Mayfair Thrown Lifeline By Lenders
Lenders have given Mayfair Speculators until the end of this year to sell assets ranging from real estate to racehorses
25th April 2018
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Lenders have given Mayfair Speculators until the end of this year to sell assets ranging from real estate to racehorses
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane announces a public hearing on South African horse racing industry
The controversial branding of ‘Poundland Hill’ is no more after the Jockey Club ends its agreement with the sponsor
In my experience it does not take skill to criticise and it does not take a talent to be mean. So, where do we go from here and what is the answer to this situation?
In an explosive letter, Adv Brett Maselle asserts that the NHA pays lip service to its rules and is acting in a wrongful and sinister manner regarding Mayfair Speculators.
Willie John became the highest priced colt in training ever sold in Europe at public auction when knocked down to Roger Varian for 1,900,000 guineas
No horse owned by Markus Jooste will be racing on Sun Met day
I see little or no prospect of this sport being restored to something approaching credibility unless the entire coterie of Jooste accomplices and appointees removes itself from office
COSATU threatens mass protest action unless sponsors and operators take steps to exclude Mayfair runners at 2018 Sun Met
The question of whether the sale of the Mayfair Speculators horses-in-training would continue and if trainers would continue to be paid remains unanswered
The NHA has accepted Mr Jooste’s resignation as a member and cancelled his colours and privileges
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
