Racing, Where’s The Rush?
What’s up with Racing, It’s A Rush? Who’s in charge? Who’s making the decisions, and more importantly, who’s paying?
31st May 2016
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What’s up with Racing, It’s A Rush? Who’s in charge? Who’s making the decisions, and more importantly, who’s paying?
With a first birthday just around the corner, the Racing – It’s A Rush initiative has to face some serious questions. Like what has actually been achieved and why a simple marketing tool like a website appears out of their reach? The jury is out – but you be the judge…
“It has been an incredible experience and I have certainly enjoyed engrossing myself in the sport”
In response to our recent profile on Racing, It’s A Rush brand ambassador Maps Maponyane, reader Philip Goldberg wrote in with a set of questions to Maps. We sent Mr Goldberg’s letter to the Racing, It’s A Rush team. Here is their response.
It doesn’t make sense. They are part of the Racing It’s A Rush initiative, they are contributing financially and probably enjoy the most significant racing fan base in the country. Gold Circle’s Graeme Hawkins has responded and clarified the KZN racing operator’s position.
‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
