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?
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
This surely cannot be a difficult game to market. The exotic pools sent a clear message to our industry captains at Kenilworth on 27 July.
The pace makes the race. Some of the races run at the Greyville night meeting on 19 July were seemingly infected by a dose of the ‘Cape
Jockey Anthony Delpech a ‘little tired’? Is the stress starting to count after a tough season and will this give the cucumber-cool Anton Marcus a chance to pounce and cut back the deficit? This could be a watershed week and a turning point in the jockey championship puzzle…
Princess Victoria must have assured herself of the champion 2yo filly award with the memorable success in the Durban Golden Slipper. While champion 2yo’s are only rarely champion 3yo’s there is no reason to believe at this stage that she won’t enjoy another excellent campaign next term
It is never easy having to say goodbye to any horse, let alone a champ like Big City Life
Horseracing has been betrayed yet again by the mainstream media. The picture of the tragic end of former Vodacom Durban July winner Big City Life moments after they passed the post on the front page of the 3 July edition of…
The 2011 Vodacom Durban July turned into a celebration for Mike De kock and Anthony Delpech for the second year running. Their star filly Igugu silenced her detractors and left a trail of broken dreams and dented egos in her wake…
Team Kotzen celebrated a nice treble on the day with Platinum Cat’s win who won her post-maiden run at a generous 20-1.
