You gave so much and asked for so little in return. You have enriched my life and have been, since the day you were born, an endless source of joy and pleasure to me and those around you.
The increased stake money of R1-million has pricked the interest of trainers all over country
In racing, as in life, it’s better to be lucky than good, and this year’s Emerald Cup winner has had more than a little luck on his side!
PE challenger In A Rush slams local hotshots in the R600 000 Gr2 Emerald Cup
A high quality field of ten go to post in what looks set to be an intriguing contest in the Gr3 Matchem Stakes at Durbanville this Sunday. Variety Club won the race last year. Is there another horse of the year in the wings?
In A Rush has been the Eastern Cape’s pre-eminent two-year-old all season and completed a clean sweep of the three Port Elizabeth juvenile Features which are open to males when he won the Champion Juvenile Cup
There is no doubt that we saw a future star of South Horseracing at Fairview on Friday 15 July. The much-hyped Western Cape youngsters sportingly arrived to take their chances against the local stars and Gavin Smith’s Windrush colt sent them home with tails between the legs. Not that we are even thinking about that objection that almost spoilt the party though…
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
