ROBYN LOUW: To our owners who keep the whole show on the road – thank you for your passion, dedication and commitment to the sport. Thank you for your wonderful horses and for sharing the fun and for giving us heroes to shout home.
SARAH WHITELAW: With the Equus Awards being held, it is a fitting time to look back at the career at one of the most remarkable achievements ever by a broodmare.
There is a strong case for a change in leadership. This will be an unpopular opinion among the fat cats, but as no-one else is prepared to say it, I will. You cannot expect change if you leave the same people in charge
LANCE BENSON: Everybody is entitled to an opinion but the Gold Cup was a wonderful plan come together for two relatively young old men from Cape Town in trainer Dean Kannemeyer and jockey Felix Coetzee.
SARAH WHITELAW: Delago de Luxe to stand in Aus; Gimmethegreenlight to stud in SA and the most valuable filly in the world?
ROBYN LOUW: is the future Purple? I don’t know. But they certainly seem to merit a closer look.
SARAH WHITELAW: One of South Africa’s best loved races, the Gr1 Gold Cup, will be run at Greyville this Saturday. This year, the 3200m showpiece is sponsored by Ladbrokes.
ROBYN LOUW: “I’m hoping to give it horns and try my damndest to end in the top 10. If a medal comes my way I will be the happiest person in the world.
LANCE BENSON: So how did it happen that racing is on the very bones of its backside and facing an uncertain future, while a relative spectacle like soccer appears to be flourishing.
SARAH WHITELAW: While skill is unquestionably a vital part of finding a good horse, luck also often pays a vital part in finding a future star
ROBYN LOUW: July day has come and gone and I feel a little like a kid after Christmas. All the planning, hoping, waiting and suddenly it’s all over in a blur and I’m sitting in a heap of empty boxes and shiny paper.
Two past winners of the Cape’s premier summer speed clash are in the fifteen strong line-up
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
