A Rare Blank Local Racing Weekend
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
16th April 2022
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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’?
The new Racing 240 channel needs to get its act together quickly or it will further erode the dwindling racing customer base
To say to your customers, who are clutching hands full of losing tickets, that they are just basically ‘out of the loop’, should have racing administrators sprinting for the 7 second delay button on the broadcast
The disqualification of the favourite in the third race at Turffontein last Saturday raises an interesting point
This racing television debacle is a mudstorm of massive proportions. But maybe it’s really just a massive early April Fool’s prank
Perceived unity of the racing product had to be the very first issue to deal with, not the last!
If horses can run free, sans buffetting, euphemistically speaking, the best horse will win
The racing television whodunnit continues. For racing, or not for racing?
In this current racing season – we are in the 27th week – Khumalo has been found guilty of the crop rule no less than 23 times
The NHA have suspended him for a month and thus removed his ability to earn any income. Yet they have ordered him to pay them R30 000
The tongue-twistingly named sprinter was bred and is owned in South Africa, trained by a US-based Brit and will be ridden by a French-based Belgian
