Turffontein - Summer Cup Day

I have just had a long chat with someone in the know. This nonsense started early this morning when a group of around 60 grooms started intimidating their colleagues. Led by Simoto and a guy called Victor they were agitating to cancel todays meeting and called for a meeting with Vee Moodley, Larry Wainstein and John Stuart. Their demands were R14000 a month and 5% of the stakes.

Racing to start 2pm. For now...


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there is an hour and 10 minutes gap between race 4 and 5. why???

Mac wrote: Racing to start 2pm. For now...


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And the Chairman a man who many held in high esteem thinks that part of the problem is that the punters are thieves!!! My day is stuffed we arrived in a party mood for this so called special day and we have now just left. Enough is enough I will enjoy the drive to a bookmakers lounge in the west and enjoy that facility while I steal some of Phums money. Like Garrick and a few others after a lifetime in this game I'm f...ing tired of all this crap.

Absolute disgrace , there is no real intent from the groom's to come to any proper and logical agreement , as is the case in most things now in SA , the first course of action is always either violent of civil dis obedience , surely the authorities saw this coming and could have done something to prevent this , ineptitude from the top as per usual . A once proud and tremendous industry being dragged along and being kept alive via life support machines . So sad.

Over the Air wrote: I have just had a long chat with someone in the know. This nonsense started early this morning when a group of around 60 grooms started intimidating their colleagues. Led by Simoto and a guy called Victor they were agitating to cancel todays meeting and called for a meeting with Vee Moodley, Larry Wainstein and John Stuart. Their demands were R14000 a month and 5% of the stakes.

......same ol' same ol'.....local racing is bankrupt just like SAA....and the fools just cant see it but still demand.....:oops:

Sorry guys. Trainers told not to saddle race one so that is delayed until further notice.


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Mac wrote: Sorry guys. Trainers told not to saddle race one so that is delayed until further notice.


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What is now happening

Fookin shite this, an absolute disaster.............my Saturday afternoon totally fcked up.

Sammy Silver wrote: It is time to get some other body to run racing. Phum are shite and the share price reflects that!!!!

This is an embarrassment on such a big day. Did Phum not know that this was going to happen!!!

Maybe the execs are too busy flying around the world on SAA (when they in the air!!) to notice what is happening locally...the gravy plane ??

The youngster commentating on the Mauritius meeting reckon is not the end of the world................

Now what's the the reason for a further delay?