A November To Remember!
Looking at the three year old picture in isolation may serve little purpose, but the Cape Guineas and Derby masterpiece benefitted from a few more
29th November 2011
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A collection of opinions and thoughts on all aspects of horse racing from around the world.
Looking at the three year old picture in isolation may serve little purpose, but the Cape Guineas and Derby masterpiece benefitted from a few more
Grab the formguides and the suntan lotion and get down to Mauritius for a magical weekend of world-class jockeys, beautiful people and thrilling entertainment. The Mauritians know how to dish out hospitality and the Mauritius Turf Club put on a great show at their annual party which brings the curtain down on their season.
Trainer Piet Steyn broke the losing drought with a facile win by his Daylami filly Super Elegant at Kenilworth on 23 November. She now takes her place in the Avontuur Fillies Guineas next weekend, and while Steyn is under no illusions, he says that he will be going out as a serious contender in the prestigious Gr1 event.
Jockeyship and race riding are two of our favourite battering rams and what better placed target for the post losing-bet anguish syndrome than an overpaid
An unremarkable looking Vaal programme played itself out on a rather tatty looking sand surface on 22 November with one jockey casualty and a few
A champion trainer and a champion jockey agreed to differ on a piece of equipment. The end result was Bravura’s brilliant victory in the Gr2 Green Point Stakes
Tellytrack has really just gone downhill since Nico Kritsiotis stepped down from a management role some time ago. Friday evening’s studio production was one of their worst ever and they just never seemed to get any better. Besides making Jimmy Lithgow look like a mug, they seem to believe that their viewers will accept the sub-standard nonsense forever.
The Sansui Summer Cup draw somewhat overshadowed the track proceedings at Turffontein on 15 November. That said, Mike De Kock produced another ace from up
Cape trainer Dean Kannemeyer has bucked the belt tightening trend so prevalent in the present economic climate. His bold step to open a satellite yard
Brilliant racehorses and the very best of their respective generations.The multiple Gr1 and Equus Award winners Princess Victoria and Val De Ra are likely to
Trainer Joey Ramsden cast a grey cloud over the afternoon at Kenilworth on 13 November when he produced a long-priced shocker in the R300 000 Gr2
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
