A collection of opinions and thoughts on all aspects of horse racing from around the world.
Besides serving as an important academic and information exercise for those serious about finding a winner for the Cape’s premier race to be run next Saturday, the gallops are really little more than a sedentary stretch of the legs for the big race participants and a pointer to physical well-being.
Michael Roberts has always been one of South Africa’s greatest ever jockeys and he is a favourite son of KwaZulu-Natal. His annual raceday attracted a
Brett Crawford and Karis Teetan continued their feature winning streak at Kenilworth on Saturday 14 January when they added the R125 000 Listed Jamaica Handicap to
If you are reading this Random Thought on your office computer, it probably means that you are one of the brave people that got out
Keep supporting the Tote. And if there just happens to be the odd objection here or there, or some other mystery that rattles your emotional
The vast chasm between the hype and glamour of this past Saturday’s royal raceday and this afternoon’s rather mundane midweek fare was vividly illustrated at
The spectacular L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day held at Kenilworth on 7 January was the ultimate personification of the ritzy, glitzy and quite glamourous smile on
It took eight races and a starting stall incident to baulk the winning streak of favourites at Scottsville on 8 January. Not bad going for
Justin Snaith produced the Gr1 gem for owner Hassen Adams when the Australian bred 3yo colt Gimmethegreenlight won the Gr 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
Tellytrack presenter Shaheen Shaw justly berated his production team during the embattled channel’s broadcast on Friday 6 January. Shaw took the back-room to task for
Run For It ran a disastrous race in the R300 000 Gr2 Peninsula Handicap run over 1800m to throw the J&B Met ante-post betting into further
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas
