Investigation whether Phumelela has failed to comply with, or has contravened any term of condition of its licences, or the terms of the Gauteng Gambling Act
Trainers Brett Crawford and Eric Sands are to have a conference call with Phumelela racing executive Clyde Basel this week
Phumelela, Gold Circle, the Racing Association, Bloodstock South Africa and Racing SA are mostly all fuelled by local stakeholders – from punters, owners , breeders and the rest
Once we start bending the rules, we have a broken system, not a broken rule.
Phumelela’s General Manager of Sports Betting, Mervin Gamble confirmed earlier today that a technical error encountered on Saturday’s Jackpot Quickmix betpool, delayed the betpool from closing at the jump of the 2nd leg
Inclement weather conditions have led to the abandonment of today’s scheduled meeting at Turffontein
It seems that pressure from local stakeholders is forcing Phumelela into an untenable position when the Fairview turf track comes up soft or heavy
Sand racing’s glory years in this country will be remembered as somewhere between September 2005, when the now retired Guilermo Figueroa rode the Oppenheimers’ Hilti to win the Gr2 Emerald Cup for trainer Mike De Kock and September 2015, when Africa’s richest race on sand will be run for the last time
Johannesburg’s premier horse racing event, the Summer Cup and popular household brand SANSUI of the JD Group (licence holders of the SANSUI brand in South Africa) have confimed their 7th consecutive year of sponsorship.
Phumelela have announced that Clyde Basel, executive in charge of Hospitality, Events, Marketing, Sales and Public Relations has been appointed Racing Executive with effect from 1 October 2015
Frank Robinson and his staunch patron Sid Moodley look to have booked themselves a Hollywoodbets Durban July berth with Madison Valley
Reigning SA Horse Of The Year Dave The King became the third back-to-back winner this century of South Africa’s highest-rated Gr1 contest, the Hollywoodbets Gr1 Gold Challenge
Currently offered at 25-1 in the ante-post market, Dean Kannemeyer’s lightly raced 4yo The Real Prince is happy and healthy and on track for a run in the big one
In contrast to heavyweights of the modern era in Galileo, Sea The Stars and Dubawi, who have stamped their authority in classic spheres with excellent support from leading breeders, bona fide breed shaper Acclamation rose from far humbler beginnings
