Toppings And Flavours
Chris Taylor is balancing business interests with a renewed enthusiasm for his chosen profession as he returns to race riding this weekend
4th October 2013
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Chris Taylor is balancing business interests with a renewed enthusiasm for his chosen profession as he returns to race riding this weekend
The National Horseracing Authority have released their findings into an argument between two jockeys that turned nasty
A disagreement between two senior jockeys marred the Greyville Sunday meeting
After a great start to the new season, Jockey Chris Taylor says that despite an injury earlier this year, he is fit and raring to ride the winners
The care of racehorses after they have retired from racing is a burning and sensitive public issue. Jockey Chris Taylor runs for his life and the love of the horse when he takes on the Comrades Marathon on 3 June
A sad evening at Greyville on 24 April with the news of the passing of former jockey Hadley ‘Jack’ Augustus
A jockey running for charity and a Stipe who only six months ago had serious heart surgery
Racing made a welcome return to Clairwood on Sunday 18 March after an enforced break at the South Durban track following the controversially abandoned meeting
Trainer Mike De Kock and jockey Anthony Delpech grabbed the last double at Scottsville on 22 January although their eyes will be on the bigger
It is very often the lucky breaks coupled with raw hard work and tenacity, more than personal marketing plans and distributing portfolios, that give the
He proudly holds the unique distinction of being the first pupil in that hallowed institution’s long history to have attained a University Exemption on passing his Grade 12 when graduating. But who exactly is this unassuming mystery man, with an impressive international riding CV, who hardly anybody seems to know anything about?
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!
