Michael Roberts

Brian Cherry

Racing Loses July Legend

He was a small man and he liked to wear hats. He was very sharp and always full of jokes and laughs. He was a great person always willing to help people and he was very good to us. Once you’d met Mr Cherry, you wouldn’t have forgotten him.

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A Royal And A Rhino

Surely the most impressive winner of the day title belonged to the husband and wife combination of Alec and Lezeanne Forbes, who won the MR 78 Handicap with John Jones’ Silvano gelding, Run Rhino Run

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Ready To Run Gallops

Pick Of The Pops

Only one racehorse sale in the world has the luxury of a panel of judges to share their thoughts on the catalogue’s best prospects

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Express Delivery

The Gr2 Post Merchants produced a thriller as expected, with just one length seperating the first four finishers. Michael Roberts trained the winner in a deserved change of fortune.

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Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Michael Roberts has always been one of South Africa’s greatest ever jockeys and he is a favourite son of KwaZulu-Natal. His annual raceday attracted a

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Start The Engine

High jinks at the start of the Clairwood third race marred an otherwise pleasant afternoon’s racing on 20 December. It is not the starter’s job

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