Run For It
Horses, people and happy endings. The story of Run For It and how the best luck happens when you need it most
25th October 2016
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Horses, people and happy endings. The story of Run For It and how the best luck happens when you need it most
Former South African champion jockey S’manga Khumalo, who currently leads the national jockey title log, has felt an immediate impact on his career following his shocker of a ride on Courteous Captain
Dr Ralph Katzwinkel explains the science that saved Jet Explorer’s life
Jet Explorer is the War Horse that recovered from horrific facial injuries in the 2014 Gr1 Rising Sun and not only made it back to racing, but to the winner’s enclosure, possibly better, happier and stronger than ever before.
Everybody has been unbelievable. We’ve had people ringing from here all the way to Caledon volunteering paddocks and horse boxes.
We’re very happy with the team we’re taking to the races. If the other guys slip up, our horses will be there. We’re quietly confident that one of ours could quite easily pop up and surprise.
About four months ago, we got a call from the SPCA to say that they’d an issue with one of the horses they rehomed for us . We drove out to the farm to take a look and the horse looked shocking. My father basically got into physical fight with the owners as we were loading him.
It was Jet Explorer’s first piece of fast work and pretty much Richard’s first time back in the saddle and, well with everything that’s happened, it was quite an emotional morning for all of us
Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction and the locally bred son of a teaser is proving the old adage that horses don’t know their price and can’t read their catalogue page
Transport companies and their staff are an invaluable cog in the racing industry machine, spending long hours on our roads each day, ensuring that our horses get to the stud farm, the sales, the training centre and of course the racecourse and back. It is something that we take for granted, but something without which our industry simply could not exist.
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