ROBYN LOUW: Gitano Hernando first flashed across the radar before the 2011 Dubai World Cup, when he famously changed hands to the Chechen President. More

ROBYN LOUW: I’m a bit of a horse nut, which means that I follow a number of horsey sports. However, being a racing enthusiast means that I particularly enjoy seeing Thoroughbreds excel in other sports More

SARAH WHITELAW: One of racing’s all time great careers ended last week when it was announced that Black Caviar had run her last race. More

ROBYN LOUW: People who are good at what they do seldom do any selling & usually let their work do the talking. One such person is Michael Robinson. More

ROBYN LOUW: I know I covered the Grand National last week, but it was such an interesting race this year that I thought I’d write about it again. More

ROBYN LOUW: The first Saturday in April heralds the annual pilgrimage to Aintree for the race that stops the English Nation More

ROBYN LOUW: At Clairwood on Sunday. All the Kings Horses and all the Kings Men – our priorities are entirely backwards More

It’s not just any festival – it’s the Cheltenham Festival. Over 235,000 racing enthusiasts descend on Prestbury Park to see 28 races in total and 12 Gr1 contests. More

ROBYN LOUW: R7.5 milion up for grabs with the newly launched 3YO Challenge Series, the exclusive reserve of graduates of the CPYS Book 2. More

LANCE BENSON: Are our racing gods falling into the blame trap and the leaning on past glories when it comes to igniting a revival of racing? More

LANCE BENSON: Are we marketing the game correctly? This crossed my mind after spending Sunday at Durbanville in the company of a few dirty pigs in the parade ring More

ROBYN LOUW: In 1974 Tony Kalmanson established Varsfontein Stud just outside Paarl and the Kalmanson name has been a fixture on the local racing landscape ever since. More

ROBYN LOUW: I kicked off my week with a chat to Richard Maxwell one of the world’s leading Horse Whisperers More

ROBYN LOUW: I’ve been a long-standing fan of the blonde bomb that is Striker Strydom. . . . . More

ROBYN LOUW: The internet is a weird, wide and wonderful place and attracts an incredibly diverse mix of people and so I found Folly – a spanking good read. More

ROBYN LOUW: Now he’s the Met winner and on top of the world. These are the stories we keep coming back for. More

ROBYN LOUW: “They say money doesn’t buy happiness. But it does buy books. And that’s sort of the same thing.”
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