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Racing, judging on the size of our fields, is going to have to start being a lot more flexible and so is a certain sales company
17th February 2016
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Racing, judging on the size of our fields, is going to have to start being a lot more flexible and so is a certain sales company
Umberto Rispoli did not impress me when he came over for the International Day riding under the Italian flag. Maybe he has found a few lengths under the French flag? He did have an extremely attractive girlfriend so maybe there is something to look forward to!
The L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate is probably the best race in the country but the stake is just that little bit small for such a big event and quality field.
The Joey Ramsden trained Var gelding Tar Heel produced an electrifying show of pure pace to streak to an impressive victory in the R150 000 Need For Speed Sprint at Kenilworth on Saturday.
Well, it has been a funny old week, full of ups and downs. Sadly more downs than ups. Sometimes some difficult decisions have to be taken
Joey Ramsden and Wayne Kieswetter’s Ridgemont Stud operation have unexpectedly split and as a result 14 horses have left, or are about to leave, the Milnerton trainer’s yard
There are plenty of fresh things happening down here with draws after acceptances again. Let’s hope this will help to improve the field sizes again. I know one thing: going onto the longer run in will certainly do one part of the job and I cannot wait
Joey Ramsden’s fiercely competitive streak and his willingness to brave the trading of blows in the big league paid handsome dividends at Turffontein on Saturday when the superb chestnut hulk of Brutal Force danced across the Turffontein 1160m to score a sensational R450 000 Gr2 Merchants victory.
The failure of the Mike De Kock raider Muwaary in the Gr2 Selangor Cup clouded the Cape Guineas picture, but threw up a potential candidate for higher honours at the same time
One needs to be competitive, especially in big races, and to sit twiddling one’s thumbs at the back of the field becomes an extremely tough pill to swallow. Sometimes I wonder if there is not more competitiveness in an under 4 girls hockey team than there is in the jockey’s room
We had the Jockey’s International this past weekend. I have to say I am not sure it was quite the event it was cracked up to be. There was plenty of funny old politics going on behind the scenes and stuff that should have been stopped a long time ago
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
