Day Of The Royals
The 153rd renewal of the Queen’s Plate on Saturday will once again evoke the passion, drama and sophistication of horseracing at its best.
8th January 2014
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The 153rd renewal of the Queen’s Plate on Saturday will once again evoke the passion, drama and sophistication of horseracing at its best.
We have had a minor taste of things to come with wet and grey days in Cape Town this week, but there is some excellent heartwarming racing in the Cape in the months ahead, with the 2013 Winter Series offering prize money of R1 350 000 for the 3yo’s.
Pocket Power’s brilliant full-sister River Jetez has been tested in foal to superstar stallion Var
We are only human and our personal experience and existing views sometimes dictate that unbiased opinion does not always come easily to those of us who work the daily grind of the politics, problems, but mostly pleasures of horseracing.
ROBYN LOUW: My task for this week was to do a retrospective on 2011. Listing things chronologically you realize just how much you’ve forgotten.
The countdown has begun! South Africa’s premier racemeeting is scheduled for just a month from today. The 151st running of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate takes
ROBYN LOUW: “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, I’ll try again tomorrow” – that’s been the secret to Pocket Power’s enduring appeal
SARAH WHITELAW: Pocket Power stole the show, and he clearly has taken to show jumping like a duck to water.
Gary Lemke is a name synonymous with sports writing. He has been closely involved in the career of one of our best and most well-loved turf stars, Pocket Power. Who better then, to tell his story.
Champions get-together. Here’s a direct link to the Mike Bass website
We know that jockeys are not allowed to punt on horses but if we allow them to hold colour privileges, what can be wrong with a declared flutter? Surely they are being encouraged to be devious?
Any ideas for likely riders? Have your say
