Hymie Maisel Tribute
Hymie Maisel owner, breeder and racing administrator, has passed away at his Cape Town home
21st November 2016
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Hymie Maisel owner, breeder and racing administrator, has passed away at his Cape Town home
Cape jockey Gerrit Schlechter has been missing from our race cards since 5 September 2015. We catch up with him for a status update.
ROBYN LOUW: My task for this week was to do a retrospective on 2011. Listing things chronologically you realize just how much you’ve forgotten.
July Gallops – Timekeeping is an art and a science. A couple of officials casually waving flags at the 800m and 400m marker, while the timekeeper sits with a stop-watch at a distance means that the published times could well be a second or two out.
Past Master made an eye-catching start to his KZN campaign and can keep up the good work by beating a high class field of milers on WFA terms in the Gold Challenge over 1600m at Clairwood on Saturday.
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
At the age of 93, Mr Ferraris is still active in racing as a training consultant, and he takes great joy in following the career of his grandson, Luke Ferraris, a successful jockey in Hong Kong
The starting stalls stuck on the Fairview polytrack capped a mostly forgettable week for South African horseracing when the Nelson Mandela Bay Racing fixture ground to a dismal halt on Friday
