An all-round horsewoman, breeder and racehorse owner, the Sporting Post’s ‘Louw Flyer’, Robyn Louw, has been acknowledged for her outstanding contribution to horseracing’s print media by being crowned the 2011 Equus Media Award winner.
ROBYN LOUW: I am proud to say that I have been a part of the Sporting Post for an entire year now, so my enormous thanks to the wonderful team as well as everyone who puts up with my weekly musings!
ROBYN LOUW: Happy birthday to all our horses ! May you all live to light a hundred candles. Well, perhaps not the horses, but hopefully the industry anyway.
ROBYN LOUW: BEE and racial integration have become buzzwords in the new South Africa. It is good to see roots of change finding a more permanent foothold.
ROBYN LOUW: The name Carl Burger has quietly been cropping up in the nominations, results and the press pages with increasing regularity, but made their presence felt in a big way after the Gr2 Gold Vase on July day.
ROBYN LOUW: What a July! I was cheering pretty strongly for the little filly with the big stride, but even so, watching the race unfold, seeing her placed handy exactly where she likes to be and then seeing the turn for home with her striding out was just phenomenal.
ROBYN LOUW: Dancewiththedevil is the unlikely filly with the unlikely breeding who now has 7 victories under her belt from 12 starts (twice beating the colts at wfa) and earning R2 million in the process.
ROBYN LOUW: One of the most prevalent unsoundness to face owners and trainers is bleeding. It has become the subject of hot debate recently, with particular focus on an anti-bleeding diuretic that also goes by the trade names of Lasix or Salix.
ROBYN LOUW: Mostly bad service is simply annoying, but occasionally it can potentially affect your life. An unpleasant or difficult experience is unlikely to encourage us to return any business. So how do we fix it?
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
