De Kock & Savage Live On Biznews
Racing Association Directors Mike de Kock and Charles Savage will be live today at 12h00 on Bizweb’s interactive Rational Radio show.
11th May 2020
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Racing Association Directors Mike de Kock and Charles Savage will be live today at 12h00 on Bizweb’s interactive Rational Radio show.
Gimmethegreenlight – there’s no holding back. Hassen Adams, one of the great entrepreneurs in South Africa, started with R28m – R3bn in cash now and he’s going to deploy that very efficiently
No more seeing red as Purple Capital make their goals clear
Saturday’s Gr2 Emerald Cup has generated unprecedented interest and the current favourite Pylon has plenty of followers
Regions of the Cape horse racing industry are to be placed under one controlling body… The British Jockey Club is considering the introduction of random dope testing for jockeys… Frankie Dettori is cautioned by British police for possessing a small amount of cocaine… Michael Roberts survives an objection to win the Irish 2000 Guineas…
There are some big swings, profit before tax international operations up 100%, local down 49%. Total betting on horseracing is 5% of the total gambling and betting rand and tote betting is 60%, so that’s 3%
Alec Hogg in discussion with Michel Nairac after the Competition Commission ruled against the proposed merger with Phumelela
Alec Hogg gives the facts about the sale of Clairwood Racecourse.
Gambling has been delegated to the provinces and we have to deal with 9 different gambling boards, with 9 different standards and 9 different procedures and 9 different tax rates
ALEC HOGG’s blog: Ever since South Africa became the S in BRICS (the others being Brazil, Russia, India and China) I’ve been wondering how long it would take our local horse racing industry to appreciate the potential.
The first three weekdays after the Durban July now belongs to Summerhill’s Winter School. It is one of the better investments I’ve made in some years, writes Alec Hogg
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
