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Secretariat Wins Kentucky Derby – Virtually
For those who backed Secretariat, collect your . . . well, plaudits because there wasn’t any ‘official’ money on the line
For those who backed Secretariat, collect your . . . well, plaudits because there wasn’t any ‘official’ money on the line
American racing expert, Barry Irwin, would side with Secretariat as his top choice for the virtual running of a race to determine the best of
This year marks what would have been the 50th birthday of legendary racehorse Secretariat
Tributes pour in for the First Lady of racing, Penny Chenery, who passed away on 16 September
The latest Audi commercial features a montage of historic and re-created footage of a chestnut champion
SARAH WHITELAW:Views around breeding – is Secretariat a great sire or a dud at stud; the late champion sire Jet Master flies the flag at the National Sales… and more views
ROBYN LOUW: Mike and Tanya McHardy of Rathmor Stud were presented with an Equus award for Exceptional International Achievement for their wonderful filly, Gypsy’s Warning. And it seems they’ve got another superstar on their hands!
There have been some excellent horse racing movies over the past 30 years, most notably the Australian, Simon Wincer’s take on “Phar Lap” (1983), which was glorious in its widescreen version but which lost much in translation to a TV format. Who can ever forget that shot of Phar lap being paraded before the Melbourne Cup, in a shimmering, tasseled, red satin blanket, asks Jimmy Lithgow.
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million