
Betting World Staff Picket
‘In September, all eight workers from the Commercial Road branch returned to work because it is the oldest and most productive branch. But nothing was said about the other five branches’
‘In September, all eight workers from the Commercial Road branch returned to work because it is the oldest and most productive branch. But nothing was said about the other five branches’
Kenilworth Racing, in association with Klawervlei Stud have teamed up for an action packed day of horseracing at Durbanville on 9 March
How the game ever lost Tellytrack host Shaheen Shaw is puzzling on the face of it, but becomes clearer when one understands the power ego’s that rule in the shadows
Betting World’s Neil Pretorius suffered a sudden heart attack two weeks ago. However, he is on the mend and will be back at his desk this week
TAB have now announced that they will add R31,686 – the value of the total net Win pool on the race in question- to the Win pool on the fifth race at the next Borrowdale Park racemeeting
Michael Weare confirmed that Betting World: “with due respect for the concerns of fellow bookmakers but in the best interest of punters will continue to price up at least 24hrs prior to each racemeeting.”
A reader poses a few betting maths questions and suggests that In a game that seriously needs to hold on to its existing followers, and attract newcomers, poor payouts are not helping.
Betting World was neither consulted on these matters nor invited to attend a meeting of any of the 3 associations at which these matters were discussed and the notices approved of by members
It is Sunday 2 February and is the third time I have been told by my local Betting World tote that they do not have enough money, writes a Cape punter
Geoff Woodruff has another smart horse on his hands after Tellina won a cracker in Saturday’s Gr2 Gauteng Guineas
As with the Gr1 Paddock Stakes, the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship attracted very few nominations and fewer runners. It was the initial presence of Igugu that saw just six go to post in the Paddock Stakes and it is no doubt the presence of J J The Jet Plane, not to mention What A Winter and the flying mare Val De Ra, that see just six go to post here.
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