The Scenic Route
Recent form is not an abundant luxury in the Listed Syringa Handicap where Mike De Kock holds a nice hand
Recent form is not an abundant luxury in the Listed Syringa Handicap where Mike De Kock holds a nice hand
Serious prize money and innovation see a smart field line up the inaugural R1 million KZN Breeders 1600.
Mike de Kock, who saddled the first two finishers, although most punters would not have shared in his delight as it was 14/1 outsider Checcetti who gunned down her much more fancied stable companion Flirtation to land the spoils
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