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THE 2019 Summer Cup media launch was held at Rockets Restaurant in Bryanston on Wednesday – a vibey spot with a spectacular view of Johannesburg, and expertly utilised by event organisers Campbell & Campbell to introduce this...

MANY South African racing fans would have been shocked by Mike de Kock’s official announcement on Monday that he and son Mathew will be setting up a satellite yard in Australia. Others will argue that...

MIKE de Kock announced on Monday that he and son Mathew de Kock will be setting up a satellite yard at the Cranbourne Racing Centre outside of Melbourne, Victoria. De Kock said that his South African...

BACK in 1997, Janet Jackson had a hit song "You Don't Know What You've Got Till It's Gone”, writes DAVID MOLLETT. Given the glowing tributes to somewhat eccentric - but highly entertaining...

PHUMELELA is pleased to announce that a court order was granted in favour of the company yesterday preventing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s remedial action on the horse racing industry from being implemented until the review process has...

WHO would predict that a ballet report would feature in Turf Talk? But DAVID ALLAN describes two national heroines in his latest TT Newsletter article– not repeating everything we have already written and read about one of...

IN a highly unusual move, Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai and Princess Haya of Jordan have issued a statement regarding their divorce proceedings. The couple decided to speak out after extensive media coverage of their split, and have confirmed that...

HEVERSHAM Park Farm of Gauteng has introduced an Equine Management Mentorship for previously disadvantaged individuals interested in racing and breeding. It was announced this weekend that Japhta Kghaphola was the recipient of the first Mentorship and Heversham Park’s Nigel Riley...

IF you are reading this, you are like me: sick for the game. You love racing as much as I do, you care for racing as much as I do, you want it to thrive as much as I...

IF racing’s rules are to work they have to be enforced properly, writes BRIAN O’CONNOR of Irishracing.com. There's no point in trying to apply those rules if it pays to break them. That's plainly ridiculous. The problem with racing's whip...