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Always smiling and ready with a quip and a chirp or two, Glen Hatt is one of Cape racing’s true blue gentlemen.
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Always smiling and ready with a quip and a chirp or two, Glen Hatt is one of Cape racing’s true blue gentlemen.
SARAH WHITELAW: Sadler’s Wells Inbreeding On The Increase; Sharpen Up Makes His Mark; Promising Start For Ascot Legend
Racing administrators should be made to own horses and feel the pain in every way possible. This is the only way they will ever understand the frustration.
Striving for excellence in any competitive environment, and achieving it, results in the true result of defining CHAMPIONS.
It’s been a busy weekend, sadly without winners. It was one of those weekends where nothing ran badly but a few left me scratching my head
Lanzerac, new sponsors of the CTS Ready To Run Sale,and the associated Stakes race, launched themselves into the spotlight with a sumptuous luncheon at the estate
Either that or the whole lot should resign and make place for new people, says Louis Goosen….
Digteby Stud has been a farm in the news this year. The farm is currently 8th on the leading breeders by AEPR
The Elusive Fort Cape Classic will raise the curtain on the 2013 Summer Of Champions season
Few would deny that Mr Prospector was one of the greatest, and most influential, stallions in history.
I think he will succeed, not just in rattling a few Mauritian owners, but also getting the backs up of quite a few jockeys as well
In contrast to heavyweights of the modern era in Galileo, Sea The Stars and Dubawi, who have stamped their authority in classic spheres with excellent support from leading breeders, bona fide breed shaper Acclamation rose from far humbler beginnings
A familiar voice for years whenever we telephoned Summerhill Stud, and a lady known as ‘Muhtafal’s Mom’ to many, Megan Romeyn currently finds herself with life-threatening medical challenges
Unbeaten Gqeberha-based flyer Direct Hit became the third East Cape raider to win the Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship this century
The extraordinary story of Chad Little’s comeback to race riding at the age of 40 in November last year after teetering on the brink of the abyss of a nearly wasted life, received a Netflix-type boost at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on Saturday