In-form Newnham Saddles Five At Sha Tin

Mark Newnham is rolling through his second season in Hong Kong with flying colours and on Wednesday the trainer saddles five runners at Sha Tin’s eight-race all-dirt programme

Your Story Could Win You A R2000 Betting Voucher

To continue our 30th birthday celebrations the Sporting Post are asking our readers to submit personal anectdotes of magic memories, or the best or worst moments of their racing life – entries close at 12h00 on Tuesday 22 October

Palace Eyes Paddock Stakes After Smart 4yo Season Debut

The Hollywoodbets Gr3 Victress Stakes (14 December) and Cartier Gr1 Paddock Stakes (4 January) are on the agenda for Saturday’s impressive winner Red Palace

Longines Hong Kong Sprint On Radar For Hayes Speedster

Clocking one of the fastest 1200m times ever recorded at Sha Tin, Ka Ying Rising continued a relentless march towards the Gr1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint in December with an imperious victory in the Gr2 Premier Bowl Handicap

Murphy’s On Top Of The World Again!

‘The British weighing room is full of stars. It is one of the most, if not the most, competitive weighing rooms in the world. There are so many Group One-winning jockeys in there and many of them are young and ambitious’

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The One Paced Peter Saga – A Year On And Millions In Costs

The sad reality is that no matter who did what wrong, the Peter saga has been a scar on the SA horseracing landscape for far too long and besides the old favourite of justice delayed, it has lingered lengths ahead of KZN star Royal Victory’s big win in the 2023 renewal of the Highveld showpiece

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The One Paced Peter Saga – A Year On And Millions In Costs

The sad reality is that no matter who did what wrong, the Peter saga has been a scar on the SA horseracing landscape for far too long and besides the old favourite of justice delayed, it has lingered lengths ahead of KZN star Royal Victory’s big win in the 2023 renewal of the Highveld showpiece

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Owloon Celebrate A New Generation Charmer

The champagne corks were popping at the magnificent Owloon Horses in Paarl earlier this week when their 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July winning broodmare Souk delivered a handsome and beautifully conformed Fire Away colt

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Handicapping in South Africa

The ideal racing program must consist of a balanced combination of Merit Rating races (real handicaps) and Conditions races (Maiden and Plate/Race Figure races

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NHA Feature Ratings – Our Brickbats & Bouquets

Last weekend’s feature results certainly fired shots ahead of the season. But did they hit the ratings target and why fiddle with handicap ratings in black type races?  All that happens is one or two horses get favoured against the majority of battlers

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