The subjective nature of the task facing the Equus Awards selection panel is bound to lead to criticism and differing opinion. All we ask for is a credible and professional approach by those tasked with the responsibility.
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.
ROBYN LOUW: is the future Purple? I don’t know. But they certainly seem to merit a closer look.
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.
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.
ROBYN LOUW: The great and good that lit up the turf of yesteryear had been painstakingly brought back to life
ROBYN LOUW: Every ‘July’ is an event and this year an unusually interesting and interconnected group of runners in this Durban July
ROBYN LOUW: It’s supposed to be fun. It’s supposed to be frivolous. And entertaining and escapist. And all about the power and beauty of the horse.
ROBYN LOUW: The US industry is still reeling from the damning expose by the New York Times (Breakdown, Death & Disarray at America’s Racetracks)
ROBYN LOUW: KZN have upped the ante by announcing their own representative of the More Than Ready line – Dr Jim and Fitriana Hay’s spectacular stallion, Traffic Guard.
ROBYN LOUW: How to describe this Aussie phenomenon? The words that spring to mind are those exclamations by F1 commentator Murray Walker at the start of a Grand Prix – and it’s GO GO GO!
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
