Something in the order of 130 of the 537 yearlings catalogued for the weekend’s National Yearling Sale are unnamed. If classic names are your thing, rather buy one of those as we believe that changing a horse’s existing name is bad luck.
What’s in a name? A lot say the Australians, as Durbanville Racecourse makes international headlines
Trainers are the employers of the grooms say Phumelela and Gold Circle in joint statement
The National Horseracing Authority confirms that at an Inquiry held in Johannesburg on 25 May 2012, Trainer Paul Peter was charged with a contravention of
Complaint of payment of bonus stakes “paid” by the RA to its members discriminated against those owners who were not owners of the RA and therefore did not qualify to receive the bonus stakes money.
The Inquiry related to the fact that SHEER COURAGE had run in a maiden race when in fact, prior to the race, it had previously run in England where it had won a race.
Jockey Naude was charged with a contravention of Rule 77.1.1 in that a urine specimen taken
The National Horseracing Authority confirms that at an Inquiry held at its offices in Turffontein on 13 April 2011, adjourned and resumed on 16 January
ROBYN LOUW: In addition to greed and heartbreak, there is beauty and talent and effort and joy. In addition to money, there are horses.But then, I’m a glass half full kind of girl.
Two million is an awful lot of money, no matter what you’re worth. That’s the value of this year’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, making it the third richest race in the land after the July and the Met.
With more rigorous standards than the Olympics, professional horse racing has the most aggressive drug testing program in professional sports.
Charl Pretorius pokes a bit of fun as we brace ourselves for a rollercoaster ride through the absurd, the outrageous, and the downright unbelievable in South African horse racing
