Underweight- Apprentice Gets R5000 Fine
Pleaded guilty after weighing in at more than a half kilo below the carded weight
18th January 2020
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Pleaded guilty after weighing in at more than a half kilo below the carded weight
All the allegations were refuted by the National Board and the Management of the NHA who produced supporting documents to the satisfaction of the Members present
He failed to ride his mount out to the end of the race, thereby prejudicing his chances of running second
Fills the vacancy that arose after Mr Sholto Dolamo’s three year term lapsed
She has been actively involved in the Horseracing Industry in South Africa for forty years
‘Regulation requires transparency and openness. I would like to know who are the puppeteers and who are the marionettes?’
The NHRA Handicappers have had a busy runwith features every weekend and they burnt the midnight oil to get the past weekend’s assessments out. Gr3
The twelve strike crop rule introduced by the NHRA in May last year continues to puzzle any regular reader of the daily Stipes reports
The final feature races of 2019 were held this past weekend at Fairview, Turffontein and Kenilworth
The NHRA Handicappers have assessed the two features held at Hollywoodbets Greyville on the Day Of Goodwill
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
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
