Time For A Rethink On Racetimes
Owner Joffe (RIP) told racing in South Africa years and years ago that times must be adjusted during the summer months.
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Owner Joffe (RIP) told racing in South Africa years and years ago that times must be adjusted during the summer months.
At the very least please take this responsibility away from the Cape and rethink the way forward – dong more of the same and expecting a different outcome is a fools game
When the French-bred 6yo Foveros won the Heed Your Hunch @betway Handicap, the final race of Tattersalls Irish Guineas weekend at the Curragh on Sunday, we wondered if he was permitted to carry the same name as the eight-times SA Champion Sire
The BHA seems to regard trainers and owners as inherently dishonest individuals who spend their time lining up dishonest activities to profit from
In the early 1980’s The Buggles told us that Video Killed The Video Star. Fast forward to the 21st century, the question is did handicapping do the same to the sport of kings?
The ‘burning platform’ of Phumelela’s business rescue and Covid made it easy to reduce prize money. While that was a short-term fix, there must be other big changes we can make in this time of crisis that will make the industry more sustainable
We know that it’s very difficult and punishing to export via the current route through Mauritius but it works
The dominance of the deceased Japanese superstar, Deep Impact (Sunday Silence), was well and truly felt on the 2019 Japanese Sires List
The 1972 Epsom Derby winner, Roberto, proved an excellent sire, broodmare sire, and sire of sires
Ready to Run introduces a new angle – in order for a horse to truly be ‘ready to run’ it has to have a passport
An angry trainer said it was time for those in charge to tell the industry and the racing public how they had permitted a race to be run in clearly dangerous circumstances
Real Gone Kid has an international standard pedigree that wouldn’t be out of place in any stallion barn around the world
‘Smanga Khumalo has chosen Mike de Kock’s horse, but in life we all make mistakes’ – Justin Snaith
Joey Soma told the Sporting Post that Winning Form-sponsored Serino Moodley met their original criteria of experience of the Hollywoodbets Greyville track
