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LANCE BENSON: A few leading local owners have stepped forward and put theirweight behind sponsoring feature races in this Cape’s Sizzling Summer Season.
24th October 2012
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LANCE BENSON: A few leading local owners have stepped forward and put theirweight behind sponsoring feature races in this Cape’s Sizzling Summer Season.
“Politician – n. Someone who shakes your hand before an election and your confidence after it.”
SARAH WHITEALW: Frankel, the winner of all 14 of his starts, joins just a handful of great champions to retire unbeaten.
I watched Usain Bolt and Frankel win remarkable sporting feats and have absolutely no doubt that I will never see anything like it again.
This is a question that seems very topical if comments from betting operators are taken at face value. It is regularly mentioned that tote turnover is in decline and that this is expected to continue in future
SARAH WHITELAW: Galileo is without question a great stallion, and is showing promise as a tremendous sire of sires. However, it is early days yet to concede that he is a better stallion than his sire, Sadler’s Wells.
ROBYN LOUW: They say a week is a long time in politics – it turns out racing is not too far behind
LANCE BENSON: The things we fear most in organizations – fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances – are the primary sources of creativity. Cape feels like the awkward child that nobody really wanted,. and now ironically finds itself at the centre of some rather unwanted attention and veiled custody battles at the Competition Tribunal
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.
SARAH WHITELAW: Does size count – theories regarding the height of successful racehorse; some Arc facts and Solemia’s win
After months of gathering evidence, it seems the Competitions Commission is ready to proceed. This Inquiry is without a doubt a watershed moment in our history and the decisions made will have far-reaching effects.
Frank Robinson and his staunch patron Sid Moodley look to have booked themselves a Hollywoodbets Durban July berth with Madison Valley
Reigning SA Horse Of The Year Dave The King became the third back-to-back winner this century of South Africa’s highest-rated Gr1 contest, the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Gold Challenge
Currently offered at 25-1 in the ante-post market, Dean Kannemeyer’s lightly raced 4yo The Real Prince is happy and healthy and on track for a run in the big one
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
