How much have you forgotten?
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.
28th December 2011
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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.
ROBYN LOUW:Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth.
ROBYN LOUW: Saturday promises to be a heart-stopper. Kenilworth hosts no less than three graded races and each one is more exciting than the last.
ROBYN LOUW: It was another beautiful summer’s day in Cape Town and there was no mistaking that Avontuur had come to Kenilworth
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
ROBYN LOUW: Why do we race horses. For fun, for money or for the glory of the game? There are as many different motivations as there are people and horses.
ROBYN LOUW: It breaks my heart that I should be writing ‘happily ever after’ and instead I’m sitting here trying to write his obituary
When it was decided to investigate whether Jet Master had suffered spinal cord compression and perform a cervical arthrodesis in South Africa for the very first time, it seemed fate that Dr Barrie Grant was enlisted to help
ROBYN LOUW: there was a certain amount of huffing and puffing about the latest International Jockey Challenge
Champion stallion Jet Master made the journey to Drakenstein Veterinary Clinic on Tuesday morning to prep for his forthcoming procedures.
ROBYN LOUW: The Breeders’ Cup was a bit of a mixed bag for racing fans. Favourites were dethroned. However, the biggest hit of the festival for me was a young raider from Ireland called Mark Boylan.
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
