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Trotting in South Africa
Harness Racing Association of South Africa is dedicated to Trotting, the Standardbred, and the competition and sportsmanship of the non-gallop gaits.
Harness Racing, or Trotting, is an equine sport which on a combined and collective global basis is as large worldwide as conventional flat horse racing. It has huge public appeal in Europe, North America, and Australasia. Utilising the Standardbred horse, or “trotter” (as they are called in Europe), a light weight sulky of ±20Kgs and driver, racing takes place on oval sand tracks over a distance of 1 mile (1600m).
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Swedish Trotting
New Swedish website published in english, visit www.atg.se/english.
Live simulcasts on
DSTV’s TellyTrack
Introduction of televised live simulcasts of Swedish racing on which South African punters can bet.
These simulcasts can be viewed on DSTV's channel channel 232 - TellyTrack at lunchtime on Mondays.
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Coming to a race track near you
The first tracks will be situated in KZN province, and Scottsville and Dundee racetracks are both currently being surveyed for these purposes.
Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein are also earmarked as future M track-sites, and Bisho, Umtata, Polokwane, as future R tracks.
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Betting
41% of Harness races are won by favourites. Visit your local off-course tote, or get yourself a tele-betting card by visiting www.tabonline.co.za.
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First licensed black amateur driver in South Africa
On Gold Cup day Menzi Buthelezi and horse El Gloriousa (Aus), gave a display at Greyville race course.
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Chairman's Report - 11th December 2009
Harness racing was finally launched in South Africa at a gala event at Greyville racecourse on 27th March 2009 when the first 2 races of the KZN Premier's First Harness Challenge series were contested. An all important milestone was reached on this occasion.
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Chairman's Report - 8th December 2008
Regretfully it has taken 12 months longer to get live harness racing onto the ground in South Africa than was initially anticipated. The new scheduled start date is now 27th March 2009, the King's Cup meeting at Greyville under lights.
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Chairman's Report - 10th December 2007
2007 has been a year devoted to continuing to mould the background and environment that will allow live harness racing to showcase itself in South Africa. This, I feel safe to say now will finally occur by the end of the first half of next year - 2008.
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Chairman's Report - 1st December 2006
In 2003 on a trip to Melbourne, Australia, I was taken to the trots at Moonee Valley for a night outing. Surprisingly, and with a strong thoroughbred and one track mindset, I was exposed to some aspects that related strongly for me in a South African context, and which I found very appealing.
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Making history....
Seven horses will contest the first running of the KZN Premier’s First Harness Challenge series at the Greyville night-meeting of 27th March.
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Jimmy Blonde Joins Up
Big Race Jockey Jimmy Anderson, remembered by punters as a master without peer, has teamed up with trotting trainer Willie Mahlaba in Durban.
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Swedish Trotters at home in SA
A welcoming ceremony was held last night at the South African Jockeys Academy to celebrate the arrival in KZN of the first batch of Swedish trotters.
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Newsflash - 28th September 2007
Harness Racing Formally Licensed!
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Thank you to Sweden
KZN MEC Amichand Rajbansi, Dean Latimer and a group of trainee drivers say thank you to Sweden for the generous Sydafrika Insamlingen donation of ZAR1m woth of sulkies and harness equipment.
Dundee stages harness race
Dundee staged South Africa's first in-bike harness race on 28th July 2007 - the Classic Harness Racing Rural Cup. The winner was Mr Gama's Mercedes Benz, 6yo blk g.
New Swedish Foundation helps SA
An exciting new foundation has been established in Sweden to raise funds for sulkies, harness equipment and trotting horses to send to South Africa...
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Glory on the Turf
El Gloriousa (AUS), the first Standardbred trotting horse to set foot in South Africa was paraded and worked in harness to race-bike on the hallowed home-straight of Greyville Racecourse this morning – a first ever...
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Swedish Trotting Bonds Grow
Leading Swedish trotting trainer Roger Walmann returned to Stockholm on Saturday after a well deserved 3 week holiday in South Africa...
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First Registered Standardbred Trotter arrives in KZN.
El Gloriousa (AUS), a bay gelding of 15.1hh has arrived from Australia, and is now settled at his new home at the South African Jockeys Academy at Summerveld....
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Past Articles
» Welcome Leo Kokkes 2007/03/05
» Swede on Safari 2007/03/05
» Trotting tour to Sweden 2006/08/31
» Racing Program
2006/08/31
» ITC Rome, Italy 2005
2006/08/31
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