Trainer Never Said 4-10 Shot Was A ‘Good Thing’
Rob Haswell tells that he has had horses trained by Nathan Kotzen for more than twenty years and pulls us up for our Umthombothi Stakes ‘flop’
11th February 2025
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Rob Haswell tells that he has had horses trained by Nathan Kotzen for more than twenty years and pulls us up for our Umthombothi Stakes ‘flop’
Troubled times need strong, decisive, fair, principled, sincere, swift, and transparent leadership that is neither self-serving nor self-preserving
The Sporting Post received calls after Gareth Wright had been substituted for Domeyer, who could not get down to the 56kgs allotted to October Morn
Have you ever thought about where it has all gone wrong for racing and why have we been at a crossroads for some time for the greatest game in town?
‘I enjoyed the best days of this game. I can’t remember any politics. We spoke racing – and racing only’
Trainer Leon Lotz pays a compliment to the track staff at Flamingo Park in a note to the Sporting Post mailbag
I want to listen to interviews of our trainers and jockeys,focus on our SA horses cantering down and take an enjoyable bet. But this is just not possible
I see that we no longer have the weekly quartet carryovers to the last race of local Sunday meetings…
To celebrate our horsey heritage, I thought this extract would make for sentimental reflection
Surely such threats should not be tolerated and should be investigated?
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!
