Racing Has To Be In Our DNA
If as an owner you are in this game for money, and not driven by passion best you find some other place to live your dream
30th August 2020
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If as an owner you are in this game for money, and not driven by passion best you find some other place to live your dream
Don’t be shy but please don’t get personal either
Do we want to nail our colours to the mast of the famous 5 and have faith that their underestimating of Betfred was just an oversight?
Sometimes we complicate a simple thing by concentrating on what the business needs rather than what the customer would want and this has to be the starting point
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s lockdown address to the nation on Saturday evening will not only have been music to the ears of those that enjoy a tipple or lighting up
The future path of South African racing looks set to be decided in the next seven days with an announcement from Phumelela’s Business Rescue Specialist John Evans expected on 18 August
Always keen to be able to answer a letter, especially when I am portrayed as John Wayne!
The thing is, when you are betting on a fact – as the Wigan situation developed – it isn’t gambling. In the gambling world, that’s plain cheating
The lack of explanatory background is unfair to the public and the offender
Nothing seems to work. There is no social interaction at all, no buzz and really poor entertainment value
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
Longstanding Dean Kannemeyer Racing team member Morris Mg Cube was the proudest man at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday after his favourite charge Gimme A Prince stormed to victory in the HKJC World Pool Gr1 Cape Flying Championship
