usual farcical big walk at Kenilworth, Odendaal decided
The recent spotlight on the methods and processes adopted by the South African Auctioneering profession at large may well have some overdue ramifications for the
The Western Cape makes Kimberley and Arlington look like Royal Ascot or even a hint of Las Vegas on some days. The light drizzle of
Zanzamar’s smart win in Thursday’s Range Rover Cup at Meydan reminded the world of the capabilities of South African bred horses. And of the extraordinary talents of Mike De Kock as the Dubai World Cup Carnival heads to a peak with Super Saturday on 10 March and then a grand climax with the Dubai World Cup on 31 March.
They obviously don’t need the money! So suggested outspoken leading Cape trainer Joey Ramsden in a reference to his colleagues’ lack of patronization of Cape
The South African racing public has warmed to the achievements of Australian equine heroine Black Caviar. And ironically it was a South African jockey that
This is one for those who don’t think I can – and anyone can train winners. That was the tongue-in-cheek dig by colourful KwaZulu-Natal trainer
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
