Dave Mollet’s suggested Equus Award winners
David Mollett gives his own awards to those he considers excelled during the 2010/11 season.
11th August 2011
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David Mollett gives his own awards to those he considers excelled during the 2010/11 season.
LANCE BENSON: There are just too many unanswered questions and uncertainties. Couple this thought with the economic outlook for the next twelve months looking a touch rockier than the past year. Against this backdrop one can understand that this weekend’s National Two Year Old Sale could provide an orgy of life-changing opportunity for those folk with the emotional and financial backbone to raise their hands and buy that four-legged lucky dip.
ROBYN LOUW: I am proud to say that I have been a part of the Sporting Post for an entire year now, so my enormous thanks to the wonderful team as well as everyone who puts up with my weekly musings!
SARAH WHITELAW: The news that South Africa’s reigning champion sire Jet Master has contracted the West Nile virus was greeted by despair throughout the country. Hopefully the great horse makes a speedy recovery.
Our attention turns to the MTN 8 Cup this weekend as the top 8 finishers of the previous season do battle and are all hoping to get their hands on that whopping R16 Million prize money.
This season’s Community Shield will be the battle of Manchester which pits last season’s FA Cup winners Manchester City head-to-head with Premier League champs Manchester United.
LANCE BENSON: It is good to observe a touch of innovation from Tellytrack. The introduction this week of Neil Andrews’ Betting World show in three new live slots, including Saturday and Sunday morning, should lift the quality of the sparse magazine programme line-up on the racing channel.
ROBYN LOUW: Happy birthday to all our horses ! May you all live to light a hundred candles. Well, perhaps not the horses, but hopefully the industry anyway.
SARAH WHITELAW: The unbeaten 2yo, Harbour Watch, stamped himself as a leading contender, and current favourite, for next year’s 2000 Guineas, with a fluent win in Friday’s G2 Richmond Stakes.
The All Blacks were far too good for the Springboks in their Tri-Nations opener, beating the Boks 40-7 in a commanding performance in Wellington over the weekend.
Michael Roberts will contest the South African trainers championship in the not to distant future.
Varsfontein Stud boasts a stallion roster which is arguably the envy of every breeding outfit in South Africa
The excitement builds as the countdown to the R5 million Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July continues
Eight On Eighteen holds a commanding lead in both the Three-Year-Old Male category as well as the race for the prestigious Horse Of The Year title
Gareth van Zyl and Smanga ‘Bling’ Khumalo were the toast of the KZN Capital City on Monday
