The recreational and hobbyist owner will be the man to suffer after some Eastern Cape trainers have indicated that they will have no option but to increase their keep costs following demands by Grooms for increased wages
New man brings 39 years of experience in the horseracing and gaming industry to thetable
These events raise questions about the general competency of the track management up North
The annual South African sponsor party to the Champ de Mars on Saturday produced a day of patriotic positives
The Pretoria High Court ordered Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Monday to postpone her planned hearings into horse racing which were scheduled to start on Tuesday
Phumelela is determined to cooperate fully to ensure that the investigation is concluded as swiftly as possible
Phumelelea Executive Rob Scott chats about the Summer Cup’s new sponsors and why the fact that they offer the open bet doesn’t worry him
‘The rain was intermittent on Friday morning. We had 4 mm’s of rain in the morning. We tried our best to stay on the turf’
The Cape Town City council has dismissed appeals to halt the controversial development of a hotel, high-rise residential units and retail developments on the Kenilworth Racecourse property
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
