First Timers – Exotic Inconsistency?
Who makes the tote rules? Why is the Pick 6 the only exotic bet that offers players protection against first-timers?
14th May 2022
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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
In 2022, the KZN Yearling Sale is set to be held at the Suncoast Casino in Durban on Thursday 30 June, and trading is scheduled to commence 11h00 sharp
When Under Your Spell (Capetown Noir) captured Saturday’s Gr2 World Sports Betting Fillies Guineas, she underlined the merit of her very well bred dam Deceptive Charm
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
‘We purchased her off the fillies for stud session held straight after the 2YO Sale back in 2015. A tough race filly, she was trained by Louis Goosen and although quite hard-raced, was in really good condition’ – Varsfontein’s Susan Rowett
Drakenstein Stud resident Gold Standard marked his first winner when his two-year-old son Star Coin won the first race at the Vaal on Tuesday afternoon
Despite being a relatively young sale on the South African thoroughbred industry calendar, the Farm Sale has already produced its fair share of stars
Could schoolyard level petulance and gamesmanship be at play at the expense of our racing, in the 4Racing corridors of power?
