Massive Stakes Increases & Durban July Has New Sponsor!

Frodo wrote:

Of course any increase in prize money is good news; however I think this issue needs to looked at objectively. Firstly, I would want to know what happens after the honeymoon period? Secondly I agree with the sentiment that some of the monies should be spent in upgrading the systems etc - in that way more punters will turn to HW and the turnover (and stakes) would grow 'organically' (what a wonderful word dreamt up by the pony-tails) - o yes I almost forgot - thanks HW for the R10 credit in my account on my birthday

But the main talking point imo to be cleared up (and maybe someone more up to date with the goings on will know - but at my age I'm struggling to keep up) should be whether racing in KZN will be shown on any channel on the DSTV box from March - I have read conflicting reports on this - one view is that one would be able to watch Gallop on a DSTV channel - but the other view (which I think is more plausible) is that the signal can be captured by the same dish that enables one to watch DSTV, but that one would need an additional decoder to watch Galloptv. In stead of all the waffle by both 4Racing and GC/Gallop, please just tell us what the way forward is ito watching racing on TV - and I know there are all sort of wonderful innovations enabling one to stream both offerings (Gallop and 4Racing) should one be lucky enough to be able to afford the data costs, but imo what is needed is for 'racing' in SA to survive' is that the warring factions should bury their differences and come to an agreement so that Joe Public can watch local racing as part of their DSTV (or Openview or whatever else) bouquet - and of course the 'more affordable' the 'racing channel/s' are to Joe Public, the more people will subscribe

Maybe I'm just too dof for the modern world :huh: