The Real McCoy. A storm in a fishcake over a champion?

What’s in a name? A lot say the Australians, as Durbanville Racecourse makes international headlines More

Time stood still for a jockey at Fairview today when he broke the golden rule in the final stages of a race More

Honour. Michelle Rixon (left) with her sons Niall and Thor and winning Diadem Stakes owner Marsh Shirtliff (right)

The disappearance of WPOTA from the Diadem Stakes race title this year hardly caused a ripple. It was thus pleasing to see the Rixon family on course at Kenilworth to honour the memory of an outstanding horseman More

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Jockey musical chairs and some great performances on the track skew the Gr2 Selangor Cup picture More

Fresh New Face. Jockey Vicky Minott is taking the racing world by storm

A breath of fresh air, Vicky Minott is SA horseracing’s jockey-turned-television personality. This was written following requests by non-racing media for some insight into a world too many of us on the inside probably take for granted. More

Inseperable! Karl Neisius(outside) urges Cape Royal as Glen Hatt challenges on Happy Forever down the inside

We don’t wish to criticise what is a thankless decision to make. But if one looks at where the contact occurred and the distance from the line, then it could just as well have gone the other way. More

Upwardly Mobile! Queen's Club (Grant Van Niekerk) streaks clear to win easily. Pencil the name in!

We are trying to stimulate thoughts of a system that should be more user friendly and display an overkill of information, rather than leave unanswered questions. The Stipes Reports may be a great starting point More

Somebody needs to take the lead by reviewing the rules governing the start. Seldom a week goes by without somebody crying foul as a result of an incident. More

The abandonment of today’s Kimberley racemeeting once again places a question mark against the competency of the sport’s leadership. Blaming outside service providers really doesn’t work as a damage control measure… More

Unbelievable! Barzalona(blue silks) keeps Encke at it as O'Brien drives Camelot for his life in the purple and white colours

Taxes and death remain the two great certainties in this life after Camelot’s shock defeat in Saturday’s Ladbroke’s St Leger at Doncaster in England More

The A Team. Mike and Diane De Kock

Somewhere in an unknown address, funny little people who patently know nothing, are driven by a form of paranoia. Or more worrying, may well have an axe to grind or have become accommodating for other reasons, to invent restrictions on South African horses that are beyond comprehension. More

Fortune's Back! Andrew Fortune rides the first of the three Ramsden winners to break his duck

In the words of champion Cape trainer Joey Ramsden, Andrew Fortune’s winning comeback has been a ‘superhuman effort by an alien’. More

Justice Done! Impartial Justice wins the sixth race under Lerato Mohapi

Versatility offers a wider variety of options. And when they don’t cost an arm and a leg either, then what more could a prospective owner expect or demand of a stallion? More