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The horseracing Operators, Gold Circle and Phumelela, have each tendered written submissions to Parliamentary Committee of the DTI in support of a need to “level the playing fields”, identified by a Gambling Review Commission
LANCE BENSON: If Tellytrack were a human being, it would be suffering from multiple conditions of schizophrenia and bipolarity. The predictable unpredictability of the beast has been demonstrated in no uncertain terms in the past few weeks
ROBYN LOUW: We just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they’re happening. We have the horses, we have the programme. We have got to grab this opportunity with both hands.
SARAH WHITELAW: Britain’s recent decision to implement a new law regarding the whipping of a horse in a race has unleashed a storm of controversy.
LANCE BENSON: Flamboyant former Cape and country course Champion trainer Joey Ramsden has started the new season in low-key fashion, but upped his game with a dazzling win in the Gr3 Matchem Stakes on Sunday 9 October.
ROBYN LOUW: For those who don’t know it, Hartford House is the old homestead at Summerhill Stud. If you have not visited, I strongly suggest you add it to your bucket list immediately. Preferably several times over.
SARAH WHITELAW:The two full brothers, Try My Best and El Gran Senor, were both unbeaten champions at two.
LANCE BENSON: It is refreshing to see Phumelela doing some out-of-the-box marketing when it comes to their innovative new Rugby 5 bet through the sponsorship of a student beauty pageant.
ROBYN LOUW: When I recently spent Heritage Day at Durbanville, I did a quick straw poll of my fellow racegoers. One of the most interesting groups I chatted to was entirely unhorsey – they just happened to live near the racecourse and said that they liked to pop round on summer evenings, park on the grass and watch the last few races.
SARAH WHITELAW: It is hard to remember the last time when, in a major international WFA contest, the first three horses home were fillies. The Arc has been won by members of the fairer sex on 17 previous occasions.
Eight On Eighteen holds a commanding lead in both the Three-Year-Old Male category as well as the race for the prestigious Horse Of The Year title
Gareth van Zyl and Smanga ‘Bling’ Khumalo were the toast of the KZN Capital City on Monday
