“Racing. It’s A Rush”…The press release sounds rather pony-tailish – full of words, sure, but tired ones. Our man Bling – charismatic, young, black and a champ in a tough game – would pump life into the marketing. Also for the PR bods to sign up is another young blond, albeit a natural one – Justin Snaith.
The panel is made up of two commentators, two handicappers, two racing executives and two publishing managers and there is one other official in place to decide in the case of a dead-heat. There is one bloodstock agent among them and several that own horses, but they would no doubt follow the worldwide practice of recusing themselves from the vote in the case of a conflict of interest
ROBYN LOUW: I know there have been some comments about the fact that I am a relative new-comer to racing journalism. I believe it has also been said that few people in Gauteng have heard of me.
I am not particularly perturbed by either of these statements
Something to chew on, with still three weeks of the season to go.
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
