While the top end generally tends to look after itself, it was the welcome return of the vital middle market at the recent Johannesburg Ready To Run Sale that put some pep back in the step and a twinkle back in breeders eyes
These aren’t horses that go for multi-millions, but they pull their weight!
‘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
