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Editor
23rd April 2025
Entries In For Champions Season Opener On 3 May
These are the draws allocated on entry, Cameron.
So once supps are in and declarations made, they will shift in
Fredrick Cochrane
23rd April 2025
Entries In For Champions Season Opener On 3 May
Last year's July winner did 1900 and Cup Trial as preps.
Also the program has changed - this year the Guinness is on the 3rd and DN on the 24th of May - 3 weeks between races - as supposed to the first week of May and June.
For me it will be different not taking a DN / Epsom Derby place double.
In my useless opinion, of the horses you mentioned only Confederate is in and probably Wild Intent - the others need to improve in the next 2 months - some
Mac Naidoo
23rd April 2025
Lerena To Appeal Gates Crop Incident Findings And Penalties
Wow this circus is going to be finalized after the winter season, cant believe
Shaun Naidoo
23rd April 2025
Cape Jockey Protest – JP Van der Merwe Fined
Fortune using the F word at the interview, maybe stop interviewing the jocks. Less said the better.
How many jocks interviewed on Perfectly Placed or pre race have no confidence in their mounts but sing a different tune after the
Cameron James
23rd April 2025
Entries In For Champions Season Opener On 3 May
Hi Ed, are these numbers the horses are carded , are they drawn
Editor
23rd April 2025
Lerena To Appeal Gates Crop Incident Findings And Penalties
Will pull out the replays and publish them here.
hilton witz
23rd April 2025
Lerena To Appeal Gates Crop Incident Findings And Penalties
Mr editor i challenge you to watch GVN ride where he got 21 days and Mr Lerena ride where he gets 30 days and tell me if you think this is fair punishment?It is laughable the punishment that has been given
Editor
23rd April 2025
Entries In For Champions Season Opener On 3 May
Well said, John!
Justin Snaith did confirm that Okavango likely to go the 1900 / Cup Trial
John Mynhardt
23rd April 2025
Entries In For Champions Season Opener On 3 May
Thanks Mr Ed. Entries for Guineas is missing a couple of 3yo I would have though to be following the Guineas – DN2000 – July route…As we know there are +-3 routes into the July. And this is one. IMMEDIATE EDGE, GARRIX, WILD INTENT,
CONFEDERATE, REGULATION, OKAVANGO, SOLAR SAIL comes to mind. Which is a lot of 3yo not opting for this route. It thus looks like a couple of these will go G1900, Cup Trail route into the July. Or maybe directly into DN2000 to July ? That said I believe GARRIX if perfectly setup to follow G1900, Cup Trail route which has proven successful in recent years. P Steyn & the connections will not have better opportunity than this year. Hope they go big and take the July. An opportunity like this does not come along very often for a smaller stable. It is the JULY !!! the bragging rights are massive!!! That will do the stable so good and if they can pull it off, surely the stable will grow from there. It is clear GARRIX is my horse for the JULY !!! Time for David vs
Editor
23rd April 2025
Lerena To Appeal Gates Crop Incident Findings And Penalties
Hi Owen
Here are two examples of vastly differing
Editor
23rd April 2025
Protest Jocks – Majority To Face Inquiry In May
No threat, Sherwin.
Just stating the obvious as this was a story intended to clarify the confusion created by JP being sole signatory on an AOG.
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Editor
23rd April 2025
Where Are You Racing On Thursday?
A note from 4Racing re Turffontein on Thursday:
A track inspection was carried out at 16h00 today. The pen was 25, good to soft and thus raceable at present. Weather forecast suggests 80% overnight rain, with a major portion in early Thursday morning. Likely that gallops will be conducted in morning.
Owen Topass
23rd April 2025
Lerena To Appeal Gates Crop Incident Findings And Penalties
I think many a people are missing how dangerous Gavins actions really were.Imagine Gates falling of his horse traveling at that speed.Gates could have being severely injured, disabled or even that the Lord die.We are all worried about the bad picture that is being painted,but he could have landed in jail for his actions.He should be banned for
Sherwin Naidoo
23rd April 2025
Protest Jocks – Majority To Face Inquiry In May
It is not inconceivable that the fine paid by Mr van Der Merwe, could even be increased for his colleagues, by the Inquiry Board
Mr Ed, what informs this statement ? Sounds like a threat to the other jockeys. Lerena also issued an apology which evidently is not an admission of guilt. Perhaps Lerena should have his ban doubled if his appeal fails.?
There nothing cut and dried with the NHA these days.
John Rycroft
23rd April 2025
Lerena To Appeal Gates Crop Incident Findings And Penalties
I can only hope the in the course of the NHA due process they find it within themselves to double the sentence which seems extremely lenient....and why would you appeal? If not to take advantage of the poor procedural processes of the
Geoff Logan
23rd April 2025
Stops And Starts At Fairview On Tuesday
Hello Dayalan I agree with you. It was too quick. However the interesting thing was that, apparently some jockeys heard the siren and some didn't, which made the race unfair as some of the jockeys stared to pull up their horses which gave those that didn't an
hilton witz
23rd April 2025
Protest Jocks – Majority To Face Inquiry In May
So why were they cancelled by cape racing?Trainers would have planned to have runners at these 2 meetings for months so where is the explanation for the cancellation?Just like the jockey strike cost owners big money so did the cancellation of these 2 meetings or is everyone to scared to ask the big bosses for an
Christian van der Merwe
23rd April 2025
Cape Jockey Protest – JP Van der Merwe Fined
Bad mistake or unlucky timing by the assistant starter because of a horse that dislike the starting stalls for good reason, hence loaded last? Do you know this horse's history and therefore why the white flag went up premature
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