“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
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
