When it comes to tote pools everyone assumes bigger is better. We know that commingling does a good job for increasing pools – or at least looking big. But for the punter, is bigger better?
This appointment was made in light of the imminent retirement of current General Manager: Racing Operations, Stan Diesel
Suggestions that ‘something is wrong somewhere in Cape’ with 160 entries when KZN gets 700 – and a call for programming to be revisited
Phumelela advise that every measure was taken to keep the meeting alive and a track inspection was held but after two hours of persistent rain and continuous lightning the decision to cancel was made.
As a punter and occasional small owner over the past forty odd years, I keep asking myself a question – where is Cape Town Racing going and what is Phumelela, or any other vested interest , for that matter, doing about it?
Three exciting Challenge series, including a Polytrack challenge, will add plenty of intrigue to Fairview racecourse’s programmes
Issues with the tote system start-up sequencing resulted in TAB’s online betting platform going down for a short period during the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate race meeting at Kenilworth the next day
It is L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate day and no concrete information follow-up has been forthcoming from racing authorities
A power failure in Johannesburg is believed to be behind a total Tab blackout that occurred at or around the start of the Greyville sixth race on Friday evening.
South African horseracing’s poorly serviced and spluttering raceday communications machine got 2016 off to an embrarassing start with punters being caught off-sides with a Fairview first race (and Bipot first leg) objection that very few knew anything about.
More than R278 million will be paid in prize money in Phumelela regions for the racing season 2015-16.
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
