You Can Leave Your Hat On
I no longer get on a horse without a skull cap. I still find them hot and uncomfortable and hideously unflattering, but so is dribbling!
26th September 2013
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I no longer get on a horse without a skull cap. I still find them hot and uncomfortable and hideously unflattering, but so is dribbling!
Are there any modern day leading sires who never won a feature race?
The inclement Cape weather put paid to our racing on Saturday, which was moved to the Sunday, only to be moved yet again to the Monday!
Have we handed ourselves over to an outfit who have profits and shareholder dividends as their sole operational goal?
The death of leading sire Western Winter bought to a close a remarkable era in South Africa racing.
The SPCA frequently have to make the hard decisions but seeing that bit of fighting spirit, they all decided to give Fantasia another chance
That incident on Sunday was handled extremely badly and predictably the NHA ran true to form…
SARAH WHITELAW: Moutonshoek’s exciting young stallion Marchfield traces back to one of the greatest broodmares in the stud book – Alablue
SARAH WHITELAW: Few stallions in recent years deserve the title of “rags to riches success” more than Danehill Dancer.
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
