A collection of opinions and thoughts on all aspects of horse racing from around the world.
Preakness winner & Breeder’s Cup runner-up Bernardini got Gr1 winners in Europe & USA from his first crop in 2010. Now Horse of the Year Zenyatta has been booked to him for 2011. What’s the bet her owners won’t have to cough up the $75k service fee?
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
