System Has Failed The Sport
Martin Locke reflects on 2018 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day and how racing must stand together and focus on the positive
10th January 2018
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Martin Locke reflects on 2018 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day and how racing must stand together and focus on the positive
Martin Locke shares his ‘view from the couch’ on the 2017 Sun Met
With a glass of Antonij Rupert Wines’ Pinot Grigio in hand, Martin Locke reviews Tellytrack’s 2017 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate coverage
Instead of a glorious day of the best 3yo’s battling for supremacy at our flagship racecourse, our top Classic was dismissed with about as much ceremony as a bog standard maiden.
Tellytrack has its fans and its detractors, but love it or hate it, it is our industry mouthpiece
“I can’t emphasise enough that the course of my entire career was decided on that visit,” Felix explained
ROBYN LOUW: Teaching, or rather inspiring, is a responsibility and a rare skill which often goes unappreciated in this electronic day and age. It is a frustration that the most talented people are often unable to articulate and pass on the techniques that make them successful.
Tellytrack have made a wise move in seeking professional assistance in their presenting department with the appointment of legendary television anchor Martin Locke as a consultant
A familiar voice to older Cape racegoers, Hendrik Jacobus (Hennie) Pietersen has passed away at the age of 74 in Stellenbosch.
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
