4th December 2013
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National Horseracing Authority investigating Kimberley allegations
The National Horseracing Authority is tasked with maintaining the integrity of the sport of kings. In an unprecedented challenge, an owner refuses to lie down and play dead.
Complaint of payment of bonus stakes “paid” by the RA to its members discriminated against those owners who were not owners of the RA and therefore did not qualify to receive the bonus stakes money.
The prize money pool for Phumelela racing regions in 2012 has regained the 2010 level
An Inquiry into a complaint lodged by Adv Brett Maselle against the Racing Association and Phumelela
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.
LANCE BENSON: Words and fragmented good intention aplenty. In twenty years from now, the horseracing landscape will look very different to the way it looks today.
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
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
