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Stewart Ramsay writes in the Sporting Post Mailbag that the tote’s ‘late bet problem’ on Sunday brings back memories of the infamous Trodmore Hunt scandal in England
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Stewart Ramsay writes in the Sporting Post Mailbag that the tote’s ‘late bet problem’ on Sunday brings back memories of the infamous Trodmore Hunt scandal in England
Let’s ask this from the MOD task force: What have you done to address the multitude of problems at TAB?!
‘The NHA would now have you believe that “it should be emphasized that that these rules were formulated with the support of the industry participants at a Rules Committee (“RC’) meeting’
There is a good vibe after the sale – but what else is happening and what is being done to improve things that make a difference?
The Pick 6 provides a highly important element in that it provides the attraction of a big pool, which in turn provides racing with a marketing concept
To have a surgeon and facility of this nature is a huge boost for South Africa
Considering overseas and maybe a sabbatical too – but she will return to horses
Are any of the overseas funding models better than the South African one?
Newly crowned SA Champion owner Suzette Viljoen and her husband Basie collected their Equus trophies at the BSA Sales Complex
Will someone please tell the Tellytrack producer that the majority of punters like to hear the views of the on-course presenters in the 10 minutes leading up to a race
‘The Racing Association should divulge the horse each panel judge voted for. Surely it can’t have been a unanimous decision’
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