Wigan Bet – Goodman Responds
Always keen to be able to answer a letter, especially when I am portrayed as John Wayne!
12th August 2020
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Always keen to be able to answer a letter, especially when I am portrayed as John Wayne!
The thing is, when you are betting on a fact – as the Wigan situation developed – it isn’t gambling. In the gambling world, that’s plain cheating
The lack of explanatory background is unfair to the public and the offender
Nothing seems to work. There is no social interaction at all, no buzz and really poor entertainment value
‘Most are moderate and at worst many are completely hopeless – except Kritsiotis’
Why do I get the impression that we are about to witness a ‘change of jockey’ with absolutely no change in behaviour?
A further delay in publishing a business rescue plan for the embattled Phumelela Gaming & Leisure Limited is adding to the uncertainty and speculation and is doing nobody any favours – least of all the sport itself
Was it correct that the head of the racing regulatory authority, given the office he holds, was in the studio dispensing all kinds of gaming advice?
Have jockeys not been singled out as the sacrificial lambs, in what appears to be little more than a PR move to create a perception of strong-arm control?
In an open letter to three high-profile trainers the writer refers to the ‘Politics of Dancing to the tune of the Phumelela Tote umbrella – Interbet Promo’
It’s time for the racing authority to actually do something positive, suggests owner
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
Better known as having raced iconic legend of the turf Pocket Power, the affable Marsh Shirtliff is fast making a name for himself in the breeding fraternity
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
