MONDAY 25th - THURSDAY 28th APRIL 2016
No. 2246
FLAMINGO PARK 12:15pm (Monday)
VAAL
1:15pm (Tuesday)
SCOTTSVILLE
12:35pm (Wednesday)
VAAL
12:25pm (Thursday)
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R21
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R480
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NORTHERN CAPE STAYERS HANDICAP at Flamingo Park on Monday
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April has been a mostly forgettable month for the Kimberley faithful. With rumblings of discontent still abounding from that disastrous last abandoned meeting, and no word of remorse or inquiry from officialdom, we approach another Monday. he re s che dule d R1 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Cape Stayers Handicap heads the programme but one wonders how our friends in the Northern Cape survive. After all, we have to go back all the way to 14 March for their last full racemeeting. On Monday 4
April a heavy downpour after the running of the seventh race led to a decision to abandon the final two races due to the unsafe track condition. A week later disaster struck.
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Everybody arrived on track – most of them travel a long way for the meeting - only to
find that wet patches had not dried. Prior to the running of the first race, it was decided to delay racing to allow the Track Manager and his team time to do further work on the track. Thereafter a further track inspection was conducted at 2 o’clock - but after consultation, the panel were of the opinion that the track was unsafe and inconsistent and therefore it was decided to abandon the racemeeting.
While nobody is suggesting that safety of horse or rider is ever to be compromised, there was some unhappiness on the part of owners, trainers and jockeys at the lack of proactivity on the part of the racing operator – no notice was provided that the meeting could be in doubt and wasted costs and time could have been saved. There has hardly been a whimper of explanation since but the loyal will no doubt flock back on Monday – the
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Track Manager had better have his ducks in a row this time.
Open Race
On the punting front we may struggle to single out a banker in the R100 000 Northern Cape Stayers Handicap where a competitive field of twelve lines up – with two competitive runners in Jack Friday and Kingofmountain additions from the original line-up. Cont. p.2
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