Moodley: All Systems Go
Phumelela’s Vee Moodley is typically bullish on today’s Emerald Cup and hints of a new horseracing bet on the horizon…
27th September 2012
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A collection of opinions and thoughts on all aspects of horse racing from around the world.
Phumelela’s Vee Moodley is typically bullish on today’s Emerald Cup and hints of a new horseracing bet on the horizon…
The abandonment of today’s Kimberley racemeeting once again places a question mark against the competency of the sport’s leadership. Blaming outside service providers really doesn’t work as a damage control measure…
Taxes and death remain the two great certainties in this life after Camelot’s shock defeat in Saturday’s Ladbroke’s St Leger at Doncaster in England
Somewhere in an unknown address, funny little people who patently know nothing, are driven by a form of paranoia. Or more worrying, may well have an axe to grind or have become accommodating for other reasons, to invent restrictions on South African horses that are beyond comprehension.
In the words of champion Cape trainer Joey Ramsden, Andrew Fortune’s winning comeback has been a ‘superhuman effort by an alien’.
Versatility offers a wider variety of options. And when they don’t cost an arm and a leg either, then what more could a prospective owner expect or demand of a stallion?
Anton Marcus and Stuart Randolph took six of the nine races on the Scottsville card on Sunday 2 September
Tellytrack have made a wise move in seeking professional assistance in their presenting department with the appointment of legendary television anchor Martin Locke as a consultant
The grey clouds threatened but racing went ahead at Kenilworth where a silly looking objection, a succesful betting coup and a rather disappointing performance by two Trippi 3yo’s had punters talking
Tellytrack boss Ken Rutherford speaks frankly about that second channel
SA Champion trainer Mike De Kock looks to be building a powerful assault team for the 2013 Dubai International Carnival. A valuable cargo departs from Mauritius any day soon…
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
