Trainer Dennis Cason suffered a serious kick in the Kimberley parade ring last Monday, but after an emergency operation and 5 days in High Care, has finally been discharged
It is important to understand that while the MOU catapulted racing into a corporate structure, the intention was to develop racing into a vehicle for transformation and empowerment
Phumelela has co-operated and will continue to co-operate with the investigation of the Public Protector insofar as it pertains to state affairs or in the public administration
Horse racing is an extraordinary sport with extraordinary risks. We cannot have ordinary support services.
Contrary to what has been reported in certain media publications, Phumelela Gaming continuously maintains and updates its medical operating procedures specifically according to the different racing events held around the country
When our leaders do not put themselves at risk to look after others, they are not fulfilling the responsibility of the alpha
Now there is a supposed affinity between horseracing and boxing?
‘The board and management of Phumelela are confident about the future of racing and betting in South Africa and we look forward to meeting the opportunities and challenges of 2018 and beyond.”
Phumelela has scheduled an additional twilight race meeting on Tuesday 19 December
How the game ever lost Tellytrack host Shaheen Shaw is puzzling on the face of it, but becomes clearer when one understands the power ego’s that rule in the shadows
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
