For Better Or For Horse
I am a firm believer in the adage that the horse finds you. Even when you don’t know you are looking. As it turns out, these might be the best ones of all.
3rd April 2019
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I am a firm believer in the adage that the horse finds you. Even when you don’t know you are looking. As it turns out, these might be the best ones of all.
2016 Equus Award winner for print media Charles Faull has his say on the Durban July, handicapping and why the R6 punter is the most important person in racing
Justin Snaith had to skip the Daily News in order to give Black Arthur a better chance of winning the July
What a weekend! Who would have thought that would be the result? The Conglomerate was given the most amazing ride by Pierre Strydom
Africa’s greatest race, prefaced by Johnny Clegg’s Spirit of the Great Heart, was won by a black horse, ridden by a white jockey, trained by an Englishman and owned by an Afrikaner. Rainbow nation indeed.
Urban legend has it that Milnerton trainer and now top Vodacom client Joey Ramsden sent his major owner Markus Jooste a cheeky ‘please call me’ shortly after a thrilling finish crowned a spectacular climax to the Vodacom Durban July
Milnerton-based trainer Joey Ramsden made it two from two for Cape raiders in the Champions Season opening feature show when the Australian-bred The Conglomerate stormed home under Anton Marcus in the Jooste silks to win the R600 000 KRA Gr2 Guineas
The colt may not be a serious Investec Derby horse at this stage but he has plenty of scope for improvement over more ground and should get better over time
The Hollywood Syndicate celebrated a milestone 600th winner on African soil when the Danon Platina gelding Luhamba Phambili stormed to victory to win the R200 000 non black-type Need For Speed Sprint
Selwyn Elk writes that he was at Clairwood on a wet Saturday afternoon in the 70’s…
