TAB Respond To SP Poster
‘To suggest that dropping the Rolling Double on consecutive races will drive TAB customers to take their doubles with fixed-odds operators is spurious’
7th August 2019
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‘To suggest that dropping the Rolling Double on consecutive races will drive TAB customers to take their doubles with fixed-odds operators is spurious’
The Pick 6 run at Meydan on Dubai World Cup Day on Saturday 30 March paid a consolation prize to punters for 5 out of 6 legs correct, as well as the usual 6 out of 6 main prize
South African punters are in for a treat today and tomorrow
Horseracing is one of the few businesses where the customer is probably better informed than many of the personnel who serve him
There are plenty of carryovers which will provide hard-hit Pick 6 players to get some money back with over R5 million in Pick 6’s to be won this weekend
One highlight is a Jackpot Special which incorporates two feature races at the Greyville meeting on the evening before
Saftote are offering a jackpot over the two meetings with a turbo boost of a R50 000 bonus pool to get the pool rolling
Carry-overs were overstated due to a technical glitch – press release follows on Monday
A simple calculation of the Saftote Meydan Jackpot and Place Accumulator dividends for Saturday make for interesting reading
‘If we play and lose on Gauteng racing, we want an opportunity to win our money back’
Was the last galloper to win a race on SA soil with a seriously hefty impost Buddy Maroun’s champion Golden Loom, aka ‘Goofy’, who lumbered 65 kgs under Anton Marcus to beat Fov’s Favourite 26 years ago?
The Ndoro Stud-bred son of Wilgerbosdrift’s War Front stallion Fire Away, Alec Laird-trained Fire Attack dominated the 2025 Highveld Feature Season Awards
In the late 80s, South African breeders were highly skeptical of sons of Mr Prospector. The main criticism was that he was ‘a dirt stallion’ and we race on turf
The businessman was served with an interim suspension of his Assistant Trainer licence on Friday afternoon and has spoken out about what appears to be mostly a misunderstanding based on a potential lack of communication and bureaucratic red-tape challenges
