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Shakespeare wrote “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” In Variety Club’s case, he definitely seems to fall in the first category.
24th March 2015
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Shakespeare wrote “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” In Variety Club’s case, he definitely seems to fall in the first category.
A potentially more serious issue is that ten days before Brait’s cautionary announcement, a number of Steinhoff directors – including Wiese, CEO Markus Jooste and founder Bruno Steinhoff – spent R122-million buying Steinhoff shares and single-stock futures
No individual has dominated the South African horseracing landscape more in living memory than Markus Jooste in recent years. On Saturday he played a leading role at Kenilworth – this morning he is making news in the boardroom in a major deal with a household name in the retail game
The Salesgate saga has created waves in the South African racing and breeding industry. In an open letter to Markus Jooste, a longstanding smaller breeder makes an impassioned plea for answers
An extraordinary feat at Turffontein four years ago went largely unnoticed until a Cape jockey and owner pulled off a similar rare achievement at Durbanville this past Saturday
In a statement that will leave fans anxious about the big chestnut’s future, Mike de Kock says ‘it’s decision time for Markus’.
Deauville is more than ever a stronghold at the international level
“I got a sense then for the first time how important these races are for South Africans and I actually felt pressure to the point that I didn’t want to sit in the room.” Mike de Kock speaks about how it feels to represent the hopes of a nation
Many thought that Hill Fifty Four had missed the one chance that he had to win the Met when running second to outsider Martial Eagle in 2013. But the son of Captain Al came out in a galloping mood at Kenilworth on Saturday to pull off a rather spectacular win in the R2,5 million Gr1 race over 2000m and run for the 37th time under the J&B banner.
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
