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.
SARAH WHITELAW: Following on a year which saw exceptional performances on the racetrack, 2013 sees a number of horses worth following.
ROBYN LOUW: A horsey friend from Joburg joined me for the Guineas. Her last experience of racing was some 20 years ago when people dressed to the nines and you had to jostle for a good view. How things have changed.
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.
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.
ROBYN LOUW: As the year draws to a close, we examine where we went wrong, celebrate where we went right, and adjust our game plan for next year.
A top-class 3yo classic on the Saturday before Christmas and the presence of a legend of the turf is bound to have some of the old school heading down to Kenilworth this weekend.
ROBYN LOUW: Our youngest sales company’s debut on the ready to run market was announced with much fanfare, luncheons, country-wide road shows, attractive payment plans for vendors as well as buyers and of course that tantalising carrot, the R2 million CTS Ready To Run Stakes
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.
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!
SARAH WHITELAW: A look at the fillies guineas success down the years
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
