Big Race Incident – Yeni Gets 14 Days
Jockey Muzi Yeni will serve a suspension from 7 to 20 May after an incident at the1600m marker of Saturday’s 4Racing Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge
4th May 2021
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Jockey Muzi Yeni will serve a suspension from 7 to 20 May after an incident at the1600m marker of Saturday’s 4Racing Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge
The Inquiry Board found Strydom guilty as charged and considered all factors in mitigation, including the manner in which Jockey Yeni rode his horse at the time of this incident
The recordbreaking champion appeared to lose his cool just strides before the line…
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‘I’m going in with confidence and hopefully I will get a bit of luck in running as well’ – Muzi Yeni
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‘ Believe me, I want to win the July – but more importantly, I want to enjoy it!’
Maybe the man to follow is Muzi Yeni, who returned from a three months plus suspension under two weeks ago, and now soon finds himself on the sidelines again – this time through none of his own doing and with the rest of the racing world
‘At least the fans know I haven’t forgotten how to ride winners. Hopefully the owners and trainers remember too’
‘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’
