Equus awards 2015

Racing. It’s a Rush Press Release
Conditions of Equus Awards 2015
31 July 2015

The big races at the postponed Super Saturday meeting which takes place on
August 1 at Greyville this weekend will count towards the Equus Award
decision making process for the current 2014/2015 season, despite the NHA
having confirmed that the accumulated statistics for all races on Super
Saturday will be reflected in the 2015/2016 records and not this season’s.


The reason this needs to be clarified is due to the official racing season
in South Africa running from August 1 until July 31, meaning the meeting,
postponed from July 25, now actually falls in the new 2015/2016 season.


The Equus Champion racehorses of various categories are decided by the
collective opinions of the Equus panellists. The panellists will consider
the performances of horses running in Saturday’s Gr 1 Premier’s Champions
Stakes and Gr 1 Thekwini Stakes when deciding the 2014/2015 Equus Champion
Two-year-old Award Winners, despite these horses officially turning three
years of age on the day of the meeting. The performances of horses in the
Gr 1 eLan Property Group Gold Cup over 3200m will be considered in the
decision making process for the 2014/2015 Equus Champion Stayer Award.
Likewise the performances of runners in the Gr 1 Champions Cup over 1800m
and the Gr 2 Gold Bracelet over 2000m will be considered in the decision
making processes for such 2014/2015 Equus Awards as the Champion Older
Male, Champion Older Filly/Mare, Champion Middle Distance Horse and the
Horse Of The Year.


Some of the Equus Awards are based on statistics. The NHA statistics are
the official ones used and will decide such Equus titles as Champion
Trainer, Champion Jockey, Champion Apprentice, Champion Breeder, Champion
Stallion and Owner Of The Year. Therefore, the Super Saturday races will
not count towards these particular 2014/2015 Equus Awards. However, the
Super Saturday racing will count towards such opinion based 2014/2015 Equus
Awards as Outstanding Breeder and Outstanding Stallion.

Or, the NHRA could officially extend the 2014/2015 season from 31 July to 1 August and include ALL racing held on the day.

The season just finished provided plenty of entertainment and food for thought throughout the year. What remains is to decide on the names of the various champions who graced the turf during 2014-2015. Not for the first time, plenty of the Equus Awards have open looks to them, and more than one category has a wide range of contenders.



www.sportingpost.co.za/2015/08/equus-awa...5-who-would-be-king/

Yip normally a straight line selection but this year a big perm.

We should get updates Live from the doo if the wifi is upto speed

who is on the selection panel this year for the annual ego boosting backslapping thrash?

pirates wrote: who is on the selection panel this year for the annual ego boosting backslapping thrash?

Not sure but at least they send us press releases not like the other ego boosting back slappers from other regions

Bob Brogan wrote:

pirates wrote: who is on the selection panel this year for the annual ego boosting backslapping thrash?

Not sure but at least they send us press releases not like the other ego boosting back slappers from other regions

ask them to send you one with the judges ..