There is a saying that there are three types of people in life, those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.
South African racing is lucky to have Greg Bortz, who clearly fits in to the first category of person.
Bortz has done very well in business and it was recently revealed he had made his money by taking on failed businesses in the USA and turning them around.
He has now provided an insight into how he did it.
Cape Town racing a few month ago was on rocky ground.
Enter Bortz and within a few weeks he and his Cape Racing team, with the help of new sponsors Hollywoodbets, have turned it around into a centre with an exciting future.
“Greg Bortz is a doer”, said Hollywoodbets Brand and Communications manager Devin Heffer in a radio interview earlier this week.
Bortz’s big words were accompanied by big action and today the first meeting of the first of the “festivals”, the Spring Country Series, by all accounts had the atmosphere usually reserved for feature events.
The course was presented in immaculate condition.
The facilities for both the public and for owners, trainers and jockeys had all been given a make-over and were all in pristine condition.
The field sizes were bigger than usual and the turnover was encouraging.
This is just the beginning but this isn’t a business Bortz intends selling after he has turned it around – he has admitted being “sick for racing” and his passion for the sport and his business nous should see racing going on an upward curve.
