26th January 2021
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It was runner-up Mr Fitz who was used as the line horse which leaves him unchanged on a mark of 96
‘In these testing times, the industry must demand integrity and answers from the racing regulator. We don’t need sideshows to hamper the excellent efforts of so many passionate and dedicated people to try and right the ship’- Wernars
The NHRA handicappers have published their feature race assessments after the weekend
Runner-up Expressfromtheus goes up from 113 to 118 and was the only horse from this race to receive a ratings increase
The National Horseracing Authority handicappers have published their merit rating assessments after the weekend’s feature action
An unfortunate sequence of events impacted on the off-times of the eight races at Kenilworth on Wednesday, with stakeholders playing catch up in mid afternoon
There was some negative reaction from owners and trainers at the time, labelling the notice ‘bureaucratic disingenuity’ and asking exactly what it was that trainers were supposed to do to prevent contamination
Should the spread of the virus continue in the current trajectory, we will have no option but to stop inter-provincial travelling by Jockeys to the Eastern Cape
The Handicappers were of the view that Dance Class was highly unlikely to have run below her mark by finishing fourth in a race of this calibre and elected to use her as the line horse- she stays a 96
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
Outstanding colt Nepotism (Brutal) scored one of the most remarkable Gr1 wins by a 2YO on an Australian racetrack in recent memory
