With the change of venue for this week’s races from San Lazaro Leisure Park to Santa Ana Park, the Philippine Racing Commission reminds racegoers that the distance for the Pearl I Stakes on Sunday, June 1, will be 1800 meters instead of the formerly-announced 1750 meters as there is no chute for the latter distance [...]
KARERA LANG! By Jenny Ortuoste for Tumbok, 30 May 2008, Friday
MJC, In-house na ang Tote Operations?
Malapit nang ma-solusyunan ng Manila Jockey Club ang kanilang krisis sa kanilang totalizator (betting system) provider, ang United Tote Company ng Amerika.
Ang United Tote Company ay nagdi-disenyo, gumagawa, at nag-o-operate ng pari-mutuel wagering systems sa higit na 150 karerahan [...]
Manila Jockey Club has just issued an official statement clarifying the issues with its totalizator service provider and the resumption of races at SLLP:
Manila Jockey Club is pleased to announce that it has entered into a new agreement with United Tote, a US company that manufactures and sells totalizators worldwide including Churchill Downs. In addition to [...]
KARERA LANG! By Jenny Ortuoste for Tumbok, 29 May 2008, Thursday
Karerang SLLP, Nilipat sa PRC!
Noong Martes, May 27, nadismaya ang madlang mananaya nang bago mag-Race 1, biglang magdeklara ang Manila Jockey Club (MJC) na kanselado ang karera noong gabing iyon sa kanilang San Lazaro Leisure Park (SLLP).
Ayon sa MJC management, nagkaroon ng “technical problem [...]
THE HOARSE WHISPERER
By Jenny Ortuoste for Manila Standard-Today, 28 May 2008, Wednesday
Pearl I Stakes - Anybody’s Race!
It’s going to be a free-for-all on Sunday, June 1, with imported and local horses signed up to fight it out in the 1750-meter Pearl I Stakes at the San Lazaro Leisure Park.
Sponsored by the Philippine Racing Commission, [...]
Racing fans were puzzled by the sudden cancellation of Manila Jockey Club (MJC) races last night at the San Lazaro Leisure Park (SLLP), just before Race 1. MJC management announced that this was due to “technical difficulties with the servers”.
Manila Jockey Club’s San Lazaro Leisure Park, Carmona, Cavite: No tote, no racing
The servers mentioned are [...]
Racing fans were dismayed - and shocked - when races for tonight (May 27, Tuesday) at the San Lazaro Leisure Park were suddenly cancelled after the barrier trials. Manila Jockey Club (MJC) management said only that there were “technical problems with the server”.
Other sources allege that the betting matrix from the pari-mutuel totalizator service provider [...]
KARERA LANG! By Jenny Ortuoste for Tumbok, 27 May 2008, Tuesday
Real Spicy, Maanghang Pa Rin!
Impresibo ang performance ng beteranong mananakbo na si Real Spicy, na ginabayan ni jockey Jeffril T. Zarate, noong Sabado (Mayo 24) sa 4th European Union Cup sa Santa Ana Park.
Matindi ang kanyang mga kalaban - Aly Dancer, nanalo ng Philracom Garnet [...]
"Karera Lang!" (Tagalog column) appears in Tumbok (tabloid of the Philippine Daily Inquirer Group of Publications) every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
"The Hoarse Whisperer" (English column), appears in Manila Standard-Today every Wednesday.
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