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: 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: To understand how the race course came into being, you need to look to the middle of the track, which houses the Cape Hunt and Polo Club.
Two million is an awful lot of money, no matter what you’re worth. That’s the value of this year’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, making it the third richest race in the land after the July and the Met.
The intent to lay claim to winnings courtesy of the ‘July’, informed that there were no funds available.
ROBYN LOUW: I love the racing forums. They’re a great platform for people to speak their minds and also a great barometer of what people are currently thinking or concerned about. You see, the racing crowd are a secretive lot and with all the complicated allegiances, loyalties and unspoken do’s and don’ts it’s often hard to get a straight answer out of anyone.
43 entries for the R3-million Vodacom Durban July but not include a single runner from the stable of champion trainer Mike de Kock.
Following the success of the Vodacom Durban July meeting on the final Saturday of July last year, the KZN Chapter Board of Gold Circle thinks that the Canon Gold Cup should find a new home on this day. This top race for stayers will form part of a “Super Saturday” with the end-of-season championship races, traditionally run on the last Saturday in July at Clairwood, combining with the Gold Cup, all at Greyville.
A resolve to work together in a spirit of mutual respect and dignity, despite the acknowledged provincial differences amongst Gold Circle’s shareholders, is the message that emerged from the most recent meeting of the new Board of Gold Circle.
Robert Mauvis and Neil Butcher have been elected as Chairman and Vice Chairman of Gold Circle at the first meeting of the new Board on Thursday, 3 February 2011.
Alan Greeff’s recent Eastern Cape ‘Triple Crown’ star My Best Shot and the Lucky Houdalakis galloper Musical Score, a 3yo son of Oratorio, and a winner of his last two starts, are the two newbies
