Durban punters who wish to attend Saturday’s Tsogo Sun Sprint day at Scottsville in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday, May 25, but not wanting to drive there, can catch the ‘Punters Express’
An apparent overnight pipeburst just past the finish line at Greyville, coupled with the downpours this afternoon have compromised a patch on the track at the pull-up.
The racemeeting scheduled for Sunday 17 February at Scottsville has been moved to Wednesday 20 February
Concerns were raised by certain stakeholders about the “looseness” of the Greyville Poly track after Wednesday’s race meeting
With Gold Circle technical and track staff working frantically behind the scenes, the meeting was eventually concluded, albeit nearly two hours after scheduled close.
Please note that following heavy rain at Scottsville, and the forecast of further showers, the racemeeting scheduled for Sunday 27 January has been switched to the Greyville polytrack.
The racing operator has once again been forced to make an early decision regarding the scheduled race meeting
Just a reminder that the racemeeting scheduled for Scottsville today has been relocated to the Greyville turf track.
Following heavy showers at Scottsville over the weekend with a current Pen reading of 31 and some areas recording 40, the racemeeting of Wednesday 12 December has been switched to Greyville on the turf
The sixth race at Greyville on Sunday was a bizarre comedy of errors and procedural circumstances for everybody involved.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
