How To Fix SA Racing
Let’s ask this from the MOD task force: What have you done to address the multitude of problems at TAB?!
7th September 2021
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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’
It’s always a hotly debated topic – don’t be an after the race merchant – have your say today
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
