Fond Memories Of A Great Family
The sad passing of Moira Ellis (12/01/1932 – 25/05/2016) saw Summerhill supremo Mick Goss recalling some wonderful memories
8th June 2016
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The sad passing of Moira Ellis (12/01/1932 – 25/05/2016) saw Summerhill supremo Mick Goss recalling some wonderful memories
Summerhill’s Mick Goss says he is well on the way to recovery as he gears up for the KZN Premier Mare & Weanling Sale this Sunday
‘Our protocol is working and it is completely inappropriate for editors to sensationalise a hugely important matter like this.’ – Mike de Kock
“It will still be several weeks before he is allowed back in the office, but he is getting stronger every day. Mick has been overwhelmed by the well wishes he has received from around the world…”
The Sporting Post learns that, following further complications, he was readmitted on Easter Sunday and remains hospitalised
Summerhill Stud’s Mick Goss was one of the invited speakers at day 2 of the 2016 Asian Racing Conference in Mumbai.
“In 2002 at the end of the winter season at Summerveld with Charles Laird I said I was keen to go to work in Dubai. After a few phone calls to Mickey Goss the job at Godolphin was mine…”
“One thing this sale has demonstrated though, is the virtue of mating your mares properly, not always for the height of fashion, but with a view to getting a good-looking horse that can run; fashion as we know, is a fickle mistress, hot one month and dishwater the next.”— Mick Goss / Summerhill CEO
I have been lucky enough to be selected for the panel. I have quite good results from my past selections but I have no doubt my luck will run out at some stage. It is an extremely tough job as one does not get much time to look at one’s notes. To then give selections whilst on this illustrious panel, with its many famous eagle-eyed experts, is not easy!
The dream of Summerhill’s Imbalenhle traditional dance troupe is about to become a reality with an invitation to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
