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Conditions racing is intended to measure the merit of performance at set weights while handicapping is intended to level the performance at different weights; the former is expected to establish the quality of competing individuals while the latter is expected to produce the closest possible finish.
First and foremost, racefigures ensure that the better horses win more races.
A public handicapper should be a man of independent circumstances, in every sense of the word, and beyond suspicion of accepting illicit compensation for favours received
The official handicapper must work on the assumption that most horses are inherently consistent, and reproduce their best form for periods at a time – if not all the time. By measuring what is regarded as normal form, and expressing it in a figure, horses can be matched against each other and the playing field be levelled.
The Marx Brothers demonstrate how to make money at the races
Catalogue and physical checklists on how to buy a horse – for prospective buyers of thoroughbred racehorses.
Tom Ivers looks at the influence that equine exercise physiology has on bone density in the racehorse
Queen of the Turf and a public idol in her day, King’s Pact was one of the most famous race mares ever produced in South Africa.
A former SA Champion jockey and 3-time Met winner, sends out his first runner in the Met
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
