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Crown Towers shows too much class

PUBLISHED: October 18, 2020

Andrew Harrison THERE is a racing truism that ‘weight stops trains’ but class generally triumphs over weight and Crown Towers, who had mixed it with the best over Champions Season, never looked in danger as the Australian import lumped top weight of 62kg to an emphatic victory in the Listed Michaelmas Handicap at Hollywoodbets Greyville […]

Former Gold Circle Chairman Chris Saunders passes on

PUBLISHED: October 18, 2020

CHRIS SAUNDERS, former chairman of Gold Circle and the first chairman of the Tongaat Hulett Group, died on Saturday night after a lengthy illness. Saunders was one of the first directors of Gold Circle and was elected chairman after the company’s first chairman, Roy Eckstein retired.  Saunders retired as chairman in 2005 after steering Gold […]

Carl Hewitson’s first runners as licensed trainer

PUBLISHED: October 16, 2020

David Thiselton CARL HEWITSON, operating out of Summerveld, will have his first runners as a licensed trainer on Sunday at Hollywoodbets Greyville.  He passed his trainer’s license examination eight months ago but his plans to go on his own had to be put on hold due to Covid-19. Hewitson had been the assistant trainer to […]

Mike De Kock (Nkosi Hlophe)

Todd confident about audit pass

PUBLISHED: October 15, 2020

David Thiselton THE year 2020 was going to potentially be a groundbreaker in South African thoroughbred history as an audit by the European Union on South Africa’s measures to prevent the export of African Horse Sickness had been scheduled for April. Unfortunately, COVID-19 meant an automatic postponement of this audit. However, Adrian Todd, MD of […]

Brett Crawford (Liesl King)

Traces has one eye open

PUBLISHED: October 13, 2020

ANDREW HARRISON HORSES with only one serviceable eye are banned from racing in Australia but there is no such restriction in South Africa. I am not sure of the reasons for the Australian ruling but horses, with what to most would be a handicap, have done pretty well in this country. Australian-bed Traces, banished from […]