21st August 2013
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In breaking news just come to hand, members of the local Grooms Association protested yesterday outside Kenilworth Racecourse. The SAPS were called to disperse the mob. The grievances were levelled against the lack of transformation in SA Horseracing.
The debate around the apparent draw bias on the Vaal turf straight track rages on. Can we really just swallow the statistics whole and as is?
The cancellation of the Durbanville race meeting this Wednesday 14 March due to insufficient final acceptors has highlighted the need for the Western Cape fixture list to be fine-tuned
The horrendous car accident involving two young jockeys on Monday evening has seen the blame game being played with the inevitable fingers being pointed at
With only 10 days to go to the running of the R2 million Emperor’s Palace Ready To Run Cup over 1400 metres at Turffontein, the panel choosing the final field have released the latest log based on the 32 official entries received last Friday.
The new Polytrack training surface at Randjesfontein was officially opened by Phumelela’s racing executive Patrick Davis and champion trainer Mike de Kock on Wednesday with the ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by around 100 people, including Larry Wainstein, chairman of the Racing Association which owns Randjesfontein, jockeys, the media and trainers from as far afield as Port Elizabeth.
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
