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February 14, 2025

Blog: A great birthday present!

A year ago, I celebrated my 60th birthday with a group of friends and family in Plettenberg Bay, and, in speaking to some of them this […]
January 24, 2025
Lot 66, half-sister to Thunderstruck.

Blog: We’ve hit the ground, running!

Mathew landed here from Australia just prior to the King’s Plate. We’ve had a busy and wonderful few weeks travelling the country to stud farms and […]
January 1, 2025

We fully support KZN racing’s ‘New Dawn’

The year starts on a high note with the new stakes-boosted class racing structure, financial incentives, track upgrades and other infrastructural and operational initiatives planned for […]
August 11, 2024

Betting Companies Elevate SA Racing

With another excellent racing season having come and gone, it would be remiss of me not to thank the betting companies that generously contribute to the […]
March 26, 2024
Shea Shea after his G1 win in Dubai.

Heartfelt thanks to industry heroes

It would be remiss of me not to extend my sincere thanks to the individuals involved in finally getting South Africa past the winning post for […]
December 4, 2023

A top day’s racing at a top venue

Visiting Cape Town is good at the worst of times, and raiding successfully makes the experience sweeter, always, writes MIKE DE KOCK. We got beaten into […]
November 19, 2023

Betway’s bonuses are life-changing

Members of the Highveld racing fraternity enjoyed this week’s Grade 1 Betway Summer Cup ceremony at the Marabi Club in Johannesburg, hosted by a lean-looking individual […]
October 2, 2023

Betway: Doing it the Right Way!

I haven’t written a blog for a while, but sometimes I feel it necessary. Today, I’d like to compliment Betway on their efforts for racing in […]
December 19, 2022
Charles Dickens, fulfilling great expectations.

Charles Dickens gave us a reality check

Saturday’s G1 Cape Guineas was a bit of a reality check in that we know now that the Cape-based three-year-olds are significantly better than their counterparts […]