Michael Roberts

Tellytrack in Tatters

Tellytrack has really just gone downhill since Nico Kritsiotis stepped down from a management role some time ago. Friday evening’s studio production was one of their worst ever and they just never seemed to get any better. Besides making Jimmy Lithgow look like a mug, they seem to believe that their viewers will accept the sub-standard nonsense forever.

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The Judges Have Spoken

It was the universal view at Friday’s gallops at Summerhill, that this was the best catalogue the Ready To Run had assembled.

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One To Follow

Michael Roberts will contest the South African trainers championship in the not to distant future.

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No hassle for Mr Cassel!

The jockey duel fizzles out at Turffontein on an afternoon where trainer Lucky Houdalakis and jockey Donovan Mansour celebrate a great double.

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Michael Roberts

Profile – Michael Roberts

Michael or Muis as he is affectionately known had a brilliant career as a jockey becoming one of the first foreign jockeys ever to become Britain’s champion jockey.

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