by Leila | Dec 17, 2021 | Horse Racing
By Gary Lemke, supplied by GGGaming.bet Candice Bass-Robinson has never won the Cape Guineas, one of the most prestigious three-year-old events for colts in the country. Mind you, her father, Mike Bass, won almost every major race himself, but the Guineas eluded him...
by Leila | Dec 9, 2021 | Horse Racing, Uncategorized
Just as we were salivating of the prospect of watching 26 horses thunder down the Vaal straight, a cavalry charge to the line from 1475m away, the news came of some scratchings, writes Gary Lemke for GGGaming.bet The R300 000 Grand Heritage has always...
by | Nov 12, 2021 | Horse Racing
Nearly a month has elapsed since Bernard Fayd’Herbe arrived back in South Africa after another successful stint in Mauritius and the top rider is still looking for his first winner, writes Gary Lemke for GGGaming.bet. That in itself is no cause for alarm. Fayd’Herbe...
by | Nov 5, 2021 | Horse Racing
Whispers are part of this wonderful sport we call racing. Stories grow legs and before you know it fact becomes stranger than fiction, writes Gary Lemke for GGGaming.bet Anyone who has had a bet will be familiar with that old chestnut, “they say”. Who is “they”? Often...
by | Oct 29, 2021 | Horse Racing
Owning a racehorse is an expensive hobby. The word “hobby” is deliberate as opposed to an expensive “business” because it’s generally felt that if an owner can recoup 60 percent of their outlay and training expenses they will have done well, writes Gary Lemke for...
by | Oct 22, 2021 | Horse Racing
We’re getting to that time of year in the Cape when the race meetings start resembling the goings on in the pit garages at a Formula One qualifying session, writes Gary Lemke for GGGaming.bet You’re familiar with the scene. While the likes of Mick Schumacher, Nikita...