The horseracing Operators, Gold Circle and Phumelela, have each tendered written submissions to Parliamentary Committee of the DTI in support of a need to “level the playing fields”, identified by a Gambling Review Commission
I was reading the latest online edition of Sporting Post and I suddenly realised what an admirable job all of you at the Sporting Post are doing. I think that your all round coverage from racing to breeding is excellent and help us keep in the loop on a global scale as well.
LANCE BENSON: It is refreshing to see Phumelela doing some out-of-the-box marketing when it comes to their innovative new Rugby 5 bet through the sponsorship of a student beauty pageant.
LANCE BENSON: The growing popularity of external income streams such as the soccer and rugby exotic bets have to some extent removed the flashing red light above horseracing’s front door.
I am not pleased with the manner in which horseracing in South Africa is being administered by the operators, the National Horseracing Authority (“NHA”) and the Racing Association (“RA”). There is a complaint, which affects owners, which I need to bring to the fore.
Two million is an awful lot of money, no matter what you’re worth. That’s the value of this year’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, making it the third richest race in the land after the July and the Met.
Ian Jayes has had the courage to voice his opinion and Sporting Post has also had the courage to publish it
Rian du Plessis invited to speak on the future of horseracing at the international “Leaders in Racing”
Joe van Streepen writes: I agree with Ian Jayes’ article. For those that are ill-informed, like Mr. Du Plessis, herewith the history of being forced to hand over our Gauteng horse racing to a BEE compliant public company
Thank you Rian! The Phumelela experience has shown that collective ownership for the benefit of all is far better than private ownership for the benefit of a priviledged few
ROBYN LOUW: There was an interesting discussion on one of the chat sites regarding the death of good news in racing. Various ideas and theories were voiced and the media was mentioned as a bit of a black sheep in terms of contributing to the general slide by always focusing on the negative aspects.
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
Leading South African-based owners Hollywood Racing have broken new ground with the acquisition of five yearlings during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week
Longstanding Dean Kannemeyer Racing team member Morris Mg Cube was the proudest man at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Saturday after his favourite charge Gimme A Prince stormed to victory in the HKJC World Pool Gr1 Cape Flying Championship
Aldo Domeyer grabbed his second feature success on the sunny afternoon at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth as Mucho Dinero found the winner’s box in the opening leg of the exotic after a year plus absence
