‘The volume of business taken through the racecourse pitches is minuscule, compared to the volumes generated in our off-course retail and digital businesses…’
A retired accountant from North London has had an absolute fill-up after turning 20 pence into £457,067.52 via a six-leg horse racing accumulator bet
Paying jockeys to give their opinions on their mounts at specific meetings has been flagged by Australian stewards as posing problems with integrity and financial arrangements
Bookies’ cash helps to support British racing, but betting on the horses is becoming less popular. In the Seventies, betting fans queued up to back legendary horses such as Red Rum. But nowadays online poker and roulette, and figuring out who will open the scoring for Chelsea, are competing for attention
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
