A collection of opinions and thoughts on all aspects of horse racing from around the world.
A competitive programme on an unseasonally wintry afternoon at Kenilworth saw the lowering of the colours of the highly rated Kingslayer as Justin Snaith and Felix Coetzee celebrated a great double. Brandon Morgenrood also showed what he can do when on song and looks like he is regaining confidence in the saddle.
A tractor on the track delayed the start of the Flamingo Park race-meeting on Monday 7 November. Most punters will probably be wishing that they
Trainer Glen Kotzen admitted that he hasn’t had ‘one this good.’Hat-trick jockey Sean Cormack labelled her a ‘machine and superb athlete.’ These were just some
Court Vision held off Turallure in the final strides to spring a huge upset in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Mile and deny Goldikova (IRE) a
Midweek racing doesn’t get much better. Especially for Darryl Hodgson and Dean Kannemeyer. The one had three winners, including a ‘mini’ Igugu possibly, while Kannemeyer showed his Classics hand in what looks a big Cape Guineas contender at this stage of the game.
Dean Kannemeyer can do little wrong in the build-up to the Sizzling Summer Season. He and veteran rider Karl Neisius are spoilt for choice as the big feature races loom and it is going to be interesting reflecting back on these days in three months’ time!
Avontuur stallion Var was the toast of Durbanville on Saturday with four superb winners. On the flip side of the coin Jockey Andrew Fortune, after a momentary lapse of good attention,was public enemy number one.
Local trainers Gavin Smith and Alan Greeff went home with their tail between their legs after Justin Snaith and Glen Kotzen won all but two of the eight races on the first day of the Eastern Cape Festival Of Racing.The Western Cape onslaught sets the scene for a thriller on Sunday and the locals are bound to fight back.
The KwaZulu-Natal horseracing community saluted their champions and achievers at an enjoyable 2010/11 KZN Racing Awards banquet held in the stately surrounds of the Durban
Sean Tarry’s Royal Academy colt Verrochio stepped into the Emperors Palace Ready-To-Run Cup limelight with a scintillating win at Turffontein on 20 October. It is
One must question whether the National Horseracing Authority should be doing more to publicise, investigate and explain away some of the topsy turvy results
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
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
