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Cape Racing – The Future Is In Our Hands
As most people have a very short shelf life in racing, memories are remarkably short – even among long-standing members -and history tends to repeat itself on a fairly regular basis
Sporting Post columnists share their opinions and insights into horse racing from South Africa and around the world. They are experts who have a deep understanding of the sport of kings, enjoy their thoughtful and fresh articles.
As most people have a very short shelf life in racing, memories are remarkably short – even among long-standing members -and history tends to repeat itself on a fairly regular basis
Since the 4Racing roadshow cracked the whip at Kenilworth last Thursday, I have noticed that we have twice in six days had the racing regulator waving a red flag at the television crew
From a sustainability perspective nothing else really matters more than this – unless it is the intention of participants to ultimately race horses for a ‘pie & a coke’
Who makes the tote rules? Why is the Pick 6 the only exotic bet that offers players protection against first-timers?
Chairman of The Thoroughbred Horseracing Trust Mark Currie has urged all stakeholders to disregard the ‘noise’ around Kenilworth Racing and support the process of placing the region in the best possible hands to achieve a sustainable future
When I look at the bickering, multiple agendas and mistrust that have surrounded the past few weeks in Cape Racing, I sometimes think we don’t deserve our horses
The negatives together with limited exposure has made racing an obscure and uninviting activity which will put severe pressure on any marketing efforts that might be implemented down the line
I talk as a ‘customer’- the punter, not involved in the financials or the politics or the agendas of SA racing
Could schoolyard level petulance and gamesmanship be at play at the expense of our racing, in the 4Racing corridors of power?
The introduction of the new era ‘one local racemeeting per day’ policy has clearly contributed to the ‘day zero’ situation we find ourselves in this weekend
In our gambling business, how on earth do we tell people clutching thousands of rands worth of losing tickets, that the insiders basically knew before the race, that punters would be doing their money in ‘cold blood’?
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
It’s time for our racing regulators to accept and understand that they are part of the game, and not outside of it, above it, or bigger than it