Some Consolation!
If the July is the race that everybody wants to win, where does the so-called ‘Consolation July’, the R500 000 Gr3 tabGold 2200, fit in?
3rd July 2015
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If the July is the race that everybody wants to win, where does the so-called ‘Consolation July’, the R500 000 Gr3 tabGold 2200, fit in?
Trainer Geoff Woodruff’s disappointment at the brush off of his smart Jet Master gelding Master Sabina by the Vodacom Durban July panel was given plenty of momentum when Master Sabina won the consolation race in style
Suggesting there is any consolation to the once-in-a-lifetime prospect of winning the July is something of a misnomer. To add to it, the R500 000 Gr3 tabGOLD 2200 (aka The Durban July Consolation) has undergone more sponsor-related renaming processes over the years than the average racing enthusiast could hope to remember
SA horseracing needs strong leadership – today. Otherwise we are doomed. Stakeholders don’t need this kind of circus!
A former Bloemfontein champion trainer, Michael McLachlan was a popular character in the halcyon days of horseracing and now finds himself in dire need
