Never Bend – a legacy
SARAH WHITELAW: When Never Bend, a son of one of history’s greatest sires Nasrullah, retired to stud in 1964, he had a lot to recommend him.
SARAH WHITELAW: When Never Bend, a son of one of history’s greatest sires Nasrullah, retired to stud in 1964, he had a lot to recommend him.
LANCE BENSON: Are we marketing the game correctly? This crossed my mind after spending Sunday at Durbanville in the company of a few dirty pigs in the parade ring
ROBYN LOUW: In 1974 Tony Kalmanson established Varsfontein Stud just outside Paarl and the Kalmanson name has been a fixture on the local racing landscape ever since.
SARAH WHITELAW: Musir follows an illustrious group; Lassie Dear legacy; Noordhoek Flyer foals; Pablo Zeta’s golden years
ROBYN LOUW: I kicked off my week with a chat to Richard Maxwell one of the world’s leading Horse Whisperers
LANCE BENSON: We really cannot cry foul when we get nailed six love in the betting arena.
SARAH WHITELAW: Kip Elser on the trail forworld class bloodstock at value for money prices..
Grant Pritchard-Gordon: The power of marketing should never be underestimated and the British thoroughbred industry could take lessons from the Cape Thoroughbred Sales
ROBYN LOUW: I’ve been a long-standing fan of the blonde bomb that is Striker Strydom. . . . .
SARAH WHITELAW: Byword arrives; Soft Falling Rain in Dubai; Caviar’s remarkable hatrick
ROBYN LOUW: The internet is a weird, wide and wonderful place and attracts an incredibly diverse mix of people and so I found Folly – a spanking good read.
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein