Former Owner – ‘Racing Sustainable?’
How do the powers that be hope to generate the turnovers required in order to finance future racing with the fare on offer?
10th July 2021
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How do the powers that be hope to generate the turnovers required in order to finance future racing with the fare on offer?
An idea to create a measure of positivity in an industry desperate to keep the momentum of the good news of Kommetdieding’s Vodacom Durban July victory going
In an era of reduced stakes, it’s easy to blame the prize money on offer, especially when Eastern Cape stakes are currently higher
The 7-year wait may be over after today’s Gr1 Vodacom Durban July
As usual, a highly competitive card for Vodacom Durban July Day with four juvenile features adding to the challenge!
In a three part mini-series, Robert Bloomberg brings us up top date on the current SANTA / NHRA saga and discusses his Vodacom Durban July day thoughts.
As I understand it, the possible introduction of a Supervisory Board in effect means supervising the supervisor, not so?
Why are the major investors, the owners, without a voice when the proposed rule changes could clearly have consequences across the board for them?
As an owner and one-time breeder and trainer of more than 30 years, I continue to invest heavily in the Racing Industry because of my love for the sport
At the very least please take this responsibility away from the Cape and rethink the way forward – dong more of the same and expecting a different outcome is a fools game
When the French-bred 6yo Foveros won the Heed Your Hunch @betway Handicap, the final race of Tattersalls Irish Guineas weekend at the Curragh on Sunday, we wondered if he was permitted to carry the same name as the eight-times SA Champion Sire
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
