Eight times SA Champion Trainer Mike de Kock stands on the brink of a tenth Summer Cup victory on Saturday and with a diverse five-pronged attack fancies his chances of pulling off his 118th Gr1 victory
The Soetendal Estate name is likely to be mentioned more often than any other vendor by veteran Auctioneer Andrew Miller when the gavel starts falling shortly after 6 o’clock on Friday
Proud of her rock solid educational foundation, and with a pedigree boasting old-fashioned family values and a love of horses, Paarl Diamant Estate’s Monique Schabort is a relatively new generation player in the horseracing game
Money comes and goes – it’s the passion that endures. So says Michael Tshetsho Mahiakola
Close on a year post the Mayfair Speculators implosion, former Cape Champion trainer Joey Ramsden and his loyal team are firmly back on track
Having Paul Lafferty playing a pedantic English professor emeritus in the shadows is just one of the challenges facing Gold Circle’s new age TV duo
Hollywood sponsored veteran East Cape trainer Gavin Smith saddled a sensational five-timer at Fairview on Friday to find himself in the top six on the SA National log
Our former SA Champion jockey Gavin Lerena has adopted a philosophical and positive attitude towards his profession
Unlike many of his contemporaries, who enter the SA Jockey Academy in their mid High School years as often immature and confused youngsters, Louis took a different path
Paul Garlicki reflects on a life immersed in horses, the success of Connemara Stud and how the game and the underlying industry has evolved – in some respects for the better
Becoming a jockey was a childhood dream for as long as Divan Neethling can remember
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
