Who will take responsibility?

The 1st race at Greyville showed up what little planning goes into the preparation of a race day, it is just the same old same old and no thought, no pre-meeting meetings, no what if scenarios discussed. When the geniuses protected half the track because of the poor condition of the turf ( c'mon Craig let's have another come one come all inspection shall we?) suddenly there wasn't enough space to fit all the horses. The sight of a jockey who was under starters orders refusing to load because there was nowhere for his horse to go when the gates opened was televised worldwide...... The question must be asked how the hell could this have happened? Why when the stalls were rolled onto the track did this not get noticed, the false rail was in front of them maybe 20m from the stall? How is it that the track manager is on leave during the KZN season? Unless its for health or compassionate reasons, it shows the absolute lack of planning by Gold Circus. The question now remains as to who and how the guilty parties are punished. Gold Circus brought racing into disrepute yesterday in the most visible way. They showed the world that South Africans are idiots who could not organise the start of a race. How embarrassing. Now besides Gold Circus, who will be disciplined at the NHRA? The race day activities are their responsibility. Where exactly was the starter prior to the loading of horses? Why did he not see the blindingly obvious? Was any pre-race testing of the stalls done at all? I am sure that the NHRA will open an enquiry and that will be last we hear about this. Exactly the same as the enquiry into the abandonment of the Vaal racing because of Phumelela's incompetence on 14 March and 6 weeks later nothing has happened. A disgrace.

.....and did the trainers that were called into the boardroom have to draw straws to see which horses would be scratched in order to proceed with the race..is the stipes report going to give the real reasons for scratching's.....

Trainers with two horses were asked to scratch one each. Laff and DK then scratched the ones each drawn widest. Lovely for the new first time owners who made the trip to watch their GSB horse run only to be told they are no longer running!!!
Who covers those costs?
Vet bills prior to a horse running, will that be covered?
The stalls must have been in place for 15-20 minutes prior to the race been run and only when they are loading is it noticed. Bloke drawn in pole position would have come home on the polytrack.

A good friend is one of the syndicate members and had to travel out of province to attend. This was a very unprofessional handling of a problem made by the people in charge. I agree with that zelig says, the people should be compensated for their time and money.

reading the stipes report THEY HAVE NOT REPORTED WHAT HAPPENED IN FULL AND ARE ONLY BULLSHITING THEMSELVES ,,,word is the race would have been abandoned if two horses werent withdrawn, and the horses scratched there was a financial remuneration offered ..how the fuck there isnt a national enquiry into the latest gold circus fuckup nobody knows maybe they still trying to complete the backlog of fuckups ..i was at champs de graveville yesterday and it was a ghost town and no wonder nobody goes racing anymore as its one circus act after another

Yet you read the gauteng stipes report for saturday and they having an enquiry into gavin lerena as to why he left the parade ring on belle sonata not in numerical order ...channel 122 on dstv bouquet the comedy channel should keep a time slot open for this lot

Pirates I have just phoned my friend who tells me that the owners have not received any compensation offer as yet

Story was R5000 was offered to scratch, not sure anyone accepted though?

Bob Brogan wrote: Story was R5000 was offered to scratch, not sure anyone accepted though?

Bob who made that offer please? I have refered my friend to these posts I think maybe the trainers didn't tell there owners

I posted this on sporting post. I believe the responsible persons need to be fired

If the Africanbettingclan information given is correct, then financial offers were made to connections to scratch there horses to enable this race to run. My question is who was responsible for this error the Jockey Club or the Gold Circle and who made the offer. This incident needs to be investigated and people responsible get fired.

Not good.

Jurgs wrote: I posted this on sporting post. I believe the responsible persons need to be fired

If the Africanbettingclan information given is correct, then financial offers were made to connections to scratch there horses to enable this race to run. My question is who was responsible for this error the Jockey Club or the Gold Circle and who made the offer. This incident needs to be investigated and people responsible get fired.

I have a problem with this - It is tantamount to GC affecting the outcome of a race when they offer a financial reward to scratch a horse - This cannot be allowed - Their negligent actions change the nature of the race and undermine the punters desire to back a horse that they believed had a chance ...