Playing To The Rules?
Why are the major investors, the owners, without a voice when the proposed rule changes could clearly have consequences across the board for them?
25th June 2021
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Why are the major investors, the owners, without a voice when the proposed rule changes could clearly have consequences across the board for them?
As an owner and one-time breeder and trainer of more than 30 years, I continue to invest heavily in the Racing Industry because of my love for the sport
At the very least please take this responsibility away from the Cape and rethink the way forward – dong more of the same and expecting a different outcome is a fools game
When the French-bred 6yo Foveros won the Heed Your Hunch @betway Handicap, the final race of Tattersalls Irish Guineas weekend at the Curragh on Sunday, we wondered if he was permitted to carry the same name as the eight-times SA Champion Sire
‘This year alone, the NHRA is said to have spent in excess of R3-million on legal fees. I’d like to suggest the NHRA move their offices to Fasken Martineau in Sandton’
The BHA seems to regard trainers and owners as inherently dishonest individuals who spend their time lining up dishonest activities to profit from
‘How much longer will the Operators, who fund the NHA to the tune of roughly R80 million p.a. be prepared to continue financially supporting this wasteful exercise and the runaway legal costs, all of which impacts on our stakes?’
Imagine – we could be living next door to malice! Stipes decision raises more questions than answers
‘All is fair in love, war and on the racecourse. Except… When did you last see a 10-way dead-heat?’
The days of selective freelancing and power imbalances created by the top jockeys being associated with the top yards could be over
In the early 1980’s The Buggles told us that Video Killed The Video Star. Fast forward to the 21st century, the question is did handicapping do the same to the sport of kings?
On the eve of the launch of the 2025 Champions Season this coming Saturday, South African horseracing awoke to a brand new chapter in its history on the Workers’ Day public holiday
Very interestingly, the fastest 400m to finish time on the afternoon was recorded by the Duncan Howells first-timer
South African horseracing bid farewell on Saturday 26 April to one of our most accomplished, yet low-profile horseman
The official report states that an investigation has been opened into the circumstances which led to Babelicious (A Fortune), which paraded and proceeded to the start in red earmuffs, racing without blinkers, as carded
