The Gold Circle Board Deserves More Credit
Breeder – ‘How wonderful is it that we now have money set aside for that tragedy or disaster often referred to as a rainy day?’
17th June 2020
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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
We live in an era of click-bait and hearsay and the audience of “Winning Ways” was unfortunately served up a poorly presented, one-sided story which would leave any reasonably objective audience with more questions than answers
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
As the clock ticks toward this year’s renewal of South Africa’s most iconic of races, the Hollywoodbets Durban July, it is only fitting that we return to the start of the new millennium and recall all the drama and splendour
