As the licenced Trainer of Highland Heather, he accepted payment of training fees and charges, from a person who was not the person in whose name this filly was entered to run
Trainer guilty after positive specimen taken from horse in his care
A contentious start and five lame horses. Anton Marcus will bank the two winners’ cheques and forget a windy Sunday afternoon at Clairwood
‘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
Rafeef is fast establishing a fine reputation as a stallion who has the ability to sire stakes winners across the speed and stamina spectrum
