Durban punters who wish to attend Saturday’s Tsogo Sun Sprint day at Scottsville in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday, May 25, but not wanting to drive there, can catch the ‘Punters Express’
An apparent overnight pipeburst just past the finish line at Greyville, coupled with the downpours this afternoon have compromised a patch on the track at the pull-up.
The racemeeting scheduled for Sunday 17 February at Scottsville has been moved to Wednesday 20 February
Concerns were raised by certain stakeholders about the “looseness” of the Greyville Poly track after Wednesday’s race meeting
With Gold Circle technical and track staff working frantically behind the scenes, the meeting was eventually concluded, albeit nearly two hours after scheduled close.
Please note that following heavy rain at Scottsville, and the forecast of further showers, the racemeeting scheduled for Sunday 27 January has been switched to the Greyville polytrack.
The racing operator has once again been forced to make an early decision regarding the scheduled race meeting
Just a reminder that the racemeeting scheduled for Scottsville today has been relocated to the Greyville turf track.
Following heavy showers at Scottsville over the weekend with a current Pen reading of 31 and some areas recording 40, the racemeeting of Wednesday 12 December has been switched to Greyville on the turf
The sixth race at Greyville on Sunday was a bizarre comedy of errors and procedural circumstances for everybody involved.
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
