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A Press Release will be issued by the NHA with revised regulations on racing behind closed doors by latest 24 June, that will be effective 1 July
20th June 2020
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A Press Release will be issued by the NHA with revised regulations on racing behind closed doors by latest 24 June, that will be effective 1 July
Breeder – ‘How wonderful is it that we now have money set aside for that tragedy or disaster often referred to as a rainy day?’
The purpose is to express my unhappiness, and that of the many people I have spoken to within racing, about the tone and high-handedness of the racing operator’s reply
Rainbow Bridge’s 11/2 maybe a touch generous for a horse that has never run a bad race. Ever. Punters are getting a price about a horse whose nose is never far from the winning line. Ever!
‘I have taken this issue up with them in previous years but have never had a satisfactory answer as to their reasoning around the surcharge threat’
If you look at the article about the dispute, I have to inform you that it gives the sport a very smelly feeling…
‘The deal with the Steinhoff two was a betrayal. At the time we knew that there was something more to the meeting with the Steinhoff two and what they had told us…’
He selects Galway in race 7 as his “Covid 19 got the better of me” banker
These are extraordinary times. Somebody once likened sport without a crowd to going on a romantic date without the date
The daughter of El Gran Senor was allowed to start at 7/1, and ran on nicely to account for Record Edge and Rusty Pelican
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
