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Anton Marcus wins on Wisteria Way in his first ever ride in Zimbabwe (Gavin Mcleod)
The trouble is that racing newbies often find it rather intimidating – because they don’t understand what it is all about, and they don’t come back.
Jackie Cocksedge and Sheldene Chant have produced an e-Book for racing beginners.
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In this second of a new weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Fresh from his Hong Kong Classic Mile success last week, Luke Ferraris continued a barnstorming season with victory on Mr Ascendency in the HK$3,12 million Class 2 Tsun Yip Handicap
Champion yard open KZN base as Justin Snaith is on track to have a crack at the record number of wins in a South African season
Champion trainer Willie Mullins has, once again, enjoyed much success at this year’s Dublin Racing festival
