Was It A Bird? No – It’s Hip Hip, Habib!
A replacement jockey is sent to the start, he eventually cadges a lift, to partner a nag…
7th July 2016
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A replacement jockey is sent to the start, he eventually cadges a lift, to partner a nag…
The July will continue with or without Adriaan and will never be boycotted as it is every owner’s dream to win the coveted prize
The Legal Eagle connections may have committed a “professional foul” by leaving him in until the weights were published, but they were within their rights to do so
Remember what the same connections did in the lead up to the last Queens Plate when Marcus jumped off Act of War to ride Legal Eagle? This during an active ante-post market
I am fearful of my horses getting injured – but the concerns of owners always fall on deaf ears, and we are expected to keep quiet and carry on purchasing horses and paying Vet’s bills
Serious punters are being treated like numpties and newer ones misinformed. The ‘mute ‘ button is now my weapon of choice, writes punter of 40 years
Phumelela have reminded Trainers in the Western Cape of the consequences of falling foul of the “runs per stabling box policy requirements”
As a punter and occasional small owner over the past forty odd years, I keep asking myself a question – where is Cape Town Racing going and what is Phumelela, or any other vested interest , for that matter, doing about it?
‘We could scarcely believe our ears, turned around in disgust and went back home where we could at least watch proceedings in some comfort’
I was disappointed in the way that the NHA board dealt with the issues required to be decided – and subsequent failure to notify members regarding what transpired at the two meetings
If I have not had so much continuous and repeated success, I would have packed my bags and left this game. The problem is I keep getting good horses…
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
