The Health Of Our State
Expectations of society have changed, whether we accept that or not will guide our future progress.
11th July 2017
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Expectations of society have changed, whether we accept that or not will guide our future progress.
Where is the horse in our discourse? We have administrators and track managers and bean counters, rather than ex jockeys, ex trainers and folks who know the feel of leather in their hands and whose bodies carry reminders of what happens when the basics are not adhered to.
Think racing is out of fans? Think again. The Japan Racing Association and Hong Kong Jockey Club are packing them to the rafters with a phenomenon they call ‘Super Fans’. CNN’s Ally Vance profiles Asia’s passion for horse racing
The Onamission Syndicate are looking forward to the inaugural running of the R1 million KUDA Sprint
Horse people tend to be fairly well versed on their subject, so it’s hard to fob them off with vague or poor service. When all is said and done, goods aren’t sold, they are bought
How does one put the fun into racing and target a new generation of racegoers? Wocket Woy has the answers
“The stuff us racing people see every day is once in a lifetime stuff for other people.” Ashleigh Hughes tells us about her Turffontein Sunrise Sessions.
If the PR damage of broken horses, fixed results and welfare issues don’t sink us, the way we treat our customers will because as a marketing guru told me recently, when all’s said and done, goods aren’t sold, they are bought and people simply will not spend money on something they do not trust.
The Thoroughbred industry perpetually wrestles with the concept of how to attract new fans and racehorse owners
2016 Equus Award winner for print media Charles Faull has his say on the Durban July, handicapping and why the R6 punter is the most important person in racing
Medication reform was high on the agenda at the recent US Jockey Club Round Table
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
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
