NHA Updates Calendar
The National Horseracing Authority have now updated their weekly calendar, last published pre-lockdown on 26 March
11th May 2020
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The National Horseracing Authority have now updated their weekly calendar, last published pre-lockdown on 26 March
As with human exercise, horses may be exercised by existing staff that are authorised as essential or permitted on the properties where horses are kept or off premises within a 5km radius of the holding of residence between the times of 06h00 to 09h00
The race meetings scheduled for Greyville on 6 May 2020 and Turffontein on 7 May 2020 have been abandoned. All entries and declarations have been suspended until further notice from the Racing Operators
Should government give racing the green light to resume behind closed doors on Friday, Kenilworth will have the honour of getting the show back on the road with an eight race card
We are currently in discussions with representatives of Government to ascertain if we will be allowed to resume racing after 30 April given the restrictions on public gatherings
Owners with horses in racing stables are paying full training fees without a clue as to when racing might resume.
The Sporting Post spoke to NHA CEO Vee Moodley on Monday after a leading trainer called on the racing regulator to immediately engage individually with every trainer and breeder countrywide
A South African trainer has called on the National Horseracing Authority to immediately engage individually with every trainer and breeder countrywide
Changes in provincial government legislation and other well-publicised issues have destroyed the industry’s funding model and the virus-enforced lockdown has now put the future of the entire sport at risk
It was a quiet weekend on the feature front, with the Listed Kings Cup, 1600m handicap at Hollywoodbets Greyville, the main local event
In line with other racing jurisdictions and in the best interest of Jockeys and horseracing, the National Horseracing Authority of Southern Africa has raised the minimum riding weight in races to 54 kgs.
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
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
