Neither the Racing Association nor Phumelela will entertain explaining to owners why an increase has been implemented as it is the responsibility of the trainers to deal with this matter
In my experience it does not take skill to criticise and it does not take a talent to be mean. So, where do we go from here and what is the answer to this situation?
The Racing Association invite makes no reference to the traditional blue and white dress code of the big raceday
Vodacom Durban July winning trainer Candice Bass-Robinson received a special achievement award, as did owner Fred Crabbia and his star African Night Sky for winning the Highlands Part of Ridgemont Cape Winter Series. Brett Crawford’s 6 Gr1 wins also earned him an achievement award
In an announcement issued to players on Wednesday, 19 July, it was confirmed that racing’s weekly High-Stakes game has been discontinued
Treating your stakeholders like mugs in these tough times is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. Something must surely change…
Asking for an explanation regarding stakes and the Industry Liaison Committee meetings resulted in a rather abrupt reply from the Racing Association. We wonder why this information is such a big deal.
The Progressive Movement of Grooms is to stage a peaceful march to Turffontein on Friday, 10 March to deliver a memorandum to racing operator, Phumelela
No more interaction, because “SP chooses to publish mostly sensational and unsubstantiated articles based on the opinions of persons who are negative towards the sport of racing”
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
The son of Master Of My Fate will likely side-step stablemate Eight On Eighteen in the Daily News and go via the Greyville 1900 and Cup Trial into the big one on 5 July
