The Goose Raises A Red Flag
Are Gauteng horseracing’s stakeholders unwittingly wading waist-high into the murky shark-infested waters of stakes cuts?
24th September 2015
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Are Gauteng horseracing’s stakeholders unwittingly wading waist-high into the murky shark-infested waters of stakes cuts?
When viewed against the relatively ‘softer’ fines imposed on other senior leading riders of the likes of Anton Marcus, Kevin Shea and Marthinus Mienie, for similar offences, it is hardly surprising that an appeal may be in the pipeline
The Inquiry Board found Jockey Strydom guilty and imposed a penalty of a suspension from riding in races for a period of ninety days, of which forty days are wholly suspended for a period of two years
Once we start bending the rules, we have a broken system, not a broken rule.
Some horses just have the knack of hitting the headlines. Brian Wiid’s Angel’s Power is one of them. The son of Miesque’s Approval underwent a name change after streaking home on debut – and then maintained his unblemished record when winning his second start on the Greyville all-weather track
The National Horseracing Authority have announced Wednesday 9 September as the date for an inquiry into Piere Strydom’s ride on Dublin Rebel
The National Horseracing Authority has confirmed that an Inquiry will be held on Wednesday 9 September 2015, into Jockey Piere Strydom’s riding of the horse Dublin Rebel
The National Horseracing Authority of South Africa have advised that an inquiry has been opened into the riding of Dublin Rebel by multiple champion jockey Piere Strydom in the third race at Turffontein today
Trainer Louis Goosen could make it two from two in the Super Supreme Series when he teams up with jockey Piere Strydom and Doing It For Dan in today’s R250 000 Gr3 August Stakes run on the Vaal sand 1200m
“My charge is very well and rates as the one they all have to beat. She reverts to the turf, a surface she is far more effective on – so ignore her sand form.” Those are the bullish sentiments of the seasoned conditioner Louis Goosen
Finding the words ‘excitement’ and ‘insurance’ in the same sentence is as rare as breeding a Triple Crown winner!
