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
The premature loss of Lancaster Bomber (War Front) was a sad setback to the South African thoroughbred industry
The highest-rated horses in all but one race – Parisian Walkway, who achieved his highest performance figure over 1600m – claimed the top four positions in each of this past weekend’s Grade 1 and Grade 2 races (excluding the two-year-old races).This provides strong validation regarding the effectiveness of the rating system!
In one of the most high-profile in-race incidents of the past five years, former SA champion jockey Gavin Lerena was found guilty of four charges, while Jason Gates didn’t escape punishment
Glistian Events’ Joao da Mata chats to Cape Racing Chairman Greg Bortz about the path ahead for SA horseracing
