A point that came across very clearly was that lack of sufficient funding was compromising the NHA’s ability to function efficiently and contrary to last year’s assurances, the funding relationship between the NHA and the operators is clearly NOT an easy one.
Vaccine has been produced and is being released, but this is not going to be in time to get all horses vaccinated with their first vaccine by the 10th of December 2014
In terms of the NHA Constitution, two Board members have been required stood down. In their place, the NHA has announced the addition of Steinhoff’s Johann du Plessis and local owner Andy O’Connor to the Board
The 2015 NHA AGM is set for Monday, 12 January 2015. Members have until Wednesday, 3 December 2014 to propose agenda items for discussion.
After 1 year serving as Chairman, Adv Altus Joubert’s seat on the NHA board has come up for re-election. Owner, breeder and racing enthusiast Andy O’Connor is standing against him. NHA members in the central provinces are asked to please vote for your candidate by 15 November.
The NHA states that they are there to maintain the integrity of horse racing. I happen to think it is vital that we have a strong, independent regulatory body. Unfortunately the way this incident was handled has done little to convince me that we do.
Due to an administrative oversight, the date for written submissions has been extended to 15 July 2014.
The NHA issues copies of the background and proceeding documents of their Merit Rating Handicapping system review
The view of the Board is that the conduct of the Jockeys was reasonable and justifiable
With immediate effect, any Trainer (or other registered person) found with any phenylbutazone-containing medication in whatever form shall be fined in accordance with the Rules pertaining to prohibited substances
Either that or the whole lot should resign and make place for new people, says Louis Goosen….
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
