A Time To Reflect
Operators should not allow historical failure to dictate future actions around the racing portfolio, as with the right initiatives there will be life in the old dog yet.
23rd December 2015
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Operators should not allow historical failure to dictate future actions around the racing portfolio, as with the right initiatives there will be life in the old dog yet.
South African Racing has become an integral part of the LBO offering to customers with some 440 race meetings per annum
They could effectively swindle the punters of hundreds of thousands of legitimate carry overs due to lack of transparency, and the punters would never be able to accurately prove it without looking at their financial details
Phumelela’s application for leave to appeal the judgment of the Honourable Justice Wright of 6 November 2015, which dismissed their application to review and set aside a decision of the Gauteng Gambling Board, has seen the Judge refer the matter on appeal to a full bench of the South Gauteng High Court
Phumelela’s High Court application to review and set aside an interim order made by the Gauteng Gambling Board on 9 October 2014 has been dismissed with costs
There is something wonderfully illogical about spending millions on travelling horses across the country to fancy, air-conditioned sales venues, only to consign them to ill-equipped training facilities
Top man says that he is under no illusions as regards the challenges that face the sport of kings in the 21st century.
Popular Cape owner and breeder Brian Finch has been appointed to the Board of Phumelela Gaming And Leisure Limited as a non-executive director
John Stuart, Executive Director for International Operations and Tellytrack, has now been allocated the additional portfolio of Publishing to free up Vee Moodley to focus on leading Tote and Fixed Odds Betting for the Group
It would pay Phumelela to simply give up on the horseracing and focus on offering betting on Soccer Results.
The Board did not make any decision which would adversely affect or delay Tellytrack’s ability to charge a licence fee reflecting the fair economic value of the Tellytrack service
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
