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28 January 2012
The big day looms. With less than twenty four hours to go to the 35th running of the Met under the J&B banner, the fascinating ten-race programme promises plenty of action and posers for punters. Three Group 1 races, a Group 2 and a Listed race make up the afternoon’s entertainment for those focussed on (more)
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Race (10), an Open Class sprint worth $125,000, looks a beauty and well worth the wait. (more)
Mike de Kock's UAE specialist, Musir looks set to be campaigned for the Dubai Duty Free after romping home in the Group 3 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (more)
Clairwood cancelled. It beggars belief that this situation could not be picked up at an earlier inspection, rather than after the running of the first race. (more)
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If you are considering raising your hand and writing a cheque at the Sales in Cape Town this afternoon, maybe think again. Some serious wake-up action is urgently required in this industry. The debacle of the abandoned Clairwood meeting today is something that should just never have happened. (more)
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The track record of the fairer sex in the Met over the past half century is not particularly impressive on paper. Only five ladies have managed to win the prestigious race in all that time but this year could be another big one for the gender that we love so much and just know that (more)
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Mike de Kock unhappy about a State Veterinarian ruling that requires Igugu to stay under vector protection at Kenilworth Quarantine Station for the J&B Met. (more)
Reigning horse-of-the-year Igugu will be a warm favourite to take Cape Town by storm when she turns out for the J&B Met on Saturday (more)
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Variety Club is well in at the weights in the Cape Derby, but the dark horse of the race is Jackson. (more)
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A weight for age contest of the highest order, 11 go to post and with 3 of them having made the journey from Gauteng (more)
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Seven juvenile colts and four fillies make up the field for the first black type race for their age. Assessing their relative merit at this time of the season is hazardous to say the least. (more)
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A field of 18, with 2kg separating the top weights from those at the bottom contest this 2800m conditions race (more)
Post a commentMany of racing’s biggest names from 24 countries are among the entries for the 2012 Dubai World Cup programme, the world’s richest race meeting. (more)
The National Sales still a hard act to follow. (more)
LANCE BENSON: Nothing quite rivals the J&B Met for the pure racing and social experience. The brand is so strong in fact, that despite the inevitable tinkering and tweaking, it remains a winner (more)
ROBYN LOUW:While I’m beating the publicity drum, I believe that the operators have installed a new correspondent to publicize our horses and racing events internationally and I am absolutely thrilled. (more)
SARAH WHITELAW: The curtain comes down on National Assembly but his son and grandson fly the flag in the sales ring this year. (more)
Cape Town is the only place to be at the moment if you love thoroughbred racing. (more)
We are only human and our personal experience and existing views sometimes dictate that unbiased opinion does not always come easily to those of us who work the daily grind of the politics, problems, but mostly pleasures of horseracing. (more)
“The race of the season” is an expression liberally used, but the Betting World Cape Flying Championship was out of th ordinary. (more)
Thabani Nzimande wins the scholarship at the Al Maktoum School of Excellence and heads for the National Stud (more)
Mike Bass has carded 22 runners for J&B Met day. Wanna know more? Here's a direct link to the Bass-website (more)
Attendance at British racecourses rose for the third year running in 2011, despite the continuing gloom in the economy, and pushed beyond six million for the first time since 2004 (more)
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