While most horses seem to handle both turf and synthetic tracks to some extent, some excel on one particular surface and today we will concentrate on some dead-set Poly specialists.
The Group 3 Merlion Trophy is the first leg of the Singapore Sprint Series and being on the Polytrack, it always makes for an interesting race and this year looks like no exception.
EL PADRINO has had a pretty impressive career to date. When winning in Korea at his last start, he joined the undisputed champ, ROCKET MAN,
A mixed-bag on Sunday but while there might be some lower Class fodder, the meeting finishes very strongly with 3 very good punting races.
An Open Benchmark 97 dash over 1100m highlights a 11 race all-Polytrack meeting from Singapore on Sunday.
SARAH WHITELAW looking at Golden Chateau’s G2 Gauteng Guineas win at 100-1; the end of the Sizzling Summer review; Royal Academy’s influence in SA
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
