It may be a prudent option to stick with the proven local campaigners like newly crowned champion trainer Dorrie Sham and the wily Cliffie Miller at a rare Saturday meeting down Kimberley way Read More
Gimmethegreenlight – there’s no holding back. Hassen Adams, one of the great entrepreneurs in South Africa, started with R28m – R3bn in cash now and he’s going to deploy that very efficiently Read More
The Mauritian Government has launched a Commission Of Inquiry into horseracing on the island. It will be assisted in its work by forensic auditors and other experts from overseas.
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Tellytrack and Phumelela come out throwing punches as the public spat rages Read More
The National Horseracing Authority has announced that the development of the new Studbook Online registration system is nearly completed Read More
South African Bookmakers Do Pay for International Horse Racing! Hollywood tells the world…read on and draw your own conclusions Read More
The Independent Newspaper group (what’s in a name?) published a poorly researched article in the business section of several of its titles on Monday 21 July, relating to the ongoing differences between TellyTrack and the bookmakers Read More
You are excused if you get the feeling that you have done this all before. But here we go with a third attempt to run the Gr3 Final Fling Stakes. They are all a year older but the field remains a competitive one and let’s just hope the rain stays away for Sunday Read More
That’s what separates him from the others. He’s so versatile and has all the attributes to get you out of trouble Read More
A family dinner almost goes awry for a Stipe as three jockeys enter the restaurant and are seated at a table nearby. And then the mystery of the nodding Mr Atchia…a saga of when good times go bad! Read More
The NHA states that they are there to maintain the integrity of horse racing. I happen to think it is vital that we have a strong, independent regulatory body. Unfortunately the way this incident was handled has done little to convince me that we do. Read More
No surprises in Equus nominees, but who will win? Read More
The 2014 Cape Racing And Breeding Awards will be held on 7 August at Kenilworth Racecourse. Read More
Mike Bass’ Trippi gelding Night Trip can run when he is in the mood. He showed a fancy for the polytrack when flying up late to win the R150 000 Listed The Darley Arabian run over a mile at Greyville on Super Saturday Read More
No wonder he is fully booked for 2015 already. There is something special in the character of a Var-and the sensational producer tops the local sire charts on combined stake earnings Read More
Punters showed how clever they are by installing her an 11 to 10 favourite as she faced some local hard-knockers over a mile – a trip one is inclined to think would be some way short of her optimum. Read More
One must recognize the huge differential here – amateur status, non-thoroughbreds, the trotting and pacing gaits, and encouragingly (and unlike thoroughbred racing today) the discipline is supported by a groundswell of aspirant horsemen. Read More
The NHA states that they are there to maintain the integrity of horse racing. I happen to think it is vital that we have a strong, independent regulatory body. Unfortunately the way this incident was handled has done little to convince me that we do. Read More
With Jet Master reclaiming his sires title, here are possible candidates for the Outstanding Stallion award Read More
89% of ReadytoRun horses in UK/Ireland this year were yearling pinhooks Read More
The day the butterflies disappear is the day you should give up, because you’ve either become overconfident or you’ve lost your nerve. You’ve got to get butterflies. Read More
Force the public to become interested, just as poker, NASCAR, wrestling, and mixed martial arts have done. Just as milk did years ago and insurance is doing now. It requires an inventive marketing mind on a national level, not just marketing heads at individual racetracks. It is the fractured nature of racing that has hurt the sport Read More
You’ve only got one life, that’s my motto. I believe if you’re good to people, then they’ll be good to you. Read More
Anyone can train a horse, it’s what you do when the wheels fall off – that’s the difference between being good and being great. Successful trainers are the ones who know what to do when things go wrong and who can pick up the pieces and carry on. Read More
Gold Cup is won by PE challenger Arthur Miller and 7yo Stateway. Amberpondo wins the Summerveld Stakes and Flobayou makes a winning 4yo debut in the Stewards Cup. Pas de Quoi bows out on a high with a win in the Champion Stakes and the ARCSA Awards are held in the Greyville parade ring on race day. Stanley Greeff achieves a career best of 123 winners for the season, finishing 7th on the national log on stakes. Taban wins the Natal Mercury and Dahlia’s Legacy wins the Golden Slipper. Cape challenger Hainan Dao is a shock winner of the Gold Vase and La Fabulous wins the KZN Breeders Challenge. Read More
Bacio rewards Garth Puller by winning the Durbanville Oaks and Gary Alexander saddles 6 on a card. The mood in the Cape is as black as the weather and the Winter Series has to be rearranged to accommodate the tracks. A big day for Stanley Greeff in the EC Paddock Stakes and Dions renews sponsorship of EP Derby. Flaming Rock bows out with a 2nd in the Mainstay. Read More
SA has 2nd favourite in Epsom Derby, Basil Marcus extends HK jockey championship lead, Imperial Despatch wins the Daily News and a new race record for Taban in the Chairman’s Stakes. Pas De Quoi thwarts Flaming Rock’s designs on a 4th Schweppes title and Genevieve Michel becomes first SA-trained lady jockey. Surfing Home shows his July mettle in the Mainstay Trial, while Eli’s Truth is deemed not up to scratch. Rain, jockey protests and a huge who-ha in the July, as the race is awarded to Space Walk and Odessa wins the Breeders’ Championship Read More
