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…
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
