Riding Loony to Racetrack Excellence
Mary Slack: “I was a real horsey girl, a riding loony and my primary interest was riding. Racing came later, and the breeding later still.”
24th April 2014
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Mary Slack: “I was a real horsey girl, a riding loony and my primary interest was riding. Racing came later, and the breeding later still.”
Mike De Kock and Mary Slack will be contemplating the future of Ilha Bela after the Summer Cup
I hope this is the first of many winners for Mary Slack and Michael Javett, said Mike de Kock after Cio-Cio had won her debut at Scottsville
The first lady of South African racing, Mrs Bridget Oppenheimer, passed away on the 25th October, following a short illness. She was 92.
What a day for the Oppenheimer family! A race sponsored by daughter Mary Slack is won by Mum Bridget Oppenheimer with a horse by Tiger Ridge out of a Fort Wood mare!
The 2012 R2 million Gr1 Sansui Summer Cup will go down in history as so much more than just another horserace
The Hennenman Memorial raceday is unique in the way the sport honours the memory of the deceased.
The Mike De Kock magic worked wonders again with Gorongosa returning after a four month rest to win the Listed Spook Express Handicap at Turffontein on Sunday 15 April
In what must surely be a world record for the De Kock yard in a Group race, punter’s woes continued when the champion trainer produced a 100-1 shot to win the R1 million Gr2 Betting World Gauteng Guineas run over 1600m.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
