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
With Majmu gone the Allan Robertson loses excitement, but there’s still much left to ponder about.
Juvenile filly Majmu retained her unbeaten record with a spectacular 8-length victory in the Gr2 SA Nursery
De Kock’s Majmu far too good as she takes first cheque in the R400 000 Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery in style and maintains her unbeaten record
Past results of the Fillies Nursery fully justify its current grading and much lower prize money than the colts’ Gr1 equivalent.
Unbeaten Australian bred shows that she could develop into a serious racehorse in the future with facile win
Now we’ll see! The two highest rated contenders in the Pretty Polly Stakes met earlier this month in the Ruffian Stakes, a Listed race
Second leg of the De Kock feature treble as Australian bred debutante shows she is loaded with talent to score impressively in the R150 000 Listed Ruffian Stakes
Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column on the 4Racing website that owners, trainers and racing fans are gravely concerned about the state of our industry
There has been a precipitous decline of betting on the Totalisator which gives cause for concern for the horseracing industry
