Where to punt in PTA

easy wrote: In my days the best place to do anything in Pretoria was to do it in JHB.


with 2 exceptions

1: Jaquelines
2: Loftus

rhodieace wrote: Spent the day at Turffontein yesterday, smallish crowd, but experienced good service when placing bets at the tote or Betting World...only disappointment was the service by the catering staff on the outside tables on the verandas above the public seating...they didn't seem that interested...is it me but I find the black South Africans lazy compared to the black Malawians, Zimbos and other foreigners that are working in SA. Not being racist..just very honest.

Tony T wrote: I remember the old days at tatts in Church Street. I was an underage lighty at the time.
They were excellent times to be involved in the racing game. Who remembers Miles Avnitt, Mark Harris, Walter Wiegand, Tom Verhave, Hendrik Potgieter etc etc. What about Plonkie, the Chairman/Manager who used to give the bookies an extra 10 mins after the race had been run in order for them to "adjust their sheets" before he collected them.
I really miss those days.
For the record those kind of bookies had balls & never limited or banned me. Even when, sometimes, I couldnt pay, they gave me time & were generally good about letting me reduce my accounts slowly.
Bookies today are a different breed & make me sick. They are certainly not a credit to their profession.
Back to Pretoria Tatts, it was a fantastic, vibrant & very funny place. Pity there is no tatts anywhere in the country with that same kind of service, atmosphere etc.