“Education? What’s that? I was streetwise. That’s it. A powerful and hugely successful businessman, Mr Beck always used to joke that his life was being ruled by a guy with a Standard 1 education!”
The Kenilworth meeting this Saturday honours one of South African horseracing’s great owners, breeders and benefactors of recent times.
There are few men that have left a larger impression on horseracing and life than the late Graham Beck. The Gr2 Graham Beck Memorial Sceptre Stakes will feature on a raceday at Kenilworth in January that will include the Listed Graham Beck Sun Classique Handicap and the Listed Graham Beck Jamaica Handicap
Suddenly the R1 million price tag looks so damn cheap! Trainer Dean Kannemeyer was a very happy man after his handsome Jet Master colt, Divine
Sensational six winners at the Vaal on Thursday for former SA Champion!
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
The Ndoro Stud-bred son of Wilgerbosdrift’s War Front stallion Fire Away, Alec Laird-trained Fire Attack dominated the 2025 Highveld Feature Season Awards
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
