Handicappers – Stumbling From One Deadline To The Next
It is time for the industry and the NHA to acknowledge that the process in producing ratings in South Africa is faulty
2nd July 2020
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It is time for the industry and the NHA to acknowledge that the process in producing ratings in South Africa is faulty
What was it necessary for the NHRA to get into a public spat with two top trainers?
In this new age of capacity fields and multiple reserve runners, a danger could be lurking for punters in the shape of those very reserve runners
A Press Release will be issued by the NHA with revised regulations on racing behind closed doors by latest 24 June, that will be effective 1 July
Breeder – ‘How wonderful is it that we now have money set aside for that tragedy or disaster often referred to as a rainy day?’
The purpose is to express my unhappiness, and that of the many people I have spoken to within racing, about the tone and high-handedness of the racing operator’s reply
Rainbow Bridge’s 11/2 maybe a touch generous for a horse that has never run a bad race. Ever. Punters are getting a price about a horse whose nose is never far from the winning line. Ever!
‘I have taken this issue up with them in previous years but have never had a satisfactory answer as to their reasoning around the surcharge threat’
If you look at the article about the dispute, I have to inform you that it gives the sport a very smelly feeling…
‘The deal with the Steinhoff two was a betrayal. At the time we knew that there was something more to the meeting with the Steinhoff two and what they had told us…’
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
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
