Never Bend – a legacy
SARAH WHITELAW: When Never Bend, a son of one of history’s greatest sires Nasrullah, retired to stud in 1964, he had a lot to recommend him.
SARAH WHITELAW: When Never Bend, a son of one of history’s greatest sires Nasrullah, retired to stud in 1964, he had a lot to recommend him.
LANCE BENSON: Are we marketing the game correctly? This crossed my mind after spending Sunday at Durbanville in the company of a few dirty pigs in the parade ring
ROBYN LOUW: In 1974 Tony Kalmanson established Varsfontein Stud just outside Paarl and the Kalmanson name has been a fixture on the local racing landscape ever since.
SARAH WHITELAW: Musir follows an illustrious group; Lassie Dear legacy; Noordhoek Flyer foals; Pablo Zeta’s golden years
ROBYN LOUW: I kicked off my week with a chat to Richard Maxwell one of the world’s leading Horse Whisperers
LANCE BENSON: We really cannot cry foul when we get nailed six love in the betting arena.
SARAH WHITELAW: Kip Elser on the trail forworld class bloodstock at value for money prices..
Grant Pritchard-Gordon: The power of marketing should never be underestimated and the British thoroughbred industry could take lessons from the Cape Thoroughbred Sales
ROBYN LOUW: I’ve been a long-standing fan of the blonde bomb that is Striker Strydom. . . . .
SARAH WHITELAW: Byword arrives; Soft Falling Rain in Dubai; Caviar’s remarkable hatrick
ROBYN LOUW: The internet is a weird, wide and wonderful place and attracts an incredibly diverse mix of people and so I found Folly – a spanking good read.
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas