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The Science Of Racing

ROBYN LOUW: Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual. Which obviously adds enormously to the challenge and the mystique, but sometimes an instruction manual might not be all bad.

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Horses to follow in 2013

SARAH WHITELAW: Following on a year which saw exceptional performances on the racetrack, 2013 sees a number of horses worth following.

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A Western influence

SARAH WHITELAW: Capetown Noir’s win in the recent Gr1 Cape Guineas was the 20th Grade One winner for his sire Western Winter, who has topped the South African sires list three times, and has a plethora of sire sons at stud.

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South Africa’s greatest

SARAH WHITELAW: There has been debates over the years as to who was the best horse ever bred in South Africa. However, the question of which was the best filly ever to race in this country has largely been overlooked.

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Leading local sires of G1 winners

SARAH WHITELAW: With the new season underway, and a new round of sales having begun, it would appear to be a good time to view South Africa’s leading active sires of G1 winners.

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Kissing The Blarney Stone

They say that every family in Ireland still has at least one member who is involved with horses in some way. It is horse country through and through!

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Music Maestro!

ROBYN LOUW: The 2012 Sansui Summer Cup will go down in racing history as one of our most popular and heart-warming results.

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Classic sirelines

SARAH WHITELAW: What has happened to the great classic sirelines and why do they seem to be fading into history?

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An Eastern Cape Dynasty – Good Greeff, Alan!

Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!

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