The L’Ormarins King’s Plate promises to dish out the glamour with exhilarating horse racing, great fashion and fine wines.
Don’t tell us you didn’t think of horse racing and the Lotto when everyone began salivating over the seemingly endless possibilities of AI.
During Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, which takes place at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, the winner came from way back in the field.
Heading to the Vodacom Durban July would usually mean donning your finest attire and being in fine feather, but this year will obviously be a rather different affair.
If you’re driving away in a brand new Golf 8 GTI, and all you did was place a R20 bet, I’d say you’ve picked a winner.
In the 2021 Pegasus World Cup, those who are serious about winning have several ways to increase their betting skills and overall payouts.
As we enter June, the horse racing community will have a breath of fresh air as the grandest U.S. Triple Crown Series will commence sooner than expected.
The Ozzies have always been partial to a drink or three, and they really let it all hang out at this year’s Melbourne Cup.
Horse racing is one of the most popular sports to bet on. If you’re heading to the racetrack and want to increase your chances of winning big, here are some golden rules.
The world’s toughest and longest horse race, the Mongol Derby, takes no prisoners, which is what makes Wiesman Nel’s achievement all the more impressive.
There’s something about horse racing that gets the Bris really hot and bothered, and this past weekend another brawl broke out.
The National Gambling Amendment Bill affects all areas of gaming, such as the lottery, casino gambling, horse racing, sports betting and online gambling.
One of the world’s highest profile horse racing personalities is turning his back on South Africa, and of course Markus Jooste’s name is involved.
It’s cool that you won a few hundred on the Durban July, but imagine striking it rich and then being denied the payout? Enter bet365 and this punter.
The world of horse-racing tends to be very male-dominated, although the latest winner of Australia’s Melbourne Cup has a few things to say about that.
The Durban-July is arguably one of the country’s biggest parties, but there’s a way to get in on the action without breaking the budget and travelling to Durbs.
Remember Horse Chestnut? The world lost their collective faces when that guy won South Africa’s Triple Crown in 1999. Winning the Triple Crown is a hell of a big deal, and a horse named Louis The King has two out of three events in the bag. Guess what? The last of the three legs is happening in four days.
Owning a race horse definitely falls in the ambit of “living the holiday,” but it’s a mid-term dream, right? We’ll get there soon. That picture is the shot of the horse that won the 2014 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate. Handsome beast, eh? It would be nice to have bagged the winning purse. Tom Callaghan, the CEO of Bloodstock SA just walked in and blew our minds. He says it could have been us.
And it was great. Questions include, “Would you rather have a nipple-sized winky, or winky-sized nipples?” Siv Ngesi also went on record to state that he’d have sex with a horse if he could be certain that no one would ever find out about it.
If you still haven’t gotten round to snapping up tickets for the 153rd running of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, then this may well be your last chance. You can win one of three double tickets to the Style Lounge, valued at R250 each!
The 2014 edition of Africa’s classiest horse race is around the corner, people – chronologically and geographically speaking. The 153rd running of the LQP will feature 12 races instead of the usual 10 for the first time ever.
The 2014 edition of Africa’s classiest horse race is around the corner, people – chronologically and geographically speaking. The 153rd running of the LQP will feature 12 races instead of the usual 10 for the first time ever. A variety of ticket options are available, starting with the premier Jockey Club ticket, valued at R2, […]
Cape’s most prestigious horse racing event, L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate is one of the most stylish events on the South African calendar, and, while quadrupedal contenders will compete for the R1 million prize, race-goers will be looking to land the honours of Best Dressed and the Best Hat. Since the inaugural race in 1861, the event has followed […]
The Cape’s most prestigious horse racing event and one of South Africa’s most important calendar affairs, the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate will be held at Kenilworth Racecourse, Cape Town on January 12 2013, with equestrian contenders competing for the R1 million purse and race-goers looking to land best-dressed honours. It was 1861 when the legendary Queen’s […]
Here’s the pretext: retired race horses – and horses from similarly competitive backgrounds – are routinely carted from the United States to Canada or Mexico, where they are slaughtered, processed, and shipped to France (and other European countries) for human consumption. This is not a new phenomenon. It has been going on for about as […]
The team from the SANSUI Summer Cup have given us an epic prize of a VIP weekend experience for two to the value of over R15 000 including
The Grand National horse race in England has been heavily criticised after two horses had to be put down this weekend. They were euthanised because they each broke a leg after falling after a fence jump. The event’s winning horse’s trainer had the following to say: “…a lot of people need to grow up, and realise that it is life”. Pics of both incidents inside.
We did the hard yards for you this morning on 2oceansvibe Radio, and chatted to Sedley Barr, a prominent member of the horse racing fraternity, to get his tips on the best bets for tomorrow’s J&B Met. Click through for 2oceansvibe’s best betting tips for tomorrow’s race!