“Education? What’s that? I was streetwise. That’s it. A powerful and hugely successful businessman, Mr Beck always used to joke that his life was being ruled by a guy with a Standard 1 education!”
The Kenilworth meeting this Saturday honours one of South African horseracing’s great owners, breeders and benefactors of recent times.
There are few men that have left a larger impression on horseracing and life than the late Graham Beck. The Gr2 Graham Beck Memorial Sceptre Stakes will feature on a raceday at Kenilworth in January that will include the Listed Graham Beck Sun Classique Handicap and the Listed Graham Beck Jamaica Handicap
Suddenly the R1 million price tag looks so damn cheap! Trainer Dean Kannemeyer was a very happy man after his handsome Jet Master colt, Divine
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
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
