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Jockeyship and race riding are two of our favourite battering rams and what better placed target for the post losing-bet anguish syndrome than an overpaid
23rd November 2011
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Jockeyship and race riding are two of our favourite battering rams and what better placed target for the post losing-bet anguish syndrome than an overpaid
Flamboyant Tellytrack presenter Dave Mollett summed up the tough results at the Vaal on 6 October when suggesting that his planned dinner on the town
Owners of turf non-performers should never give up until they have given their charges a chance on the sand. The former Joey Ramsden inmate Fort
LANCE BENSON: Next weekend sees the running of South Africa’s richest race on sand, the Gr2 Emerald Cup.
A Pick Six carryover and some puzzling results characterised a tough day at the Vaal on 13 September. Add to this the foul-up by the starter with Game Over in the sixth and maybe it was a day best forgotten.
With the weather playing havoc at Fairview, the jockeys soldiered on and poor light stopped play with two races to run. It is a pleasure to give credit where it is due and it was a brave and commendable display in testing conditions with even the starting stalls and rails falling victim to raging wind.
The surface of the Vaal sand track came under fire today from veteran former champion jockey Piere Strydom. After winning the second race on 18
Slightly used or brand new? Show or slow? It makes sense to consider the option of buying a proven horse-in-training if you are thinking of racing in the Eastern Cape, rather than an unproven dream that could well take forever to be absolutely nothing. Spy Glass and Icemberg proved that at Arlington today.
Piere Strydom must rate as one of the top jockeys in SA and, probably, as one of the top ever to have ridden in this country.
Yesterday’s Burger ran with a headline about local Mossel Bay golfer, Lee-anne Pace. Now I’m not detracting from golf – it is a fine and skillful sport – and obviously having a pretty young blonde ambassador is somewhat of a coup, but come on folks. The girl earned front page news attention for (admirably) being the highest earner on the Ladies European Tour this year by winning 5 out of the 25 events she took part in this year. For this honour she received a silver salver and EUR 20,000.
On the same weekend, a maverick South African contingent comprising a cheap, vertically challenged, crooked legged little horse, his bandy-legged trainer and their motley support crew took on the best in the world at the world’s richest race meeting
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
