Did Jockeys Sabotage Meeting?
Sensational suggestion of possible jockey collusion in abandoned night meeting as operator calls for formal enquiry and shuffles KZN meetings
4th March 2014
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Sensational suggestion of possible jockey collusion in abandoned night meeting as operator calls for formal enquiry and shuffles KZN meetings
Gold Circle and jockeys differ as protest about track conditions leads to night meeting being abandoned
In what can only be bad for business and customer relations, another Greyville night meeting is disrupted
Ramsden on the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and some stick for the Greyville track
Graeme Hawkins has allayed industry concerns about the management of the Greyville racing surfaces
Run at three different racecourses in the past three years, the R150 000 Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes is something of a race without a home.
The 3yo’s match strides under lights at Greyville on Friday evening, in what could be an indicator of better things to come for some
Frank Robinson’s smart 4yo Concatenation steps out in a tightly contested Listed Michaelmas Handicap at Greyville on Friday evening
The Gr1 Gold Cup will provide a fitting climax to a dazzling and memorable Champions Season
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
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!
