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.
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
