Lockdown Day 55 – Snap Puzzle
The pic showed Casbah with Joe Byrnes up in the parade ring at Turffontein before winning the 1955 Johannesburg Summer Handicap by 5 lengths
20th May 2020
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The pic showed Casbah with Joe Byrnes up in the parade ring at Turffontein before winning the 1955 Johannesburg Summer Handicap by 5 lengths
Persian Wonder raced in SA with his first start on 9 May 1964 in the Drill Hall Stakes where he finished second last
The Vodacom Durban July being run on 25 July is conditional on government allowing racing to restart in the near future
Hopefully the business rescuer is able to perform his duties independently, and able to clean the slate – we do not want one employee from the old regime to keep his job
Congratulations to Jay August for Saturday’s win when he came up with Kipling son, Top Secret, who won the Queen’s Plate twice
Horseracing needs to get with the programme of modern family life and adapt accordingly
Yesterday’s puzzle photo was of jockey Alan Munro and Clifton Queen winning the 1995 Tibouchina Stakes
There is no time like right now for racing to join forces under one banner for once and for all, and to abandon the petty provincialism and move forward with one voice
I still have a horse in training relentlessly consuming thousands each month. Once a mug always a mug?
Yesterday’s pic of Terrance Millard and Felix Coetzee with 1986 Gr1 Gold Cup winner Occult was a popular find for many
Big race sponsors Hollywoodbets have set the pace in the pre-nominations ante-post betting market for the 2025 Hollywoodbets Durban July with defending champion Oriental Charm topping the opening board
In our weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, including some slow-run Grade 1 contests at Turffontein
