Ricky Maingard is closing in on 50 years as an owner-trainer, which in itself is an extraordinary testimony to his longevity in what is one of the toughest sporting professions to be found anywhere. If there was indeed a T-shirt handed out to those who have “been there and done that”, the Mauritius-born horseman would […]
The father-son combination of Brett and James Crawford created history at the 7th December meeting at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth when, on the first day that their training partnership becoming official, they won a Gr 1 and a Gr 2 race. First, JP van der Merwe brought the Hollywoodbets Durban July winner Oriental Charm home to take […]
There was a time when Adam Marcus was the youngest licenced trainer in South Africa. That was when he started out with six horses in March 2012, a 24-year-old stepping out of the shadow casted by his celebrated dad, Basil. He’s no longer the new kid on the Koeberg Road block, but it’s fair to […]
As the 2024 calendar was thrown into the bin, and a fresh new one for 2025 was hung on the wall, it marked the 44th year that Piet Steyn had held his trainer’s licence. If ever there was a fitting expression of someone standing the test of time in this rollercoaster sport, he is exhibit […]
While racing has a large element of luck attached to it, trainer Eric Sands firmly believes that there is no substitute for hard work. And he leads by example, by his own admission working “seven days a week”, and now into his 42nd year as a licenced trainer. Racing is an industry unlike any other. […]
Greg Ennion isn’t a statistics person. In fact, while admin and paperwork is an offshoot of the profession he has mastered, he much prefers to be outdoors. Among his horses, where he has a string of 40 thoroughbreds in Milnerton’s Koeberg Road stabling complex, or with a fishing rod in hand. Mind you, when it […]
Michelle Rix cuts a confident figure as she stares into the camera, speaking to Brandon Bailey who is interviewing her about her upcoming runners for Cape Racing’s Perfectly Placed segment. She’s at home in her surroundings, her 30 horses back in their boxes after their morning’s work, and the rest of the day stretching out ahead of […]
Candice Bass-Robinson has never hidden her ambitions under a bush. Her father is the celebrated Mike Bass and after serving a two-decade-long apprenticeship as an assistant trainer to her dad, she took out her own training licence in 2016. Success came quickly, with Marinaresco’s win in the 2017 Durban July seeing her become the first […]
Lucinda Woodruff bristles at the notion that she’s been given an easy ride. Yes, she was born into racing royalty. Yes, she’s a princess in the Sport of Kings. Yes, she’s the daughter of Geoff Woodruff. Yes, she’s the granddaughter of Terrance Millard. Yes, it’s a bloodline which is as blue as any you will […]
Vaughan Marshall saw it coming from a long way out. What he envisaged then, the racing community is seeing now. It was the morning of 25 October 2022. His long-standing assistant Adele Alsop answered the knock on the door at the stable and informed me that the trainer was expecting me. On walking into his […]
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