A collection of opinions and thoughts on all aspects of horse racing from around the world.
We don’t treat our sponsors too well in this industry. The level of exposure given to the brand behind the Flamingo Festival, was well low-key to say the least. At least Winning Form sponsored Cliffie Miller was smiling after his three great winners…
A top jockey suggests the Clairwood track surface is not acceptable, especially after so little rain. Puzzling circumstances, indeed. But Robbie Fradd, with three winners and MJ Byleveld and Sean Cormack, with a double apiece, weren’t complaining.
Four Australian-bred horses won on the Kenilworth card on 27 August. Not bad going that, but local is still lekker and in the current climate, a helluva lot cheaper too!
Form has fast become a four-letter word with a capital ‘F’ in the Eastern Cape this season. A PA payout of over R64 000 at Arlington
A potentially fatal mistake at the start of the seventh race at Clairwood on 25 August cast a dark cloud over an otherwise entertaining afternoon. Once again the punters and connections suffered as the umpteenth communication meltdown of this year happened as predictably as all the others…
The breaking news of the birth this morning at Avontuur Stud of speed sensation Val De Ra’s full brother was all the talk at Durbanville on 24 August. This little guy has so much pressure on him, it’s quite frightening! In a few years time, you’ll no doubt remember that you saw him first on the Sporting Post…
A big day for the Soccer punters with pools soaring in spite of losing three games in Spain. Scottsville didn’t suffer though with healthy support in the exotics ensuring combined pools of over R3 million. One wonders just where the fast-growing soccer market fits into the horseracing picture?
Port Elizabeth is a tough town. Particularly on Fridays. And when the Cape Town boys ride in expecting to clean up, then let’s just say things don’t always work out according to plan. Local man Mitch Wiese delivered the killer blow on 19 August and gave the Crawford odds-on shot an icy reception.
The surface of the Vaal sand track came under fire today from veteran former champion jockey Piere Strydom. After winning the second race on 18
A poor show and an abject lesson in how not to treat a customer. The favourite Reptillian dumped her rider at the start of the
Small fields characterised the off season meeting at Clairwood on Sunday 14 August. Hardly the kind of horseracing to get too excited about but Anton
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
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
