Hymie Maisel Tribute
Hymie Maisel owner, breeder and racing administrator, has passed away at his Cape Town home
21st November 2016
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Hymie Maisel owner, breeder and racing administrator, has passed away at his Cape Town home
Cape jockey Gerrit Schlechter has been missing from our race cards since 5 September 2015. We catch up with him for a status update.
ROBYN LOUW: My task for this week was to do a retrospective on 2011. Listing things chronologically you realize just how much you’ve forgotten.
July Gallops – Timekeeping is an art and a science. A couple of officials casually waving flags at the 800m and 400m marker, while the timekeeper sits with a stop-watch at a distance means that the published times could well be a second or two out.
Past Master made an eye-catching start to his KZN campaign and can keep up the good work by beating a high class field of milers on WFA terms in the Gold Challenge over 1600m at Clairwood on Saturday.
The South African bred former Equus Champion Sprinter Isivunguvungu made a terrific winning debut on US soil for trainer Graham Motion and confirmed his Prevagen $1million Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint aspirations
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
