They say the unexamined life is not worth living and life’s rear view mirror occasionally shows up details that weren’t obvious at first glance, so before we launch headlong into 2016, I thought it would be fun to look back at the year that was.
Cape trainer Stan Elley had his last runner Big Cat run third at Greyville on Saturday after 41 years of early mornings
The weather enforced switch of the Super Saturday racemeeting from 25 July to 1 August has had racing fans questioning implications of the impact of holding the features in the new season
Stan Elley, trainer of the July runner-up, is standing by his original assessment: that the stipendiary stewards made the correct decision in overruling jockey Ian Sturgeon’s protest on Saturday
Saying goodbye is never easy, but at least in this case it’s so long and not farewell
The 64 year old Elley has enjoyed a cracking KZN Champions Season, and is in the envious position of having two runners on the Vodacom Durban July top twenty log. That is no mean achievement for a yard of his size.
Trainer Stan Elley returns to Greyville on Saturday after his giant-killing performance in the Betting World 1900 at the same venue three weeks ago. He saddles his July duo of Winter Derby winner Dynastic Power and the old man Punta Arenas – and will be hoping for fireworks again from the pair
His commitment was such, that as Vice Chairman of NATFED for many years, he represented South African Owners at many National and International Conventions and horseracing events
Veteran conditioner Stan Elley took a giant step into the Vodacom Durban July limelight, when saddling first and third in a thrilling climax to the R350 000 Gr2 Betting World 1900
Trainer Dean Kannemeyer has the best recent record, having won this race four times in the past thirteen years, and he will be hopeful of a big showing from his luckless Cape Winter Triple Crown pretender, Power King
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
