One practices medicine, dentistry and even veterinary science. However, those that manage stud farms, are called stud masters. I can think of no-one more deserving of that title than John Slade
Slade has sometimes been driven to distraction by trainers who have pushed progeny of Silvano too early and by others who have given up on them too soon
For some people, horses provide riches you can’t take to the bank, but just occasionally, if you’re very lucky, they give you both.
It”s not ‘just a horse’, but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment
These big horses are not only a huge financial responsibility to a manager, they become family and a loss would be just as much of an emotional one as a financial one. It was a very nerve-wracking day yesterday.
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
