Ken Nicol: Candice Bass-Robinson consolidated her position as one of our premier conditioners in the season just completed.

Jack Milner: Trainer Candice Dawson does not see herself as a woman working to succeed in a man’s world. She would rather believe that women are able to compete on a level footing, it is just a case of women not believing they can go for it.

Ken Nicol: Speaking while about to board his flight back to Australia on Monday evening, legendary rider Jeff Lloyd professed himself “very happy” with his Kuda Insurance-sponsored sojourn to ride in this year’s Vodacom Durban July.

Ken Nicol: There is unlikely to be a more popular upset victory this season than that of “iron horse” Perovskia for Harold Crawford in the Grade 2 Drill Hall Stakes at Greyville last Friday night.

Ken Nicol: Dianne Stenger is South Africa’s longest-serving currently active female trainer, having taken out her licence under tragic circumstances in 1988.

Ken Nicol: Internationally renowned racing photographer and journalist Liesl King is a fixture at most of major races in the Western Cape and took some time out of her busy schedule to talk about the exciting and varied career she has built for herself in the racing industry.