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Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion, you must first set yourself on fire
1st May 2018
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Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion, you must first set yourself on fire
For those who dare to dream that racing can bring us on a journey to larger than life emotions – welcome to the 2016 Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival is only a matter of weeks away. Irish correspondent, Mark Boylan, brings us up to speed on the National Hunt season
The latest installment in our National Hunt coverage in the run up to the 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup
“In my lifetime, there has been no such thing as a ‘title race’ in National Hunt racing. There has only been McCoy.” Mark Boylan’s latest installment on the 2015/2016 National Hunt season
With all roads leading to the Cheltenham Festival in March, Mark Boylan has nominated 10 horses that he thinks could prove profitable to follow over the coming months
A stellar cast of stars descend on Santa Anita for the 31st running of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships this Friday and Saturday. BOYLAN OVER
Irish Champions Weekend was a massive success which gained great publicity in the national media. It was dramatic, gripping and entertaining for everyone in attendance.
It’s not just any festival – it’s the Cheltenham Festival. Over 235,000 racing enthusiasts descend on Prestbury Park to see 28 races in total and 12 Gr1 contests.
ROBYN LOUW: Cheltenham and the sensational Mark Boylan. His passion and enthusiasm are infectious and it’s incredible to see how much interest and media coverage this one boy PR wonder has generated for racing in general and Cheltenham.
ROBYN LOUW: The Breeders’ Cup was a bit of a mixed bag for racing fans. Favourites were dethroned. However, the biggest hit of the festival for me was a young raider from Ireland called Mark Boylan.
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
