Sporting Post columnists share their opinions and insights into horse racing from South Africa and around the world. They are experts who have a deep understanding of the sport of kings, enjoy their thoughtful and fresh articles.
ROBYN LOUW:While I’m beating the publicity drum, I believe that the operators have installed a new correspondent to publicize our horses and racing events internationally and I am absolutely thrilled.
SARAH WHITELAW: The curtain comes down on National Assembly but his son and grandson fly the flag in the sales ring this year.
Cape Town is the only place to be at the moment if you love thoroughbred racing.
We are only human and our personal experience and existing views sometimes dictate that unbiased opinion does not always come easily to those of us who work the daily grind of the politics, problems, but mostly pleasures of horseracing.
Communication, or the dire lack of it, was in the spotlight again this afternoon. Jockey Felix Coetzee was a drawcard on a rare visit to Kimberley, but after a fighting second in the fourth race, he disappeared.
Trainer Mike De Kock and jockey Anthony Delpech grabbed the last double at Scottsville on 22 January although their eyes will be on the bigger
A super quick solution to racing’s problems? The clash of the speed merchants at Kenilworth on Saturday was an unqualified success on many fronts, but
Val De Ra is Africa’s Champion Sprinter. She proved that today by winning the R600 000 Gr1 Betting World Cape Flying Championship in emphatic style at
A torturous heat wave cloaked the Western Cape in a hot blanket today and had punters in a sweat with a few form reversals and
Besides serving as an important academic and information exercise for those serious about finding a winner for the Cape’s premier race to be run next Saturday, the gallops are really little more than a sedentary stretch of the legs for the big race participants and a pointer to physical well-being.
LANCE BENSON: The Michael Roberts raceday at Scottsville last Sunday demonstrated that horse-racing can demonstrate the big ‘T’ with the necessary focus and effort.
Gareth van Zyl and Smanga ‘Bling’ Khumalo were the toast of the KZN Capital City on Monday
There simply isn’t a better five days of Flat racing anywhere in the world! It all starts on Tuesday 17 June with three Gr1 races
It’s been confirmed – New Zealand reigning champion jockey Warren Kennedy has been booked to ride Confederate for trainer Fabian Habib on 05 July
