The Long And Winding Road
Bumping into former trainer and stud manager Reggie Knight inevitably leads to a walk down memory lane
14th June 2019
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Bumping into former trainer and stud manager Reggie Knight inevitably leads to a walk down memory lane
A National Yearling Sale final bid that was to change so many lives forever
A large contingent of friends, family, former clients, jockeys and a range of racing personalities congregated at the Milnerton Golf Club on Thursday to bid a final farewell to Cape Racing Hall Of Fame trainer Peter Kannemeyer
Trainers humour owners. They blame and chop and change jockeys. It’s in the nature of things and just one of the survival tools in the pressure cooker of competition and dire economics that is horseracing in the 21st century
South African horseracing bid a sad farewell on Monday to one of the great characters and a legend of the game.
Five minutes with Cape Hall Of Fame trainer Peter Kannemeyer on his birthday today
“I was talking to my Pharmacist Augie the other day when I collected my meds. I said to him that I am getting old. He replied- you are not getting old, you are bloody old,Peter!”
The racing world I knew and wrote about is no longer there. Racing is turning into a brand new thing. It’s becoming a niche industry geared to the big breeders, the big owners and the big trainers.
A familiar figure on the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner’s podium on Saturday was the legendary Peter Kannemeyer
There are few men more steeped in the history of South African horseracing
‘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’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
Rafeef is fast establishing a fine reputation as a stallion who has the ability to sire stakes winners across the speed and stamina spectrum
