Racing jurisdictions around the globe are suffering increased losses in revenue and crowd participation, as noted to delegates attending the 2023 Asian Racing Conference in Australia earlier this year.

What do a ‘horsefluencer’ called Speedbreaker and cricket’s T20 have in common? It sounds like the beginning of a bad bar joke but, spoiler alert, there’s no long face.

Here is a real conversation with a South African man in his mid-20s. We’ll call him “Young Intelligent Bore” (YIB) – an individual from Generation Z – those whose participation in horseracing was noted at the 2023 Asian Racing Conference as essential to the growth and survival of the sport.

Embracing the fun and social aspects of a day at the races, with fans watching every race from start to finish, is a game-changer.

The saying goes, ‘Talk is cheap, but it takes money to buy whisky’. It is often used by sceptics, invites us to reflect on the power of our words and encourages us to back them up with purposeful action.

Horse racing has been around for hundreds of years and it hasn’t changed much – now’s the time to re-imagine it, but how?

There is no known ‘Grey List’ for sports, sporting disciplines or, for that matter, sporting events. But if there were, horse racing would probably be on it.

If horse racing’s diminishing fan base constituted a political party, we’d probably be in Parliament right now, cosying up in meaningless conversations to the best of them. Perhaps we’d be trying to form coalitions to survive. We won’t make much progress, however. We’ll become insignificant and gradually fade from the scene.

Innovation and Excellence recognised

The best jockeys of South Africa’s thrilling new Global Team Horse Racing series (GTH) in Durban weren’t just competing for their share of the stakes. Event organisers unveiled a one-of-a-kind, hand-carved wooden trophy that was presented at the final race meeting at Hollywoodbets Greyville racecourse on September 2, 2022.

THE KWAZULU Royals defeated the Cape Stingers by 40 points in the showdown of the 2022 Global Team Horse Racing series (GTH) last Friday evening, September 2, 2022. The gripping new series has been underway at Hollywoodbets Greyville racecourse in Durban since August.

HOLLYWOODBETS GREYVILLE, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, AUGUST 2022: TWENTY jockeys, two reserve riders and 16 fit and unfathomably-fast thoroughbred horses riding for the Cape Stingers and KwaZulu Royals are rearing to go ahead of the Global Team Horse Racing series (GTH) finale, taking place at Hollywoodbets Greyville racecourse this Friday evening, September 2, 2022.

One of the most significant innovations in the GTH Live Series has been the use of live trackers. These trackers provide “in running graphics” for the live broadcast and have additionally produced hotly anticipated sectional timings which can greatly benefit South African Horse Racing.

HOLLYWOODBETS GREYVILLE, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – August, 2022: THE WINNERS of SA’s new Global Team Horse Racing series (GTH) will be crowned after eight more action-packed races in front of Durban locals and horse racing fans on Friday, September 2, 2022.

CROWDS of Durban locals and families lined the track at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Friday evening to cheer on the Gauteng Gijimaz and the Cape Stingers in a gripping second night of South Africa’s new Global Team Horse Racing series (GTH).

GLOBAL TEAM HORSE RACING SERIES GETS UNDERWAY
AT HOLLYWOODBETS GREYVILLE

DURBAN – 28 July 2022: THIRTY local jockeys and three winning SA trainers have signed up for the Global Team Horse Racing series (GTH), running in front of a new family-friendly crowd at Hollywoodbets Greyville Racecourse on consecutive Friday nights from August 5 until September 2. 

SAVVY social media users in South Africa are being given a fresh opportunity to earn from their growing influencer brands and develop new marketing and hospitality skills by attracting their followers to some of the country’s newest and fastest-growing live events.

GTH challenges the norms of the horse racing industry in every way.
DURBAN, JULY 4, 2022. It is just over a month away for a South African first! The inaugural Global Team Horse Racing series (GTH) with the first event taking place on the 5th of August 2022.

LOCAL sports fans don’t want to miss South Africa’s first, two-hour team horse racing events by Global Team Horse Racing (GTH), which will come charging into Durban in August and be broadcast live on DSTV’s SuperSport channel.

Super Six Racing has spent over five years developing and extensively testing and trialing a new team-based horse racing format. The result is a new fast paced, thrilling spectator sport that stands out in the modern sporting arena, operating under the brand name ‘Global Team Horse Racing (GTH).

GTH challenges the norms of the horse racing industry in every way.

Global Team Horse Racing recently trialled GTH Junior Riders at a fun event held at the Equidome Indoor Equestrian Arena in Beaulieu, Midrand on the 22nd May 2022.

It was recently announced that the Super Six Series that ran last year, is now back as Global Team Horse Racing (GTH), only this time it will be bigger and better than before!

The revolutionary new Thoroughbred Horse Racing product, Super Six Racing, is back to thrill spectators and supporters in 2022, with a new brand identity created for the world stage.

Super Six Racing has engaged with the best minds in digital innovation to create a bold new horse racing product for an emerging fan base who are spending more and more time in the online gaming world. INTRODUCING: meta.horse A blockchain based, hyper realistic horse...

Super Six Racing took fans and horse racing aficionados on a thrilling ride last Friday night at Hollywoodbets Greyville Racetrack in Durban.

Two decades into the twenty first century, we are experiencing global transformation at an accelerating rate. Technology is taking us to unimaginable horizons where what we once thought was fantasy, is already part of modern history.

At Super Six we have developed a Junior League aimed specifically at bringing youngsters into the riding arena with a non-gambling series of events in a diverse space where nobody is excluded. We believe the future of this wonderful sport lies in getting those young hands on the reins and fostering a deep love for the racing world and the equine athletes who run the races.

Super Six Racing (SSR) is a radically different format for horse racing, fusing sport, entertainment, and digital innovation to deliver truly ground-breaking sporting theatre. It’s an innovative horseracing format, specifically aimed at a new generation of fans. A game changer that is the definitive non-gambling horse racing product uniquely merging live and digital elements into a fast-paced, exciting product.