Racing management needs to get back to the transparency of providing the public with all the news – as we saw on Saturday, it’s not all bad all the time. Start with the betting turnover figures!
Well supported before the race, Ambiorix won most impressively, and he looks a very exciting prospect for the future
The Rainbow Bridge master plan to attack up the outside rail to win Saturday’s R1 million Gr1 Cape Town Met was hatched well in advance of the race
Demand for the live feed of Saturday’s Cape Town Met at www.tellytrack.com far exceeded expectations
Eric Sands’ gallant 6yo Rainbow Bridge joined the rarified ranks of dual Met winners Pocket Power and Politician when he stormed up down the wide outside of the Kenilworth track in the famous Rattray silks
‘As for the takeaway from this simulcast: No idea. Maybe a few hours of something different to watch on television while doing something else in between most of the races’
The Cape’s newest equine idol and fan favourite, the Crawford-Rix trained Kommetdieding, ran the Cape Derby prep that his supporters were dreaming about
It’s been quite a long hot summer for the Brett Crawford Racing Team, but the cooling champagne breeze arrived in under a minute of race action for the power players
Another chapter in the Atyaab fairytale was written at Kenilworth on Saturday when the Australian-bred former big stable resident powered to victory in the R200 000
Names like Captain’s Lover and Ebony Flyer flashed through the memory as we watched Justin Snaith’s super smart 3yo Captain’s Ransom make short work of her opponents
The Hollywood Syndicate celebrated a milestone 600th winner on African soil when the Danon Platina gelding Luhamba Phambili stormed to victory to win the R200 000 non black-type Need For Speed Sprint
Selwyn Elk writes that he was at Clairwood on a wet Saturday afternoon in the 70’s…
