Durbanville

Guard Of Honour

A split second hesitation probably cost the desperately unlucky odds-on favourite King Of Pain victory, as Felix Coetzee produced the smart 4yo Changingoftheguard with a sustained burst to win the Gr3 Matchem Stakes at Durbanville on Sunday.

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Racing Renaissance

LANCE BENSON: It may not have come anything near to the larney Emerald show up North, but it was all happening at the Big D.

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Salad Days

Trainer Dean Kannemeyer dishes up the class entertainment for punters on our National Braai Day public holiday on Monday at Durbanville.

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Cape Racing In Balance

We haven’t seen a solitary racemeeting in the Western Cape this season. And with the city cloaked in a grey wet and cold blanket, the prospect for Wednesday can’t be considered too rosy

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Jumping The Lights

The true home-baked value of investing in the progeny of stallion Dynasty is underlined by his dominance of the 2012 Champions Season feature events. Two of his less illustrious sons could grapple over the spoils of the highest rated race at Durbanville.

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God’s Country?

ROBYN LOUW: The press release from the NRB left the Cape racing fraternity reeling. Cancelling race meetings is absolute anathema. I did a bit of digging to try and find out more. And the more people I spoke to, the less clarity I had.

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Cancelled Durbanville meeting

The cancellation of the Durbanville race meeting this Wednesday 14 March due to insufficient final acceptors has highlighted the need for the Western Cape fixture list to be fine-tuned

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The Power of Positive Thinking

ROBYN LOUW: When I recently spent Heritage Day at Durbanville, I did a quick straw poll of my fellow racegoers. One of the most interesting groups I chatted to was entirely unhorsey – they just happened to live near the racecourse and said that they liked to pop round on summer evenings, park on the grass and watch the last few races.

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