In 2005 Alastor won for Sean Tarry – to quote a household name in Jockey Garth Puller: “When the bookies saw the age of the horse, they priced him 25-1.When they saw the age of the jockey,they doubled it to 50-1!”
South African horse of the year Legislate has been withdrawn from the Gr1 J&B Met
Interestingly, the trainers of the past four Met winners have no runners this year
Justice had been served since, after winning the Gold Cup in 1962, Speciality had run close seconds in the July, the Queen’s Plate and the Met in which he ran 5th 2 ½ lengths behind The Giant in 1964. It was as one paper put it, “Third Time Lucky”.
A legend celebrates his 58th birthday on the eve of yet another bid to win the Met. The ice-cool Karl Neisius says he has no immediate retirement plans – scoffing at danger and suggesting that one could fall off a horse just as easy as falling down stairs
Finding the winning Met quartet with your personal golden thread, combines a measure of skill with some luck. We are looking for some suggestions
The best interests of the very valuable son of Dynasty will always come first and if there are any changes for the worst he will not run in Saturday’s Gr1 J&B Met
We have watched the gallops on Thursday morning and we know where they are drawn. But has the sun broken through the ominous dark cloud hovering over original J&B Met favourite Legislate?
The charismatic legend of Andrew Fortune sitting on that expensive couch in an outfit that looked like he came straight from cleaning his garage , made the show worthwhile
The contenders for the 2015 J&B Met strutted their stuff at the pubic gallops at Kenilworth on Thursday, 22 January. The Sporting Post was on hand to capture the action.
All Racing Association badge holders are entitled to Met tickets
A former Bloemfontein champion trainer, Michael McLachlan was a popular character in the halcyon days of horseracing and now finds himself in dire need
