Bon is holding out hope that positive meetings this week with the management of the Racing Association, as well as a fascinating interview with Paul Peter on champion Summer Pudding’s plans, will keep him on the map and that sanity will prevail
Andrew Bon kindly sent us this interview with the charismatic personality at Turffontein some years ago.
Enjoy this trip back in time, kind courtesy of Andrew Bon, with some memorable race replays- including Gee Cee’s runaway win in the 1993 Settlers Trophy
Stop frowning at Tellytrack – have a laugh at the stuff you don’t usually see
South African racing media man Andrew Bon and international racing expert Patrick Cummings, a veteran of ten Dubai World Cups, preview the big day
Mike De Kock’s Belmont Stakes entrant Mubtaahij continued his preparations for the big race
This is the most exciting racing assignment I’ve ever been on. It was completely unchartered territory and it was a huge privilege to be there and document this piece of history.
He was the most amazing character who never gave me a day’s trouble. He was an absolute angel of a horse.
LANCE BENSON: The awesome conquests of the undefeated champion Black Caviar have again ignited patriotically fuelled comparisons between ourselves and everything Australian.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
It’s clear that eight incidents of crop excesses is unacceptable for a sport keen to maintain a good public image, and the time appears to have arrived for a review of the crop rules for work riders on the Highveld
