Why Is Cape Racing A Failure?

W E i agree with you, all the changes at Kenilworth and what the RA are doing is a great start. Huge improvement. S as for Larry I for one have a very high regard/respect for him, in his position and as a person, and if this is true I can only apologise as a Capetonian. He really doesnt deserve to be treated in that manor.

I think we all need to do our bit for horse racing however small. Whether it be moaning to the authorities, introducing new punters/owners to the game, giving credit where credit is due, taking friends/family to the races etc etc. What have you done for racing lately ? (general quest not aimed at anyone LOL)

One aspect of this game that really pisses the living SH1T out of me is our tote facilities. My local tote outlet has 5 aircon's not one has been working properly for over two and a half years now. Friday last week, it must have been close to 50 degrees inside the tote. Badly ventilated building, filthy dirty and at times raw sewerage has spilled out into the parking area. I have phoned on about five occasions over the last 2 years to our local moeggoe but to no avail. So I have compiled a letter to the local municipality with foto's and am asking that they close this facility down. It is not fit for any human being or punter (sic). Put that in your clean,liveable air-conditioned office Vee and smoke it !! No respect for the people that pay your salary and keep our sport ALIVE. ( You know who I am. Contact me before this Friday or the letter goes in. If you dont find out !)

That's my bit for this week. Last week was introducing 1 new owner and 1 previous owner back into the game.

soodum Wrote:

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> > The geniuses have been saying Cape Racing is
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> > for 30years but it's still here........go
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> Markus jooste , van niekerk , hassan adams and
> shirtliff is keeping u alive

Wonderful.....every province wishes they had owners like that......I wonder why they have the majority of their horses in the Cape??????

Because they look to mugs to tick the box for their own races and love
the buybacks to qualify

WESTERN EXPLORER Wrote:

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> > > The geniuses have been saying Cape Racing is
> > dying
> > > for 30years but it's still here........go
> > figure
> > > -D
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> > Markus jooste , van niekerk , hassan adams and
> > shirtliff is keeping u alive
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> Wonderful.....every province wishes they had
> owners like that......I wonder why they have the
> majority of their horses in the Cape??????


Where were Jooste,van niekerk , Adams etc 30yrs ago ?
And in 30yrs time ....there will be another set of big owners racing for the same trophies

In 30 yrs breeding and owning will be a monopoly by the select few

I was fortunate enough to attend a new year's meeting at Kenilworth I think 2011. Loved it, loved the pub there, loved the parade ring, loved the viewing platform, loved the craic. Or may be I loved it so much because I bagged a lot of winners - I did....

winzip Wrote:

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> this topic makes no sense at all to me.cape racing
> imo is the fairest in rsa.stats prove this with
> highest % favs winning in cape than anywhere else
> in sa.its all abt perception and i prefer cape
> racing to any other centre in sa.punters are
> mostly addicts and and imo most punters are not
> the brightest sparks out there if they continue to
> punt at vaal,pe and kimb week in and week out,
> only to get done in by some unreal results with
> form being a myth that punters chase.punters never
> complain abt those soupmeat centres even tho they
> lose week in and week out,yet on this forum you
> have some posters who think they are too clever
> and continue to have a go at cape racing,but never
> complain abt the real crook centres who massacre
> the punters non stop,yet these very bright spark
> punters continue to punt on these soupmeat centres
> in the hope of catching the big one.lol.what a
> joke and they continue to have a go at cape racing
> with the highest % of winning favs.
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> i suppose it all comes down to
> jealousy/provinsialism or just plain stupidity
> ,but hey what can one expect from gambling
> addicts.they are free to choose where they want to
> punt and with whom they want to punt,be it the
> bookies or the tote.

Finally something worth reading! Spot on !!

soodum Wrote:

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> In 30 yrs breeding and owning will be a monopoly
> by the select few

Isn't it already !

Mac Wrote:

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> I was fortunate enough to attend a new year's
> meeting at Kenilworth I think 2011. Loved it,
> loved the pub there, loved the parade ring, loved
> the viewing platform, loved the craic. Or may be I
> loved it so much because I bagged a lot of winners
> - I did....

Please come back......revamped facilities open to all race goers.....ask Dennis Drier what he thought of the cape season 2013/14......

In the wise words of Eminem...lets agree to disagree...

,,,now for the guys above(name eludes me now)...you hold Larry in high regard???Are you smoking some tree shit???He is an abusive ashole...A real cnut if you ask me!even on live tv...when him and Clyde were doing draws(for a big meeting,think Summer Cup??) go watch that and come back to me...i really dislike that bloke ekse

Heinrich van een TV program kan jy dit aflei ? Nee ou maat jy het dit baie verkeerd en in daai woorde. Ekse !!

As a destination cape town has it all and tha cape feature race season was far more exciting than the hot hot summer sansui whatever on the highveld...