Nexus Shows His Class
While a stakes success has puzzlingly eluded him so far, Justin Snaith’s classy Dynasty gelding Nexus took the top honours in Saturday’s non black-type R80 000 Cape Mile
7th November 2020
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While a stakes success has puzzlingly eluded him so far, Justin Snaith’s classy Dynasty gelding Nexus took the top honours in Saturday’s non black-type R80 000 Cape Mile
A winner of 9 of his 11 outings, and with place cheques at the other two starts, One World maintained his unbeaten form this season
He is the shortest odds-on shot of the day when he steps out in the Cape Mile – a race where he is not well handicapped
A horrifying incident inside the final 300m marred a long overdue and deserved win by the Vaughan Marshall-trained 4yo Victorious Jay
A beautifully bred horse that once promised plenty but delivered stakes placings at best in a chequered career, came to the fore as he knocked the wind out of the sails of some illustrious opposition at Kenilworth on Saturday
A man we are privileged to have known as a loyal friend of this great game and of the Sporting Post, a personal mate, and one of South African horseracing’s great characters, Shaheen Shaw, a husband, loving Dad and Grandad, passed away suddenly at the age of 55
The sad reality is that no matter who did what wrong, the Peter saga has been a scar on the SA horseracing landscape for far too long and besides the old favourite of justice delayed, it has lingered lengths ahead of KZN star Royal Victory’s big win in the 2023 renewal of the Highveld showpiece
Time has flown by and it’s been thirty years since the first issue of the Sporting Post hit the shelves in October 1994
The champagne corks were popping at the magnificent Owloon Horses in Paarl earlier this week when their 2024 Hollywoodbets Durban July winning broodmare Souk delivered a handsome and beautifully conformed Fire Away colt
