Riding Loony to Racetrack Excellence
Mary Slack: “I was a real horsey girl, a riding loony and my primary interest was riding. Racing came later, and the breeding later still.”
24th April 2014
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Mary Slack: “I was a real horsey girl, a riding loony and my primary interest was riding. Racing came later, and the breeding later still.”
Mike De Kock and Mary Slack will be contemplating the future of Ilha Bela after the Summer Cup
I hope this is the first of many winners for Mary Slack and Michael Javett, said Mike de Kock after Cio-Cio had won her debut at Scottsville
The first lady of South African racing, Mrs Bridget Oppenheimer, passed away on the 25th October, following a short illness. She was 92.
What a day for the Oppenheimer family! A race sponsored by daughter Mary Slack is won by Mum Bridget Oppenheimer with a horse by Tiger Ridge out of a Fort Wood mare!
The 2012 R2 million Gr1 Sansui Summer Cup will go down in history as so much more than just another horserace
The Hennenman Memorial raceday is unique in the way the sport honours the memory of the deceased.
The Mike De Kock magic worked wonders again with Gorongosa returning after a four month rest to win the Listed Spook Express Handicap at Turffontein on Sunday 15 April
In what must surely be a world record for the De Kock yard in a Group race, punter’s woes continued when the champion trainer produced a 100-1 shot to win the R1 million Gr2 Betting World Gauteng Guineas run over 1600m.
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
